So adventure, adventure, adventure…never seems to stop. Rika arrived on Wed. at 10:30 in the morning…Whit gets the call from her at the airport at 10:45am saying that she’s sick and she can’t get there to Regents by herself…so we go off to rescue her [thank goodness Whit is with me!]. By 12:30 we’re off the train and in the airport trying to locate Rika [who we’d forgotten to ask where she was going to be waiting for us]. So we run all over the south terminal then go back to the north terminal in Gatwick, then back and forth again looking. Then we finally ask the lady at the information desk who says that they can page her in both terminals to find her. So they do…and then again. With no luck we venture down to the other terminal thinking maybe we’ll meet her on the way or something.
So at 2pm the phone starts ringing and guess who it is?….not Rika! It’s the paramedics at the hospital with her… they are really great and calmly explain she’s “at hospital.” So Whit and I take a cab to the hospital to find her. 3 hours later we’re on our way to Regents after Rika has “had bloods taken”, and a urine test we find out that she was nervous and has a urine infection.
But we arrive safely home and I go out to look for Jack Vettriano who is apparently doing a book signing to publicize a new book about his work. But I go to the place he’s supposed to be and of coarse, they have no idea what I’m talking about and tell me that he came a few weeks ago to a different store…whatever.
So Wed. night we put Rika to bed and Lori arrives at 11:45pm. We hang out and talk and whatever for a while and then I try to sleep. Rika and I then wake up at 3am [yup, it’s true] to take a taxi, to catch the train, to take another bus, to get checked into the airport and then sit and wait for our plane to Dublin. It departs on time [wow, way to go Ryanair.com], which is 7am and we arrive at 8am completely exhausted [both of us fell asleep before the stewardesses had started their spiel about the flight safety].
So we get on the bus to take us towards our hostel [which is near the Guinness Storehouse]. But get this! On the way there our bus gets hit by a taxi! LOL…how funny is that! Anyway, when we finally check into our hostel we find out that we can’t get into the rooms until 2pm [our plan of taking a nap before adventuring comes to a halt!]. So we rest for a little bit and then go out. First we took a tour of a castle which I can not remember the name of [go figure, I had maybe 2 hours of sleep!]. It was really impressive. Then we went shopping and to the national art museum when it started to rain. Then we had a nap before going on a ghost tour which was filled with historical facts and pretty entertaining. That night we went to bed as soon as we got back from the ghost tour. At 5am on Friday morning however, I was woken up to a “crap! Maryanne are you okay?!” and I look up and see the top mattress of another bunk in the room had fallen down onto the bottom bed. There’s this girl pushing the mattress back up and then the girl in the bed leans up from underneath it. It was really funny…but of coarse I was shocked that it had actually happened.
On Friday we woke up and went into St. Patrick’s Cathedral which was absolutely fabulous! Then we picked up a Hard Rock Café shirt for Rika and some other touristy items, ate lunch and found our way to pick up our bags at the hostel and go to the Guinness Storehouse, which we did not tour, but did look a bit in the gift shop [there wasn’t enough time to do the tour before we had to leave for our flight].
Okay, get this: while waiting for our bus to the airport we hear a group of 4 Irish guys talking and one of them busts out with: “Sure as a one legged dog swims in circles!”
I think that it’s the funniest thing that I have heard here ever! It was absolutely hilarious! So at 6pm we flew back home to London, where we ended up eating Pizza for dinner.
Saturday we went out for changing of the guards, which was awesome. While on the way there we met an older British guy who told us a lot of information about the queen and which building she lives in and stuff like that. He also told us that the Queen is meeting with someone from South Korea on Wed. morning and there is going to be a grand procession to Buck House [the Brit’s word for Buckingham Palace]. So Whit and Rika are going to go do that and take some pictures for me while I am enduring the pains of giving a presentation in Theatre class.
After Buck House, we went to the Marble Arch where we met Alicia and her sister Whitney for lunch. Then we shopped on Oxford Street for a while. Then on Saturday night we went to see Bridget Jones Diary 2, which was so cool!
