tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33688870130334816662024-02-20T06:47:14.829-08:00International AdventuresAllysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-78299231281630268592013-05-25T16:47:00.002-07:002013-05-31T22:59:40.936-07:00The Last Day :(<br />
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While I am sad to leave, there are some things I am looking forward to getting
back to…i.e. sunshine and flip-flops!! Today I went on a walk known as the
Millennium Mile, according to my travel book anyways. It is actually about two
miles and I went past where it ended so I’m guessing I did close to three
miles. It started at Houses of Parliament and Big Ben which I have seen already
and then headed across the river. Here I could see the London Eye for the first
time. It is really tall. We might go on that later tonight. The walk continued
and I also passed the Sea Life London Aquarium, Waterloo Bridge, Blackfriars
Bridge, and the Tate Modern, which is an Art Museum.<br />
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I am a fan of the arts, as many of
you already know, but I prefer things such as music and theater. I don’t really
enjoy looking at still art as much as watching someone perform. The Tate Modern
is full of artwork that I’m sure many people enjoy looking at and interpreting
in their own way, but I personally did not really enjoy it. It was definitely
an interesting experience and I am glad that I went, but it is not something I
would do again. I would recommend going there, because there are many different
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After the Tate Modern, I continued
on my walk and came upon the Millennium Bridge, which is the bridge blown up in
one of the last Harry Potter movies. I was glad to see it was all put back
together! I really liked the design of the bridge. The next thing I saw was
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. I wish I would have had the time and money to go
to a play there, but it was still awesome to see. Next was the Southwark
Cathedral which was also very beautiful. My travel book then said to go under
the London Bridge and go back to the tube station, but I continued onward
towards Tower Bridge. London Bridge is boring and looks like any other typical
bridge, but Tower Bridge is brightly colored and unique with its towers. I’m
definitely glad I went to that bridge, even though by this time I was
completely soaked and my umbrella was broken (I forgot to mention that it has
been raining all day). I then found a tube stop and headed towards the Monument
stop. The Monument is literally right outside the tube stop I came out of which
was nice since I basically just wanted a picture and then headed back to my
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Overall this has been an incredible
trip. We leave tomorrow at 4a.m.!!! I am not looking forward to having to wake
up at 3 nor am I ready for this trip to be over, but I can’t be on vacation all
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Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-19116396991411686892013-05-23T11:37:00.004-07:002013-05-31T23:03:16.858-07:00The Legal Walk and British Museum<div style="text-align: left;">
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Today we had our last official
activity. We went on what is called the Legal Walk because it goes through the
four Inns of Court, which are where barristers work. Barristers are required to
commit to one of the Inns in order to become a barrister. The four Inns are
Grey’s Inn, Lincoln Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple. We also saw the Royal Courts of Justice,
which is an appellate court. Here, we watched more court cases. I think I have
sat in enough courtrooms for my life. Seriously, I do not enjoy that. I
understand it is part of class to learn about how things function over here,
but I’m pretty over sitting in court. The one I sat in today we were in for a
total of 25 minutes and there was literally nothing happening for 20 of those
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After we got done there, Alesha and
I went to get some lunch. We found an Italian place that was really good. I had
mushroom spaghetti with meatballs. We then headed to the British Museum. This
is one of the largest museums in the world and definitely has a ton of stuff. I
feel like my dad would really enjoy it. It was cool to be able to go to
something like that and see things such as the Rosetta Stone and some of the
Egyptian stuff but I don’t typically like museums so there was that aspect of
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surprising to me for such a big city. When I think of a big city, I think of
buildings and busy streets and not these beautiful parks. Russell Park is one
of the smaller parks in London, but it is still awesome. It is a nice quiet
relaxing place to get away from the busy city, even if it is only for a short period of time, such as a lunch break.</div>
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Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-42418228642046759202013-05-23T11:36:00.001-07:002013-05-31T22:24:31.003-07:00The Most Wonderful Place I've Ever Been!<br />
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DUBLIN!!!! Tuesday Morning we were up and at ‘em pretty
early, especially by my standards, but it was for a fantastic reason. We were
headed to Dublin!! We got to the airport and the line for Ryan Air was insane.
