A Trip to the Sea and Halloween

Hello World!

    Sorry it has been awhile since I have posted on here, so much has happened in this last week that I am excited to tell you about.   I guess I should start with Sunday night where I left off at. After I posted the last entry I went to the Sanctuary Bar to play pool.  Well actually Petra and I just watched while everyone else played.  Pool here is a little different then at home.  First, they use 2 colors of balls with no numbers on them. Second, the tables are REALLY small, and since the tables are small the balls are smaller and lighter. While they were played, the Packers/Vikings game was on and I was trying to explain the game of Football to Petra.   I think I did OK, but it is kind of hard to do.

 Me, Audrey, Petra.

After Sunday was over nothing happened until Thursday.  On Thursday I went to class and of course we had video problems AGAIN.  So instead of watching the movie we started with the lecture part and he would work on the problem during our break.  We were learning about Hadrians Wall, which is actually quite interesting and I can't wait to go see it sometime.  After the first part of the class was over we moved into a different room to watch the movie.  The Wall extends from the North Sea to the Irish sea, and it was a wall not built by slaves but my soldiers.  Every unit had their own section of wall that they had to build, really quite interesting.  I think if you are interested in that kind of stuff it would be neat to look into.  After class was out I went back to my room to look over my presentation for the next day.  I wanted to find as much information as I could so I was constantly rewriting it to fit within my 5 minute time span.  Finally I felt as though I used all the information I could to produce a decent presentation.  I knew that I didn't have to be perfect because it wasn't graded and it was just a warm up for my 20 minute one in a few weeks.  Later that day we had a little issue with our internet connection.  Well, actually when I say 'little' and 'our' I mean we had a BIG issue and with the whole street.  Yes, I believe that the whole Cranbrook Ave and other parts were affected by this internet loss. Not a huge deal for me, but I do know that Catherine had a paper due the next day that she was working on at that particular time.   Its ok, she finished it.  With the power outage I didn't have anything to do and I didn't feel like reading at that particular time, so I went to make cookies.  Well worth it.  I made the famous sugar cookies that everyone here as well as at home Love.  They were a good motivation for Catherine, or that what she said.  When I was all finished with the cookies I headed back upstairs to read a book before bed.

Friday Morning came before I knew it, and that meant I had a presentation to do.  No Big Deal, thanks to 4-H I could pull a cow out of my ass and convince people that it was Cotton Candy.  Haha.  Now get that image out of your brain. After my class I headed home to grab my computer and Postcards, I had a date with a coffee house, Emily and Alysia to discuss our travel Plans.  I got there about 20 minutes early, so I ordered a smoothie and started in on filling out my postcard for some of you lucky people back home.   When it got to be 11, Emily came and we started talking about what we thought would be good, by that time Alysia joined us.  We decided to go to Madrid, Spain from Dec 2-4.  So excited!   I will just tell you right now, since I just finished doing it.  We all all set and ready to go. Plane tickets bought, Train Tickets bought, Hostel picked out and down payment made and it only cost me $207.  I would say that is a Cheap, try and find a plane ticket for cheaper than that in the States.  You could say it is next to impossible.  Yea, and that $207 includes everything that I listed, not just the plane!   Whew!  I don't really remember what I did with the rest of my day, but I do remember that later the girls came over and we sat downstairs and talked.  It was a good relaxing evening.


Saturday Morning came quite early, we needed to be at the bus station at 8:15 so that we could catch the bus to Scarborough.  We bought an all day, go anywhere pass for 11 pounds, which was quite good considering.  Anyway, we got on the bus and our first destination was Beverly.  On Saturdays they have a farmers market that we went to.  It was quite a neat thing to see, small but had everything.  After we walked down all the rows and bought what we wanted we headed off to see a church that was there.  The detailing on this was beautiful, just like every other church we see.  2 hours later we got back on the bus with coffee in our hand and headed on to Bridington.  Bridington was interesting, there wasn't that horribly much to see, but we did get our first glimpse at the sea and we also had lunch.  