On Sunday Whit and I did a quick tour of the city on bus with Rika, then we met Lori, Alicia and Whitney at the Tower of London. After some lunch we went together to Camden Market to shop. Then everyone except Whitney [sister], went to a choir service at St. Martin-in-the-Fields off Trafalgar Square. Then we came back to the college [Whit, Lori, Rika and I], and hung out in our room with Andrew and Robi listening to Christmas music. It was great.
Monday I went to class and Lori and Rika did a mix of things in the city. Then in the evening we went and saw the musical “Simply Heavenly”, which I thought was really good.
Tuesday Rika, Andrew and I went inside of Westminster Abby. Lori [and Alicia and sister] left, and we’re planning on going to see Trafalgar Square’s X-mas tree lighting.
And that’s about all for now [smile]. I can’t believe that this is the last week of classes! My semester in London is almost up! It’s absolutely unbelievable. Next week is finals and then I’m off to Germany with Mom [yeah!]. I love you all, and thank you for reading this. Apparently some people “don’t have time,” so for those of you that do read this, thanks. It makes me feel better that somebody cares enough to keep up with what I’m doing. Love to all and Happy Thanksgiving late!
<><,
*maike rinaye*
Monday, November 29, 2004
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Oh library sweet library [rolls eyes]
So our library on campus is not as great as you would think it should be [considering the type of students that come here from all over (there was a prince here last semester)]. But no… the library here is really basically crap. But I do appreciate that I can at least find things in this library [not that there is a lot to find, but hey..]. On Thursday, Whit and I went out to make use of our extra time and attempt to be studious by finding a different library and simply getting books, sitting down, and researching. We didn’t even want to check the books out or anything. So we get there, a little place about a 25 min. walk from school, and walk in to find a room smaller than our library on campus. Okay, we think, this can’t be that bad, they have computers so we’ll just look up the list of books I need. So we attempt to do this and actually get some call numbers. Then we find the ‘art/architecture’ section and try to find these books. And we search, and we search….the call numbers are crap. I have no idea how they file these book, and the librarians that were there were mean looking so I wasn’t about to ask them. I found one book, which wasn’t even on my list but had the house I was looking for in it. So we ditched the library/studious idea and came home empty handed.
Then yesterday, we decide we’re going to the mother library: the British Library. We walk the 40 min. walk to this great building with a pretty cool sculpture in front. We walk in, already a bit confused, but go to the computers thinking this is a good place for us to start. HA! It’s just a big joke on us, I swear! No luck, so we decided that we’re going to enter the Humanities room. Oh wait, except that it says you have to have special admittance to get in! So we go down to information and ask what we need to get in there and study [once again, not to check out books! We just want to be in there and study!]. The woman then tells us we first need a list of books that we can not find at any other library and then [as if that isn’t enough], we have to have 2 forms of identification. Can you believe that? So their books are only for the elite smart people/researchers! Why don’t they put that in the title if that’s the case “The British Researchers Library” [shakes head]. I still can’t believe it. What a waist of books!
Anyway, I’m off to research on-line and write another paper [one down 3 to go!].
LOVE<><,
*maike rinaye*
Then yesterday, we decide we’re going to the mother library: the British Library. We walk the 40 min. walk to this great building with a pretty cool sculpture in front. We walk in, already a bit confused, but go to the computers thinking this is a good place for us to start. HA! It’s just a big joke on us, I swear! No luck, so we decided that we’re going to enter the Humanities room. Oh wait, except that it says you have to have special admittance to get in! So we go down to information and ask what we need to get in there and study [once again, not to check out books! We just want to be in there and study!]. The woman then tells us we first need a list of books that we can not find at any other library and then [as if that isn’t enough], we have to have 2 forms of identification. Can you believe that? So their books are only for the elite smart people/researchers! Why don’t they put that in the title if that’s the case “The British Researchers Library” [shakes head]. I still can’t believe it. What a waist of books!
Anyway, I’m off to research on-line and write another paper [one down 3 to go!].
LOVE<><,
*maike rinaye*
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Pony Trekking in Wales!
Wow [smile]. This past weekend was sooo cool [and even better because really neither Whit nor I had to plan or be prepared or worried about anything].