However, it moved pretty fast so we got our passports checked and were good to
go. We didn’t really have any issues getting through the airport both in London
and Dublin. When we got to Dublin, we weren’t sure what bus we were supposed to
get on but got it figured out pretty easily. We then headed to our hotel to
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first stop for the day was the National Leprechaun Museum. This was one of the
coolest places I have been to. It helped that we had a group of Scottish guys
who were hilarious along the way. This was not like a traditional museum in
that the first room we went into was called the Giant’s room. This room is to
make you feel like a leprechaun. There are chairs and tables to climb around on
that are all really big. I climbed around a little bit but I was in a skirt so
didn’t want to get too crazy. The Scottish guys, however, took over everything
in that room and were hilarious while doing so. We then moved to the map room
in which we learned about the folk tales of Ireland and some of the mythical
creatures such as banshees, fairies, and of course, leprechauns. The next room
had different things showing on the walls and our guide told us about different
legends and why certain things have meaning today such as the horseshoe, which
was not a symbol of luck, but rather protection. The iron in the horseshoes
kept children safe from being stolen by fairies. We then came to the pot of
gold! Here, we heard some more folk tales before moving on to the final room
with the wishing well. Here we heard one final folk tale which our guide had
been referencing the whole tour. I loved it because it is like something I
would tell. Four beautiful children were turned into swans by their stepmother
and made to live 900 years in 3 different places. The father tried to have them
changed back but couldn’t. So the beautiful children lived those 900 years as
swans and turned back into humans. But instead of turning back into those
beautiful children, they turned into rickety old people and died. The end. This
is how most Irish Folk tales end, which just adds to my idea that I should live
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After
the Leprechaun Museum, we headed to the Old Jameson Distillery. We went on a
tour here also and at the beginning, our tour guide asked for some volunteers
to taste some whiskey. One of my roommates and I both volunteered so after the
tour, we sat at the front of the group and tasted three different whiskeys. We
started off with Jameson, an Irish whiskey, followed by Jack Daniels, an
American whiskey, and finished off with Johnny Walker Red, a Scotch whiskey.
Jameson was my favorite which I knew already since I’ve had all three before.
For volunteering for this, we received certificates saying we are professional
whiskey tasters so that was pretty cool. <br />
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After
Jameson, we headed to Kilmainham Gaol, which was the jail used until 1924. It
was used during rebellions and the Great Famine. Sadly, my camera died right
after we got there so I didn’t get very many pictures. However it was still
really neat. We were able to see what the old prison cells looked like.
Kilmainham has also been used in movies, with the most notable one for me being
<i>The Italian Job</i>. We were able to hear
about some of prisoners who were held here when Ireland was trying to become
independent from the United Kingdom. One person that was imprisoned here later
became president of Ireland. Overall, Kilmainham was pretty sweet. I think they
should do night tours because that place has got to be haunted.<br />
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Our
next adventure was finding our way back to the hotel. Kilmainham was a long
walk in the first place so walking back took forever. It definitely did not
help matters that I really do not like one of the people who was with and they
were arguing everything I said every time we were going somewhere new. When we
were heading to Kilmainham, I was leading and that person questioned my
directions when I was following my map which had the jail on it and his map was
only for central Dublin so it did not even have the jail on it. So getting back
to our hotel was an interesting adventure, especially because the streets in
Dublin change names every couple of blocks. However, we finally made it back
and I took a nap before heading to Temple Bar for dinner. It was a Tuesday so I
did not expect all of the pubs to be completely packed, but most of them were.