 Damn Wind.  That was one thing that sucks about going to the sea.... The Wind!

 Laszlo, Adam, Svenja, Hana, Audrey, Petra, Istvan, Me

When we were all filled up from Lunch, we headed back to the Bus station to go to our final destination; Scarborough.   Arriving in Scarborough I was very impressed on how beautiful was.  It reminded me of some type of Spanish city, and what I would image Coney Island would be (only smaller)

Beautiful little city isn't it?  Just remind me next time that I do a lot of uphill/downhill walking to wear different shoes, or at least different socks.   After we got down from or little hike to the castle we had a little time to spare, so we did a little shopping.  I got the rest of my costume for Halloween, best 8 pounds I have spent so far!  I will get to that later though.  It finally came that time where we had to get back on the bus and take the long 3 hour journey home, and a LONG 3 hours it was.  It was worth it though, I had an amazing time seeing the different places and it is always nice traveling with friends. 
When I got home I was hoping my package from my Rents was delivered, but I did get a lovely surprise instead.  Not.  Actually I got a horrid surprise and I wanted to return it, but would not help me at all.  Lets just say that I had to pay custom charges before I can receive my package, yes 26 pounds of customs charges!  For you who don't know that converted in dollars it is just over 40 dollars!  That made me SO SO SO SO SO angry!  I wanted to tell them to go shove it where the sun doesn't shine but was talked out of it.  Actually I wanted to convince them that I shouldn't have to pay it because I will just bring it back to its rightful place of the US in 2 months.  But since I did want the package mom told me just to pay it otherwise they would prolly charge me to send it back home cuz I didn't pay what they wanted me to.  Grr.  But I did talk to the rents, well mom for over 3 hours that night.   We got a lot accomplished, right?!  Well not really, but we figured out a lot of stuff.  I was looking into changing flights home, instead of going out of Humberside Airport I was looking into going  from either Manchester, Leeds-Bradford or even London.  They are all further away, but would be cheaper for me to get to.  (There are no trains/buses to Humberside.  There is a bus but it doesn't leave in time for me to catch my flight.  And it costs I think about 100 pounds to get a cab ride there.)  Whatever, I will figure something out.  Anyone over here wanna give me a ride?  :) 

Sunday.  Do I need to say more.  Didn't think so.  HALLOWEEN PARTY DAY!

Thankfully I slept like a rock the night before because when I woke up at a nice 10:00 I got ready for the day.  Adam, Istvan, Laszlo, and myself were going shopping downtown.  The boys had to get things for their costumes, and I had to go buy a purse!   Whoohoo!  AND I LOVE IT!!!! :) You guys don't want to know about my shopping trip though, puts most people to sleep.  I guess I will just continue on with the day.  Once I got home I went upstairs and ordered my plane tickets and booked the hostel for Madrid.  We did have a few complications along the way, but they were eventually sorted out.   After about an hour or 2, Catherine and I went downstairs and frosted the cutout cookies for tonight.  We let them sit so that we could decorate them a little later.  I went back upstairs and started this post.  I am just going to tell you right now, writing these posts take a LONG time.  But I did tell you guys that I would keep you informed while I am over here, and they are always nice to look back at to see what I have done.  A little while later we went back downstairs to decorate the cookies.  Catherine bought a edible pen so we were going to use that to draw on them.  Well it kind of worked, but after about 6 cookies it was done. And the frosting was a little too soft for it, so it was a slight failure.  I guess it doesn't matter what the cookies look like, just as long as they taste good.  And they did taste good, we made sure of that!   Hummn... Maybe we should have said they were unsuitable for anyone else to consume and just left them home.   We still have quite a few in the freezer, I guess that will have to due.  Once the cookies were decorated, stacked and covered it was back upstairs to continue on this post and to get ready for the party. 

 Me, Adam

 Me, Svenja, Steffi

 Kye, Me

 Natasha, Kye, Me

 Me, Ryun

As you can see I had a blast at the Halloween Party.  So until next time.  GOODBYE!