We started our trip on Friday and met here at Regents at 11am. Then we travelled as a group to the train station where we took a four hour train ride to Swansea, Wales. There we took a bus to the bed and breakfast that we stayed at for the weekend.
When we got there, it was so amazing, the house was huge, but so…personal. It was/is, by far, the best place that we have stayed so far. The rooms were great and had tv’s in them, and were decorated in a home-y way. We then ate a fabulous home-cooked meal and then some of us sat around and talked while drinking tea/coffee while others of us went to the game room to play charades. That night, being adventurous, half of us decided to walk to the nearby town to go to the pub [smile]. And by ‘nearby’ I mean a mile walk in the very dark woods [laugh]. It was really great. The boys scared us, we screamed, Kamani and I held on to each other for dear life, and then we got there and…well, did all the things you’re supposed to do in a pub [smile]. It was fabulous.
Saturday we got up and had another great home-cooked meal for breakfast and then got acquainted with our pony’s. My pony was named ‘Bottom’, apparently when he was a foal anyone that came up to him he would turn around and put his bum toward them. Everyone thought that he was going to kick, but it turned out that all he wanted to do was to say hi. The guides all said that my Bottom was handsome, and I agree, he was one hott pony [grin]. We brushed and saddled our pony’s [with English saddles], and then rode off [there were like 20 of us with the guides (3)]. We rode all over beautiful countryside and then stopped for lunch, where we left the pony’s to graze in a fenced in field. When we came back though, Bottom was covered with mud! Saddle and all was completely caked! It was so gross, apparently he enjoys rolling in the mud, but from that point on I called him the ‘dirty-good-looking-pony’. After lunch the tour girls led us along the shore…all I can say about this is wow! I took so many pictures, it was wonderful.
We got back to the house in the late afternoon and showered, cleaned up and then ate some more great home-cooked food. Then a bunch of us went into town to go clubbing, which turned out to be very different than we had imagined it. Everyone in Swansea [the town we took a bus to], was…well, wearing little to nothing [at least the chicks]. They had on the tiniest skirts I have ever seen! And then the tops…good grief, they might as well not wear any kind of top! It was crazy, but fun. And Kamani was seriously hit on by the Welsh guy [which was absolutely hilarious].
Sunday we all woke up incredibly sore, and only half of us went out trekking again. The smaller group was so much better though. We went out to where we could see water on three sides of us, and there was one point where we could see England land across the water. Then they pointed out caves and a castle and it was just really great. Even though we were incredibly sore, it was definitely worth going out. We came back to the house and packed up in the afternoon and then back to the train station to go home.
It was such a super weekend, Bottom was a wonerful pony, we had great weather [even though it was cold, at least it wasn't rainy], and we got to know a few more of our fellow students here at Regents. It was so worth every penny I paid for it. Well, I am off to write some papers. Hopefully I’ll get them all done before Rika, Lori and Alicia get here [smile]. I’m way excited about seeing you guys!
<><,
*maike rinaye*
We started our trip on Friday and met here at Regents at 11am. Then we travelled as a group to the train station where we took a four hour train ride to Swansea, Wales. There we took a bus to the bed and breakfast that we stayed at for the weekend.
When we got there, it was so amazing, the house was huge, but so…personal. It was/is, by far, the best place that we have stayed so far. The rooms were great and had tv’s in them, and were decorated in a home-y way. We then ate a fabulous home-cooked meal and then some of us sat around and talked while drinking tea/coffee while others of us went to the game room to play charades. That night, being adventurous, half of us decided to walk to the nearby town to go to the pub [smile]. And by ‘nearby’ I mean a mile walk in the very dark woods [laugh]. It was really great. The boys scared us, we screamed, Kamani and I held on to each other for dear life, and then we got there and…well, did all the things you’re supposed to do in a pub [smile]. It was fabulous.