Almost all of them also had live music playing and signs saying this happened
every night. The stereotype that the Irish drink all the time seemed to be
pretty accurate. We found a place to eat and I got fried mushrooms, which were
delicious and Bailey’s Cheesecake which was quite possibly the best thing I
have ever eaten. After that we headed
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When
leaving London at 4-5 a.m. Tuesday morning, Kalee pointed out that London never
sleeps. When we got up Wednesday morning in Dublin, we determined that Dublin
sleeps until noon. Seriously, there are almost no shops or restaurants open
before 11:30. It was kind of ridiculous. We headed back to the Leprechaun
Museum so Kalee could get another book and ended up talking to the manager for
a while. We heard some interesting stories about things that have happened in
the museum and talked about some other random stuff as well. We also talked
about tattoos. Obviously I am a fan of tattoos and was thinking about getting
one as a souvenir of this trip. He told us where to go look and I ended up
getting a clover on my ankle (mom don’t kill me). We then spent the rest of our time on one of
the tour buses that goes through town. We got to see some cool sites, such as
the zoo, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the Guinness Factory. It was a nice
relaxing way to finish our trip to Dublin.<br />
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We got
to the airport way early and ended up having about an hour and a half to kill
so we wandered the airport in search of outlets so Kalee could use her
computer. It is ridiculous how hard it is to find outlets in the world. I feel
like they should exist a lot more. I was very sad to leave Dublin; I honestly
think I could live there. I heard a ton of beautiful Irish accents and had an
absolutely fantastic time!!<br />
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Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-23037236282382801272013-05-23T11:34:00.002-07:002013-05-23T11:34:36.066-07:00Old Bailey<br />
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Monday
we went to Old Bailey Crown Court. We
met a guide there and thought he would be giving us a tour, but really he just
told us about Old Bailey and some history of executions in London. One interesting thing from that was about a
man who was cook for the bishop. He was boiled to death for poisoning a group of
people. We also learned that there are two parts to Old Bailey, one being the
old side, and one being the new side. Other than that, I didn’t really learn
much from that guy. We then were shown where the entrances to the two sides of
court and were told we would be able to go watch cases. We stood outside for
almost an hour before they let us in and were told what case we could watch.
The case we were allowed to watch was closing statements so I had no idea what
was going on. It was cool to be able to see the barristers and judge in their
robes and wigs, but that was the most interesting part of Old Bailey for me.</div>
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After
that, we headed to ISA (the agency who helped set up this trip) to use the
internet since it sucks at our hotel. I was able to get some pictures put on
facebook and will hopefully get some put on here shortly. We were also going to
ISA because we had a lecture there in the afternoon. The lecture was by Dr.
Thomas MacManus. This lecture was more exciting than the one from New Scotland
Yard and it was more interactive. We were able to ask random questions and he
seemed to be very useful. However, today (Thursday) our guide gave us
information that contradicted some of the stuff he said, so I’m not sure who is
correct.</div>
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Monday
night was boring because everyone had to be up incredibly early the next
morning so everyone pretty much went to bed. Everyone going to Paris had to be
ready to leave at 3:45 and those of us going to Dublin were meeting at 4:30.</div>
Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-72129616252442992152013-05-19T14:35:00.001-07:002013-05-23T11:50:01.137-07:00Stonehenge and Bath<br />
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Last
night was insane. Because the legal drinking age here is 18, I am able to go to
pubs and clubs. I had a cider at a pub one of my first nights here and last
night I experienced the club scene. It was definitely a blast. We headed to Leicester
Square because we had seen one club there when we went to the play but that is
not where we ended up. When we came out of the tube station, there was a guy
standing there who asked us if we wanted to go a club so he lead us to the
place to buy tickets and then to the club itself. My first thought when this
was happening was of the movie <i>Magic Mike</i>
and how funny it would be if something like that was happening. It wasn’t. I
think the club was called the Rumba, but I don’t remember for sure. All I
remember was that it was a blast!! I think the group of us that went have
officially had the most fun on this trip. There are many stories that could be
told from this night, but seeing as this blog is for class credit, I probably
shouldn’t go into those details here. Long story short, we didn’t get back to
the hotel until after 4 a.m. and had to be on the bus at 8. I set two alarms
for 7, but didn’t wake up until 7:45. It
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We made
it to the bus, just in time and were off to Stonehenge. We left in such a
hurry, that I forgot my camera so I don’t have any pictures for the day, but I’m
pretty sure all of my batteries were dead anyways. Stonehenge was pretty cool. We
didn’t spend a lot of time there because we were headed to the city of Bath,
which is 2-3 hours from London. We then continued toward Bath with our tour
guide, who told us about every little thing we passed, including the pig farm