Newcastle

Hello World!

     Can you believe that the week is already over and it is Sunday?  Where did the time go!   Since I last left off not too horrible much has happened but I shall still tell everything that DID happen.  So no better time to start than on Tuesday.
     It started off like any other normal day here, woke up early and went to my favorite class.  Yes, Tuesdays have become my favorite day of lecture.  I can't say how much I love this class, from the professor to the topic, however the people could be more talkative.  That is why I love my Mondays and Fridays, very talkative funny people :)   Great, now I'm off topic, back to Tuesday.  When I arrived at my class I had a talk with my professor about my finals, we decided that I will take them before I leave to go home.  Whew, one less I have to take back home!   Once class was all over I headed back to my house to get a package to go to the post office.  I unfortunately had to return the ankle boots that I ordered, they were a wee bit too small, figures.  So I rounded up my package and headed out.  It is about a 15 minute walk to the post office and thankfully it was a beautiful day out!  When I got to the post office I had to buy tape to tape it all up.  Yup, they won't tape it for you...  So I bought the crappiest, cheapest stuff I could find.  If anyone in Hull needs some crappy tape let me know, I will gladly let you borrow it!  Anyways, after the package was dropped off I went to the fresh produce stand to get some fruit then across the street to get a few groceries.  When I was all loaded up with everything I needed I headed back home to do whatever I felt like.  Now, understand that I don't have really any homework to do, so being bored out of my mind for a few minutes I started in on researching for my 5 minute speech.  Now I am done with it, and a full week before it was due!   Whoop, go Laura :)   Later that day Catherine invited me to have Tacos with her and her friend Sinead (friend from Canada who was here for a few days)  When the time came I went downstairs and help create our masterpieces, and masterpieces they were.  :)  Catherine had bought a taco kit at Tesco and lets just say that the shells were a little stale, but they were still good and messy; just like a Taco should be!  When the dishes were all cleaned up we went back upstairs to get ready to go out later.  We were going to have some friends accompany us to Sanctuary (on campus bar) to have a drink.

Wednesday came right on schedule and that meant it was time for our English Breakfast routine.  This time Svenja couldn't join us but Catherine, Sinead, Steffi and Myself went and enjoyed it for her.  We went to the same little place that we went to the last few times, but that's ok, it was still delicious.  I tried the traditional English Breakfast, not as good as the first place, but still good.   When the plates were cleared and our bill paid we headed back home.  Catherine had class, and I had to go shopping.  As I headed off to the City Center I knew exactly what I was looking for and what I needed to get.  I really wanted a new purse, and I did find some really really cute ones that I want A LOT!!!  So I got off the bus at the Princes Quay Mall, which is not the best mall but it does have Primark and I discovered this cute little shop that has some neat bracelets.  After wondering through the mall for a little while I headed out to the Discount store to get a few things for the house.  And of course once I checked out and left I remembered that I forgot to buy the one main thing that I needed!  Figures, but I wasn't going to go back just for that one item, I would make due without it.  After I finished with the Discount Store I needed to exchange some money that I had, I also needed to withdraw some money.  Unfortunately, the Post office and supermarkets are unable to withdraw cash from my card.  Sad day!  But I did call the company and paid my 8 pents a minute talking to them and trying to figure out where in the world I could get cash.  'ITS MY MONEY AND I NEED CASH NOW'  haha, sorry that just popped into my head.  So after about 5 minutes on the phone I was cut off due to bad reception!  Doesn't that just make you angry!  Well it did to me so I of course called them back and got a much nicer lady, she was actually very helpful!   When we figured out the problem, which I was panicking for awhile about.  Apparently I have to go to a special machine that accepts not just VISA/ MASTERCARD (what I have) but they also have to have the little symbols on the back as well.  Thankfully there is 1 bank that has those!  WHEW, thank you HSBC!  Since I needed Cash I went on the hunt for that Bank, and when I finally found it I got my much needed Cash.  :)  Enough with that little hurtle, back to the day.  So after I got my cash I needed to find a place that sold suitcases.  I knew that House of Fraser was having a sale, but man were they still expensive!  So I went across the street into St. Stephens Shopping Center.  Good thing I did too!  There was this luggage store that was having some big sales, and were they some good prices!  I found this cute little blue bag that was originally like 65 pounds and I got it for 29.  Is that a deal or what?! After I bought my bag I headed back home.  After that I don't remember what I did, if anything.  Hummn.   Ohh well. 