Saturday we got up and had another great home-cooked meal for breakfast and then got acquainted with our pony’s. My pony was named ‘Bottom’, apparently when he was a foal anyone that came up to him he would turn around and put his bum toward them. Everyone thought that he was going to kick, but it turned out that all he wanted to do was to say hi. The guides all said that my Bottom was handsome, and I agree, he was one hott pony [grin]. We brushed and saddled our pony’s [with English saddles], and then rode off [there were like 20 of us with the guides (3)]. We rode all over beautiful countryside and then stopped for lunch, where we left the pony’s to graze in a fenced in field. When we came back though, Bottom was covered with mud! Saddle and all was completely caked! It was so gross, apparently he enjoys rolling in the mud, but from that point on I called him the ‘dirty-good-looking-pony’. After lunch the tour girls led us along the shore…all I can say about this is wow! I took so many pictures, it was wonderful.
We got back to the house in the late afternoon and showered, cleaned up and then ate some more great home-cooked food. Then a bunch of us went into town to go clubbing, which turned out to be very different than we had imagined it. Everyone in Swansea [the town we took a bus to], was…well, wearing little to nothing [at least the chicks]. They had on the tiniest skirts I have ever seen! And then the tops…good grief, they might as well not wear any kind of top! It was crazy, but fun. And Kamani was seriously hit on by the Welsh guy [which was absolutely hilarious].
Sunday we all woke up incredibly sore, and only half of us went out trekking again. The smaller group was so much better though. We went out to where we could see water on three sides of us, and there was one point where we could see England land across the water. Then they pointed out caves and a castle and it was just really great. Even though we were incredibly sore, it was definitely worth going out. We came back to the house and packed up in the afternoon and then back to the train station to go home.
It was such a super weekend, Bottom was a wonerful pony, we had great weather [even though it was cold, at least it wasn't rainy], and we got to know a few more of our fellow students here at Regents. It was so worth every penny I paid for it. Well, I am off to write some papers. Hopefully I’ll get them all done before Rika, Lori and Alicia get here [smile]. I’m way excited about seeing you guys!
<><,
*maike rinaye*
Monday, November 08, 2004
Berlin!
So last weekend we went to Germany [sorry if this ends up being kind of jambled, I am in a computer room with loud people, not just one, but a bunch…and that makes it hard to focus].
Anyway, it was great [smile]. Whit and I flew out of London on Thursday afternoon and found our way to our great hostel. It was by far the cleanest and nicest. So then we go out in search of dinner and end up talking with a guy in German about George Bush [smile]…funny. We end the day watching The Matrix with two great Canadian guys that we met in the lobby.
On Friday our roommate Kamani flew out and met us in Berlin. My atm card didn’t work anywhere [I tried it on 4 different machines!]. We go on a three and a half hour walking tour around Berlin in the freezing cold. We were soooo cold! The tour was great and really really informative. He brought us into the very contemporary architecture area [it was super!], and of course he showed us part of the Berlin Wall, and we saw Checkpoint Charlie. He also took us to a square that has two churches and talked about how the one church is in the movie “Around the World in 50 Days” and Jackie Chan is running out of the building [in the movie it’s a bank].
After the tour we then got dinner at a Kebap place [which was excellent] and then walked up the Reichstag at night.
http://www.proasyl.de/serien/thierse/reichstag.jpg
Even though it was freezing, it was really awesome. The tour guide talked about how the government is now all about the citizens, and how the glass dome in the middle is very symbolic, because when you are up there you can actually look down onto the congress [because of this we had to go through all sorts of security stuff]. Our tour guide said that anytime the congress is in session they can look up and remember what they are there for: to represent the citizens.
Saturday we got up and had a wonderful breakfast at the hostel and then went into the Jewish Museum which was also really cool. The architecture was really cool, and the symbolism was pretty awesome too. Mom fixed my atm card for me [apparently, even though they know I’m in Europe for a semester, I took out a little more money than I normally do so they decided that my card was probably stolen; okay, whatever!] [but yea for mom for fixing it after the stupid international 1-800 number didn’t work for me!].
Then we went back to Checkpoint Charlie to check out an exhibit of crosses that was set up. Each of the crosses was for a person that died trying to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall; each cross had a name and some had pictures of people.
Then we definitely got lunch at a Mexican restaurant [smile!]. It was soooo good! Even though it took us like 30 min. just to get the single waitress to take our drink orders [we gave her the whole order, ‘cause by that time we knew exactly what we wanted].