with the “piggy porkies” (ask me about this in person, or say it out loud with
a British accent. Trust me, it was hilarious). I was not feeling the best after
last night and just wanted to sleep, especially since I get slightly carsick
when going through hills and turns anyways, so I didn’t think all of her
information was completely necessary.However,that was what she was there to do, so
otherwise it would have been useless to have her. She did give us some
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Bath
was interesting because all of the buildings look basically the same. They are
all made out of stone and there were many areas that were very uniquely
designed, such as the circle and the crescent. We were given free time to
explore the town and get some lunch, before gathering for a tour of the Roman
Baths. These date back to 1<sup>st</sup> century A.D. They are naturally heated
baths similar to those of Hot Springs, but this water is warmer than Hot
Springs, if I remember correctly. Most of the water was a strange, green color,
due to the chemicals and minerals in the water. There was also one bath that
was bubbling, not from the heat of the bath, but because of the chemicals in
the bath and the gases escaping. We were able to feel and taste the water. It
was very warm and tasted like metal, but it wasn’t the worst thing I have ever had
to drink. It was still better than any beer I’ve tried. After Bath, we headed
back to London and got some dinner. We are calling a night pretty early tonight
as we are still recovering from last night’s fun. </div>
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Tomorrow
we go to Old Bailey Crown Court and have a lecture from a professor from King’s
College. Hopefully it will be more interesting than the last lecture we had.</div>
Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-54514754024482960792013-05-18T20:29:00.000-07:002013-05-31T22:39:10.345-07:00Yay for being tourists!!<br />
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Today
started with a tour of the Houses of Parliament. Here, we were able to see
where the Queen gets ready to start terms of parliament. The building is crazy
old, I think he said it dates back to 1000 A.D. which is obviously a long time
ago. When the Queen gets ready, she crowns herself with a crown that weighs
over 2 pounds and has over 3000 diamonds. The Queen has only missed opening 2
sessions since she became Queen. The Queen enters the House of Lords and has
someone go and get the House of Commons because she is not allowed to enter the
House of Commons at all. There are over 700 Lords and over 600 members in the
House of Commons. The most interesting thing I learned today was about
Westminster Hall, in which only three people from the modern age have ever been
allowed to address parliament. These people are the Pope, Nelson Mandela, and
Barack Obama. Overall, this was an interesting tour and I’m glad we were able
to do it but I am not interested in politics at all so it was not my favorite
event.<br />
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A group
of us then decided to head to Camden Town, which others refer to as being
sketchy and full of hippies, but I actually really enjoyed it. It was full of
street vendors and one of my roommates got a tattoo. Many of the street vendors
were selling Beats headphones for like 10-30 pounds!! All of us ended up
getting some after some discussion with the vendors and getting the prices even
lower. They might be fake, but they work really well, so oh well. I also got a
really cute pair of boots for 11 pounds!! </div>
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They are pretty awesome!! They are warm and waterproof, and
surprisingly comfortable for a heel. I also got a new shirt that lights up to
the beat of whatever sound there is, and there is not a design on it because I
can write on it with any highlighter so I’m pretty excited to try it out. I
think it will be perfect for my 21<sup>st</sup> this year!! We are now getting
ready to head out for the night to a club so it should be a fun night!</div>
Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-28976086052206320452013-05-18T20:23:00.003-07:002013-05-31T22:39:39.566-07:00Oxford, Stratford, Warwick<br />
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started with a trip to Oxford. Oxford University is made up of 38 colleges, all
throughout the town. Our tour focused on Christ’s Church, which is one of the
most famous of the colleges because of people who went there, and movies that
have been filmed there. One of the most interesting things about the college is
that it served as the inspiration for <i>Alice
in Wonderland</i> by Lewis Carroll. While he was teaching at Christ’s Church,
he observed the Dean’s three daughters, one of whom was Alice. All throughout
our tour, our guide would point out things that were inspirations in the book,
such as the Dean being the White Rabbit and always being late because he had to
go a long way from his office to the chapel for mass. There is also a window in
the great hall referred to as the Alice Window because it has a picture of the
real Alice, as well as creatures from the book along the bottom. The other cool
thing about this college is that it was used for the Harry Potter series. The
great hall here was the inspiration for the great hall in the movies. The only
reason it was not actually used was because the school still needed the hall to
be functional for its students. The staircase leading up to the great hall,
however, was actually used in the first movie, as well as one other hallway. I
stood in the exact same spot as Dame Maggie Smith.<br />
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Yeah, I’m kind of a big
deal!! The tour continued throughout the town and we learned about some other
famous people who attended school here such as the current prime minister, and
author of the <i>Narnia</i> series, C.S.