Thursday was like any other Thursday, nothing really happened.  I went to class, which is my new least favorite, not that it is bad or anything, but I just don't enjoy it as much as the other two.  You will have that.  We started class of by watching the opening to Gladiator, after the first fight scene he turned it off and started in with the lecture.   I was very disappointed when he did that, I love that movie!  So of course when I got home I went online to watch it.  After the professors lecture we had a 10 minute brake to go get something to drink/bathroom and to figure out who was going to be in groups for our presentations.  My group is doing a presentation on Bath, hopefully it will be easy to find information on it.  Since nothing else happened that day, I will move onto Friday.  Actually thinking about it, nothing happened on Friday either.  Hummn.   I do recall doing some homework and watching a few movies.  Other than that I am drawing a blank.   It happens ok!  :) 

  Before I say anything let me say that YES something did happen on Saturday. We went to Newcastle, hence the title for this post.  Thankfully we did not have to get up at 6, but got to sleep into 7.  That was nice, but we did have a 3 hour bus ride as well.  I really do not like buses, they don't have enough leg room and are quite uncomfortable.  But once we got to Newcastle it was all worth it. 

 The Church/Tourist Information center

 The Beautiful Gateshead Millennium Bridge

 The Gang.  Natasha, Laszlo, Florian, Audrey, Petra, Giulia, Me, Kim

Florian, Natasha, Istvan, Me at the Castle.

 One of the Castles. 

 Natasha and I

This is where we went to eat at. It is one of the oldest pubs in Newcastle

 They had so many bridges here, and they were are very unique in their own way.

Natasha, Me, Giulia in front of the Old Town Wall.

I don't know what else to say about Newcastle other than it was a beautiful city and that everyone should go visit there.  Definitely worth your time.

Today is Sunday, and a relaxing day it is!  I woke up at 10 and just relaxed for a while.  Later on I made blueberry muffins (minus the muffin part...again)  But we did have a mystery on our hand. Where is Scooby Doo and his gang?  Last time I went to make the muffins we were missing one of the cake pans, now today we are missing the other one!  Where they are is beyond me, I looked EVERYWHERE!  I looked in every cupboard, fridge/freezer, storage cabinets EVERYWHERE!  I don't know what is going on and where they would be.   Hummn.  But the baking must go on! So after the muffins were baked, cooled, and frozen I went upstairs to finish this lovely blog and edited some more photos.  So with no more left to be said, Until Next Time! 

Broken Window, The Hull Fair and a Relaxing Weekend

Hello World!

     This week has been so relaxing with just a touch of excitement.   Thursday started out with a little bit of chaos in one of my classes.  For my Archaeology of Roman Britain class my professor handed out sheets for us to sign for a field trip to York that we were going to take. When he signed up for this field trip he was told by the office that nobody would have class on this day because it would be reading week.  However, his weeks are different than the offices, so basically 80% of this class had class on that day.  haha.  So after about 10 minutes he decided that we would go on a Wednesday, very few people had a  conflict on that day.   Once that was all settled the class went on.  When the class had ended I headed back home to relax and do some reading.  