Then started the crazyness [grin]. We started our 7 hour shopping fun [smile]. I came away with only a Berlin hoody [which is soo much fun], and some earrings, but we had a really great time. And Whit came back with tons! She now has 2 new pairs of shoes and a new coat and…hmm, that might be all. Kamani came back with some great new clothes too.
By the time we get back to the hostel we are completely exhausted. Our feet hurt, our legs hurt and the only thing we can do [when we finally get up to the fifth floor in the elevator] is lay in bed.
Then we met our roommate, who was really nice. She was from Brazil, but studying agriculture outside of Berlin. But she doesn’t speak any German and her teachers only speak in Deutch. She was neat to talk to.
So Whit and I left on Sunday morning and on the train to the airport we met this old German woman who started up a conversation about my backpack [“rucksack”] and then she explained to us in German, how to say “my mother speaks German” “Muttersprecken” (and I spell worse in German than I do in English). She was great.
And then we came home….and I’m going to die if I stay in the computer lab anymore because this group of freshman Skidmore girls are driving me nuts! They will not shut up and have completely taken over the room I am in! Ahh….I’m out of here.
LOVE TO ALL<><,
*maike rinaye*
Anyway, it was great [smile]. Whit and I flew out of London on Thursday afternoon and found our way to our great hostel. It was by far the cleanest and nicest. So then we go out in search of dinner and end up talking with a guy in German about George Bush [smile]…funny. We end the day watching The Matrix with two great Canadian guys that we met in the lobby.
On Friday our roommate Kamani flew out and met us in Berlin. My atm card didn’t work anywhere [I tried it on 4 different machines!]. We go on a three and a half hour walking tour around Berlin in the freezing cold. We were soooo cold! The tour was great and really really informative. He brought us into the very contemporary architecture area [it was super!], and of course he showed us part of the Berlin Wall, and we saw Checkpoint Charlie. He also took us to a square that has two churches and talked about how the one church is in the movie “Around the World in 50 Days” and Jackie Chan is running out of the building [in the movie it’s a bank].
After the tour we then got dinner at a Kebap place [which was excellent] and then walked up the Reichstag at night.
http://www.proasyl.de/serien/thierse/reichstag.jpg
Even though it was freezing, it was really awesome. The tour guide talked about how the government is now all about the citizens, and how the glass dome in the middle is very symbolic, because when you are up there you can actually look down onto the congress [because of this we had to go through all sorts of security stuff]. Our tour guide said that anytime the congress is in session they can look up and remember what they are there for: to represent the citizens.
Saturday we got up and had a wonderful breakfast at the hostel and then went into the Jewish Museum which was also really cool. The architecture was really cool, and the symbolism was pretty awesome too. Mom fixed my atm card for me [apparently, even though they know I’m in Europe for a semester, I took out a little more money than I normally do so they decided that my card was probably stolen; okay, whatever!] [but yea for mom for fixing it after the stupid international 1-800 number didn’t work for me!].
Then we went back to Checkpoint Charlie to check out an exhibit of crosses that was set up. Each of the crosses was for a person that died trying to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall; each cross had a name and some had pictures of people.
Then we definitely got lunch at a Mexican restaurant [smile!]. It was soooo good! Even though it took us like 30 min. just to get the single waitress to take our drink orders [we gave her the whole order, ‘cause by that time we knew exactly what we wanted].
Then started the crazyness [grin]. We started our 7 hour shopping fun [smile]. I came away with only a Berlin hoody [which is soo much fun], and some earrings, but we had a really great time. And Whit came back with tons! She now has 2 new pairs of shoes and a new coat and…hmm, that might be all. Kamani came back with some great new clothes too.
By the time we get back to the hostel we are completely exhausted. Our feet hurt, our legs hurt and the only thing we can do [when we finally get up to the fifth floor in the elevator] is lay in bed.
Then we met our roommate, who was really nice. She was from Brazil, but studying agriculture outside of Berlin. But she doesn’t speak any German and her teachers only speak in Deutch. She was neat to talk to.