Lewis. We also were able to see his inspiration for some of the characters in
his books and the lamp post used in the first movie. We then saw many other
buildings and different parts of the colleges, ending at the University library
that houses thousands upon thousands of books. We did not go inside, but it was
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head to Stratford-Upon-Avon, or the city of Shakespeare. We were taken to the
area where he was born, rather than where he lived, but this was also our lunch
time and we only had about 40 minutes total so we weren’t really able to do
much here. I saw the house where Shakespeare was born, but I did not go inside
on the tour because I wanted lunch instead. I did try Shepherd’s Pie for lunch
and it was actually pretty good. Yay for new things!!<br />
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Our
final stop for the day was Warwick Castle. This is a crazy old castle dating
back to a long time ago (I don’t remember the century, probably why I’m not a
history person). It was however, really cool. It has a really tall tower that
has like 5,000,000 stairs…okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit but
there were a lot. It didn’t help that we were in a rush to climb it because we
didn’t have much time here either and did this last. But I’m glad we did
because the views were amazing. Overall today was pretty awesome. It was a lot
to do in one day and I wish we would have had a little bit more time because
everything was very rushed, but it was still cool.<br />
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was probably the coolest day here so far. Started off by going to #10 Downing
Street, which is where the British Prime Minister lives. We were actually able
to go up to the door which is rare for tourists to be able to do. Next, we took
a walk through St. James Palace and saw some of the guards there which were
pretty cool. Then we headed up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace. We were
going to see the Changing of the Guards. However, we did not get any pictures
or video which kind of sucked but was totally worth it because we got to watch
the ceremony from inside the gates!!! This was probably the coolest thing I
will do here. One of the guards even came and talked to us!! He was a major
according to our “tour guides” who were actually constables Phil and Richard. Grandma
should be proud of me, I stole some rocks from the yard at Buckingham Palace. We
then had some free time for lunch, followed by going to New Scotland Yard. <br />
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I thought we were going to get a
tour here also, but instead we just listened to some lectures. The first one
was incredibly boring. It was an hour long and was about the London Marathon.