     Now this is going to get interesting.  Don't make fun of me, but something stupid did happen, which was not completely my fault.  So here it goes.  My window broke, not the actual glass but the metal supports that open and close the window (kind of like the hinges).  So when I got home I made lunch and did some laundry, like any normal day.  Once the laundry was finished I took them up to my room to be hung to dry out.  Right, well I wanted them to dry somewhat quickly so I opened my window.  After about an hour of the window being open I was starting to feel cold, so I decided to shut it.  Now let me explain something first so you know how this exactly happened.  There is a top and bottom window in my room, I always open the top because I didn't know how to open the bottom one.  The bottom one apparently had a anti theft type of lock on it so when I want to open it I can only open it an inch then I have to pull down a clasp to release the lock so I can open it... But back to the story, the top window is quite high, and I can open it a ways since I am somewhat tall.  Back to where I left off, since I can open it a ways when I started to close it I was paying as much attention and started pulling down.  One side got stuck and the other went fine, therefore bending one of the metal support beam things.  Anyway.  I did have to call to get it fixed, so all is good now :)  Well, I can't open the window, but I did figure out how to open the bottom so its all good.

     On with the day!   Later that night we went to the Hull fair, there was like 14 of us, so a big group!   We had heard that the Hull fair was one of the largest/is the largest (we don't exactly know) fairs in England, so we decided to check it out.  Now when I heard it was one of the largest I was expecting quite big, nope it was maybe a little bigger than the Jones or Delaware Co. Fairs.  Not that big.  I was thinking a little smaller than the Iowa State Fair.... about 1/4 the size.   But don't get me wrong I still had a blast!!!   We had to take 3 taxi's to get to the fair, and they all left at different times and dropped us off at different locations.  Once we all got situated and found each other we headed around the fair.  The first thing I saw was this awesome ride that I wanted to go onto.  Audrey, the willing sport that she was went on it with me... and because nobody else wanted too.

 Reminded me of the Zipper, without the cage.

Once we were done with the first ride we went and found some bumper cars.   The place we went had a deal 7 cars for 10 pounds and passengers rode free.  Cheap ride and everybody had fun!   Can't beat that :)  Continuing on after the bumper cars we went to the high swings ride, this was a very relaxing swing ride, and you could see the fair from up above, only about half the group went on this one. 

Istvan, Laszlo, Adam, Petra, Audrey, Julia

This is where I talked Ronald into going on a good ride... I call it the mixer, but I don't know the actual name of it. This one was a big white ride with a ball on one end and 6 rows of 5 people spread out like a mixer, now this one would spin all different directions while going around and around.  Its hard to explain....and  I think I was the only excited one to go on it.... But that doesn't matter since I talked 4 others into going.  The brave explorers were Istvan, Adam, Jimmy, Ronald, Mr. O, Me.   I think some of them regretted their decision while waiting in line, but I know they had fun.  When the fun was all over and my hair was in desperate need of a comb we left to walk around some more.  About 5 minutes after we decided that it was time to go home, so we headed to the exit to find a cab.  

Ronald, Adam, Audrey

Me, Svenja, Petra

     That was us in the cab on the way Home :)

    Now that you heard about my Thursday, nothing else compares to it so the next few days might be a little short.

  So Friday was nothing new, I went to class at the horrible hour of 9:15.  This was my seminar class and warned them that I was going to come in my PJ's... I didn't but I did wear my slippers and a T-shirt, which is dressed down enough that it could have been my PJ's.  So in this wonderful seminar we went around and got to know each other a little better, which was actually quite interesting.  I think I like the people in this class the best, nobody talks in my other 2 classes, which is such a downer.   Anywho, we were given a sheet of paper for our presentations, we had to decide who was going to do what presentation. AND we also got to pick for our mini presentations.  Such Fun, I just love getting up and talking about art,  not really actually, but I do love talking.   :)   When class was all over I just went back home and started research.  A little while later I started to fill out a paper that I would need to turn into the Study Abroad office about taking my exams back home.  Which is fine, because I got to check out the Library on Campus.  Now you may wonder why I just switched topics, but they are related.  So I don't have a printer at the house, therefor the library has one.  When I first walked in I was slightly in awe, then I realized that I had to scan my card to even get into the building.  Wow, talk about security.  However the library isn't much more than a library after that, so we will just skip that little part and continue on with the night.  There was an International Party at Asylum that night, and I knew right away that I was not going to go, but I did want to go hang out with people beforehand.  The girls next door invited me over and we just hung out.  It was quite nice just to relax and be with friends. 