So Whit and I left on Sunday morning and on the train to the airport we met this old German woman who started up a conversation about my backpack [“rucksack”] and then she explained to us in German, how to say “my mother speaks German” “Muttersprecken” (and I spell worse in German than I do in English). She was great.
And then we came home….and I’m going to die if I stay in the computer lab anymore because this group of freshman Skidmore girls are driving me nuts! They will not shut up and have completely taken over the room I am in! Ahh….I’m out of here.
LOVE TO ALL<><,
*maike rinaye*
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Cloaca!
So last night, with our theatre class, we [Robi, Andrew, Kelly and I] went to see Cloaca; a wonderful play by a Dutch playwright, directed by Kevin Spacey. [This is truly my favorite play that we've seen so far!]
http://movie-cast.com/spacey.jpg
The picture is for the weird people who have no idea who Kevin Spacey is [ie: Kamani, our roommate].
Anyway, the thing is….I GOT HIS SIGNATURE! How cool is that?!!!! He was in the bar with this red beret [I do not know how to spell that one] hat on, and of coarse he was just chillin, and…yeah, well, ask me about it sometime when we’re face to face and I’ll tell you how it went. It was really funny [smile]. But I have his autograph! LOL….I think that Whit’s a bit jealous. I’m still way shocked.
Oh, and I wanted to mention to all of you, that Robi Finley is now engaged [smile]. He’s a fiancé [grin], how cool is that?! I think that most of you already know, but just in case I thought that I’d add it in. [Robi had Kevin sign his student id card since he didn’t have anything else with him].
Okay, that’s really all I have to add today. Whit and I are off to Berlin on Thursday.
LOVE YOU ALL<><,
*maike rinaye*
http://movie-cast.com/spacey.jpg
The picture is for the weird people who have no idea who Kevin Spacey is [ie: Kamani, our roommate].
Anyway, the thing is….I GOT HIS SIGNATURE! How cool is that?!!!! He was in the bar with this red beret [I do not know how to spell that one] hat on, and of coarse he was just chillin, and…yeah, well, ask me about it sometime when we’re face to face and I’ll tell you how it went. It was really funny [smile]. But I have his autograph! LOL….I think that Whit’s a bit jealous. I’m still way shocked.
Oh, and I wanted to mention to all of you, that Robi Finley is now engaged [smile]. He’s a fiancé [grin], how cool is that?! I think that most of you already know, but just in case I thought that I’d add it in. [Robi had Kevin sign his student id card since he didn’t have anything else with him].
Okay, that’s really all I have to add today. Whit and I are off to Berlin on Thursday.
LOVE YOU ALL<><,
*maike rinaye*
Monday, November 01, 2004
London Sweet London
So this weekend, since it was the weekend after fall break, we decided to stay here in London [this conversation went like this, “Whit, I think we should stay in town the weekend after break.” She said something like “Why would we do that?” and I said “we’re going to be exhausted!”]. Since then Whit has thanked me numerous times for the great idea of staying in London.
And amazingly, even though we stayed in town, I’m still really worn out from our adventures. Crazy. So here is what we did this week:
We came back to school, drained on Sunday. I spent all of Monday and Tuesday recuperating from the past 10 days by wearing only flip-flops and not leaving the building at all [I also made it a point to lotion my feet both in the mornings and in the evenings to make up for all that I’d put them through the past week].
Wednesday I had to venture off campus for a class and noticed the red leaves on our building [they are great and I will have to get a picture before they all fall off]. They are so bright and cheery against the grey sky of most of most days. I also noticed that we are finally moving into fall. I heard that Missouri has a low of 30 today, thankfully, although it’s getting colder, it hasn’t gotten that low yet.
Then, you’ll be proud Flanna and Haddy, we watched Casablanca with the boys [Andrew and Robi] and some other folks.
Thursday we went to bookstores and a theatre store [which has plays and such].
Friday Whit, Andrew and I went shopping. Although not coming back with what we were really looking for, we did come back with some stellar items. [side note: still no freakin shoes!].
Saturday Kamani, Whit and I went first to the British Museum [this is where England collects all the stolen property from other countries; ie: numerous sculptures from the Greek Parthenon.] Then we had a peanut butter and fluff party in Robi and Andrew’s room and watched some funny new film with Tom Hanks in it [I think Tom Hanks, anyway].