   Saturday was a good day, I got to go Shopping!  Gotta love that :)  I went to find a new purse and anything else was going to be a bonus.   Unfortunately I did find a purse but it was 70 pounds ($110)  way over my budget!!!   I did however find a pair of black jeggings and 2 scarves for under 17 pounds ($27)  what a deal, Gotta love Primark :)  When the shopping was all done we headed home.  That night I went next door to play a game or watch a movie.  We chose to play a game.  I had never heard of it before, that may however be because it was a German game. Lets just say I suck at Wizard.... Just look at the score.  However, if Steffi didn't have to steal that last pile from me I would have had 10 points...  Grr....  Haha.  

 

 

I guess I could continue on with the last 2 days.  Sunday was nothing too special, I made a Blueberry Cake (muffins minus the muffin part) and taught Florian and Adam how to make Cutout cookies and Frosting.  Delicious :) 

That basically finished the wonderfully relaxing Sunday!  Whew. 

  I guess I should finish with today, and I'm warning you right now that nothing happened.  Haha.   

Welp, since nothing happened I shall just say goodnight and until next time :) 

BYE! 

Wine Tastings, Family Dinner, Glasgow, My life

Hello World!
   
    I have been talking a lot about my time over here, but I am wonder how is it going over there?  Seriously, email, message, post me, I am interested in everything!  And I just like to talk to people, so let me know whats new. 

    I guess since this is my blog I should probably keep you up to date on what has been happening over here.  This post might not be long, or very interesting but I will do my best not to make you fall asleep during it.   I guess I should start with where I left off and continue with Saturday.   After the long bus ride home I was tired and ready to just snuggle up in my bed and do absolutely nothing!  Of course, that is exactly what I did after I made my supper; pasta with seasoning, tomatoes & mushrooms.  Delicious! Yes mom, I am somewhat expanding my taste buds...but not much.  :)  When supper was finished I decided to upload my photos and then to settle down and finish reading a book.  Gotta Love Reading.  
 
    When I woke up the next morning I was not happy that it was still raining.  Yes, I did know that it rained a lot over here, but I wouldn't hate it so much if I had the proper rain gear (aka boots) that way I can jump in puddles AND not get my jeans wet.  There is nothing more I hate than wet jeans... and socks.  There was an upside to getting up and going out in the rain and that would be that Steffi and I were going to do an English Breakfast then go SHOPPING!  Up to this point in time I had only had 1 typical English breakfast (see previous posts about that) and now we were going to try a different breakfast place.  We chose a little Lounge type restaurant and ordered our meals.  Steffi had the traditional English Breakfast and I had the Eggs Benedict.  Let me say, they were scrumptious.  :p  Enough with the Breakfast!  As soon as breakfast ended we continued to the mall, we were going to walk the whole way there but like I said I hate my jeans being wet.  Therefore we caught the bus the rest of the way.  When we reached the mall I had really no idea what I would find for clothing here, I have a very different style than people here do.  Figure that.  As we started going through the mall to different shops I knew I was in trouble... I DO NOT LIKE THE CLOTHES! Its bad when I can just stand in the doorway and see absolutely nothing that I would even consider wearing.  I did however go into a few to actually look around and found 1, yes 1 shirt.  It was a simple one colored long sleeve shirt that is carried in normal shops.  Boring, but that is me... in a way.

   When shopping time was all done and my one purchase in hand we went to the Tesco to buy a few things.  I won't bore you with all the items that we bought, so I will just continue on when we got back.  That night was going to be a good one, it was Ronald's Birthday Party!  Now it doesn't happen very often, but we did party on a Sunday :) Actually everyone else partied, I just had my one drink and then socialized.   

 Istvan, Laszlo, Kim, Me :)

Me, Petra, Istvan

I guess since Sunday is now over I shall continue on with Monday.  Monday does come next...right?  Well even if it doesn't I will just say what happened.  Don't hold your breath its not much.  So Monday, I got to sleep in because class doesn't start til 3:15.   :D  That is my very happy face, just a fyi.  It does get better though... So Monday is my Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael class, and even though I am in slight love with my professor, (not that kind of love) but after our lecture (which I didn't follow too well, he was all over the place) we a wine tasting.  Yes, after every lecture he is going to bring in a bottle of wine from the region that we were talking about and let us taste it.  I don't exactly know the whole reason behind it, but I'm not complaining.  Now, it is ok for you to be a little jealous of me (Erin if you read this, I would consider this class just for the prof and the wine).  That is basically all the awesome things that happened on Monday. Well maybe not, Adam did keep us very entertained for dinner.  I had eaten earlier than Catherine and Adam so when they were downstairs I came down to talk to them.  Now this is when it gets good. Adam was learning how to cook potatoes, fine right.  Well I need to mention that he cooked 5 potatoes!  Yes 5, for one person.  We really need to teach that boy how to have a balanced meal.  Although his potatoes looked like they were cooked perfectly, he did put on this awful smelling sauce on top (not a good idea he found out).  Nasty.

Now that all the good stuff is done I shall move on to Tuesday.  I unfortunately had the wonderful pleasure of having class at 9:15, however I also like this professor so it wasn't bad.  When class was finished I headed back home so that I could go get groceries for the week and for our family dinner that night.  Catherine was cooking; Chicken Pesto Pasta.  Anyway, after I got the groceries I went next door to help Svenja make scones.  I love their scones, so delicious.  After they were baked we all (Svenja, Audrey, Petra, Myself) sat around the table and ate them all. :D   When the scones were all gone and homework had its calling I left to go do just that... Homework.  Actually I couldn't exactly call it homework, I was just taking notes on my own (that way I knew what the heck was going on in class) Once I felt caught up enough I gave into my urge to go online shopping.  That is the way to shop!  I found these really cute ankle boots that will go perfectly with my skinny jeans.  I also found this cross body bag that I am in absolute love with, unfortunately the company doesn't like my card because it keeps erroring whenever I am on the final stage of buying it :(  Major downer... Looks like I will just have to go to the actual store. Finally 8:00 came around and we started dinner... Actually Catherine did it all I just grated the parm. cheese.  What happened next you ask?  Well we had our family dinner :) 

What a day!  So I will finish with Today, Wednesday.  A wonderful day in my opinion... A day of no school for me :)  So as a day with no school I got to sleep in, I did however have to get up so that I could go to breakfast with Svenja.  We have started an English Breakfast Wednesday group.  So if you don't have class on Wednesdays at 11 we will be going to a different place each time to get an English breakfast.  Today, since it was raining once again, Svenja and I just went to the same place Steffi and I went a few days earlier.  Not regretting it one minute, it was as delicious the second time as it was the first.  When Breakfast was all over we sat in the restaurant a while longer and I taught Svenja some words and meaning on 'Cars'.  Each week we will take a subject/topic and she will ask questions and I will answer what the English words/phrases are.  I feel like a teacher :)   However, we did eventually run out of things to name, so we continued on home.  I had to go to the Student Union at 1 to try and get a ticket to Newcastle next week.  Ticket... Check :)   When I got back I started on some more notes and then Svenja, Petra and Audrey came over so I could teach them how to make Banana Bread.  I have a feeling we will be swapping a lot of recipes while I am over here.  Not complaining.  I guess I will continue on with the day.  Once they left from the baking lesson I went back upstairs and booked my train ticket to Glasgow.  So excited to go, it will be a great Girls weekend!   I also started looking into other places to visit... I think we are going to go to Barcelona :)   That would be FUN!!!!! 

I feel as though I have just told you my life story with all that I have written.  Ohh well, better to be informed with everything than a very vague detailed week.  Sorry with some of those previous posts.  I can definitely tell when I have time to write and when I am just wanting to go to bed/or out with friends.  Whoops.  So until next time, GOOD NIGHT!!!