Sunday we went to church [the great place we found at the beginning of school], and then Whit and I went to Harrods and then to the Victoria and Albert Museum [the V&A]. That was really cool, we went into this exhibit on Black people in Britain; it was pretty sweet. Then since it was Halloween [and Mom, I definitely wore the Halloween item you sent me:], we watched Harry Potter 2 in the boys room [can you tell that Robi has his DVD collection here now? :].
And that was my weekend [smile]. Now for some random information. Boys here with longer hair wear headbands; how weird is that! It can be the skinny plastic bands that go behind your ears, or the full circle bands that are thicker and made of stretchy material. It’s so weird.
And here’s a picture of the ridiculous fuzzy boots that are popular over here:
http://sti1856q.seamlesstech.com/Merchant/lolli_boots.jpg
Last thing, scheduling. Here is my list of teachers and classes that I am hoping to take. If you would like to post your experience [suggestions, warnings, etc] with any of the teachers, that would be helpful. Also, if any of you have books that I might purchase from you for the class, that would be great too.
Global Futures-Chin
Global Values-Espisito
Math and Inquiry [gag]-Borodich
Figure Drawing-Mark Hall
Commercial Photography-Rebecca Miller
Scuba-yeah, I have no clue who this teacher is, but I am so taking the class.
LOVE YA<><,
*maike rinaye*
And amazingly, even though we stayed in town, I’m still really worn out from our adventures. Crazy. So here is what we did this week:
We came back to school, drained on Sunday. I spent all of Monday and Tuesday recuperating from the past 10 days by wearing only flip-flops and not leaving the building at all [I also made it a point to lotion my feet both in the mornings and in the evenings to make up for all that I’d put them through the past week].
Wednesday I had to venture off campus for a class and noticed the red leaves on our building [they are great and I will have to get a picture before they all fall off]. They are so bright and cheery against the grey sky of most of most days. I also noticed that we are finally moving into fall. I heard that Missouri has a low of 30 today, thankfully, although it’s getting colder, it hasn’t gotten that low yet.
Then, you’ll be proud Flanna and Haddy, we watched Casablanca with the boys [Andrew and Robi] and some other folks.
Thursday we went to bookstores and a theatre store [which has plays and such].
Friday Whit, Andrew and I went shopping. Although not coming back with what we were really looking for, we did come back with some stellar items. [side note: still no freakin shoes!].
Saturday Kamani, Whit and I went first to the British Museum [this is where England collects all the stolen property from other countries; ie: numerous sculptures from the Greek Parthenon.] Then we had a peanut butter and fluff party in Robi and Andrew’s room and watched some funny new film with Tom Hanks in it [I think Tom Hanks, anyway].
Sunday we went to church [the great place we found at the beginning of school], and then Whit and I went to Harrods and then to the Victoria and Albert Museum [the V&A]. That was really cool, we went into this exhibit on Black people in Britain; it was pretty sweet. Then since it was Halloween [and Mom, I definitely wore the Halloween item you sent me:], we watched Harry Potter 2 in the boys room [can you tell that Robi has his DVD collection here now? :].
And that was my weekend [smile]. Now for some random information. Boys here with longer hair wear headbands; how weird is that! It can be the skinny plastic bands that go behind your ears, or the full circle bands that are thicker and made of stretchy material. It’s so weird.
And here’s a picture of the ridiculous fuzzy boots that are popular over here:
http://sti1856q.seamlesstech.com/Merchant/lolli_boots.jpg
Last thing, scheduling. Here is my list of teachers and classes that I am hoping to take. If you would like to post your experience [suggestions, warnings, etc] with any of the teachers, that would be helpful. Also, if any of you have books that I might purchase from you for the class, that would be great too.
Global Futures-Chin
Global Values-Espisito
Math and Inquiry [gag]-Borodich
Figure Drawing-Mark Hall
Commercial Photography-Rebecca Miller
Scuba-yeah, I have no clue who this teacher is, but I am so taking the class.
LOVE YA<><,
*maike rinaye*
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