It would have been better if they had talked more about the police involvement
but they talked about where the marathon is run and how it is run instead,
which I have no interest in. I definitely dozed off for a few minutes during
this one. The next lecture was from Constable Richard, who had been with us
most of the day. He was funny and talked about the Olympics which I was much
more interested in. He also talked about similarities and differences between
British Police and American Police but they were mostly funny things such as
the different cars and American’s love of donuts.<br />
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When we left New Scotland Yard, our
teacher was farther behind us talking with the Constables. Therefore, us
students took it upon ourselves to get back to the hotel. My roommates and I
have ventured out on our own so we have the tube figured out by now and some of
our classmates, clearly do not. We said like 12 times what line we were getting
on and how to get back and every 3 seconds they were asking where we were going
and what stops we needed to get off at. I’ve been generally calm on this trip
and patient but I was about to slap someone. There are maps everywhere and
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Dr. Snare, the Vice President of
CSC, was in London today with his wife and came on our tours with us. He also
offered to take us to dinner at an Ethiopian Restaurant. He was buying, so of
course I was all about free food, especially since it was something new. Everything
was brought out in small dishes and dumped onto this bread stuff. I ordered some
beef tip things but we all shared anyways. The bread was really weird so I didn’t
like that part but I tried lamb and that was actually really good. On the way back, my roommate and I had to make a quick pitstop to check out Platform 9 3/4 also!!<br />
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Tomorrow is another busy day. We go
to Oxford University, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Warwick Castle so it should be
fun time!!</div>
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The Changing of the Guards at Windsor castleAllysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-63749775141200364372013-05-15T07:02:00.001-07:002013-05-31T22:49:27.189-07:00Supreme Court<br />
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we toured the British Supreme Court. The strange thing about the Supreme Court
is that it was not established until 2005 and did not start until 2009. This is
extremely new compared to everything else in England and interesting in the
sense that it was based off of the American Supreme Court. There were three
courtrooms in the building. All three had the same basic setup which was a
table with 5 chairs for the justices. There was a table behind that for the justice’s
assistants. In front of the Justice’s table was table for the main lawyers on
each side. The next table back was for any other lawyers on the case or for the
people being represented. In the back there were three benches for the public
to come and go as they pleased. The emblem for the Supreme Court is everywhere, from the carpet to the curtains. It consists of a rose for England, a purple thistle for Scotland, a blue flax flower for Northern Ireland, and green leek leaves for Wales. There was a case going on in the upstairs
courtroom so we were able to watch that for a little bit. Just like in the
Magistrate’s Court, the judges seemed much more degrading towards people than
they are in America. <br />
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other cool part about visiting the Supreme Court was that it is next to
Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, also known to tourists as Big
Ben. This was pretty awesome to see as well as all of the old buildings we have
been seeing. We tour houses of Parliament either Friday or Saturday; I’m not
100% sure as to which day. For tonight, we talked about doing a Jack the Ripper
tour but we also realized that there is a big football match tonight, so we
might just go to a pub and watch the match and see some football hooligans!! :D</div>
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My first meal in England!! It was a chicken and vegetable dish and was pretty good.</div>
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Our tour guide actually pointed this out to us haha!!</div>
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Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-60272606399991453872013-05-14T18:31:00.000-07:002013-05-31T22:53:48.872-07:00Rock of Aged Courts<br />
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Today started off by a visit to the Magistrate’s Court. To
get there, we got to experience the Tube for the first time, which is cool. It
is pretty simple so far so I haven’t gotten lost yet. The Magistrate’s Court is
the lowest level of court in England and every trial starts here, whether it is
begging or murder. Any case can be moved up to higher courts, but the most
serious cases are the main ones that are moved up. We were actually able to sit
in on some proceedings which were very interesting. There are two types of
“judges” in this level of the court; lay magistrates and district judges or
DJs. If lay magistrates are overseeing a case, there are three people who are
volunteers. District Judges must have served as a lawyer for seven years. The
cases I saw involved lay magistrates and the defendants were not actually
present but at the police station and took part in the case through a video
call. I thought this was very interesting and a good way to have defendants’
present if the jail and courthouses are not in the same building. Another
interesting thing from these proceedings was how informal and relaxed things
seemed to be compared to American Courts. It felt as though the lay magistrates
were rude to the defendant’s and scolded them for their actions. The begging
case I saw included the lay magistrate telling the defendant that his actions
are inexcusable and he clearly does not follow the rules he is given, as if he
were talking to a child. I don’t think I have ever heard of a judge talking
down this way in America so I was intrigued. <br />
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Nandos, with my roommates, Morgan and Alesha, where we sat for a while before
continuing our day. We decided to try and find the place that sells discounted
tickets to plays and musicals and ended up getting tickets to Rock of Ages for
35 Pounds each which equates to about $50 so that really wasn’t too bad. We had
plenty of time to kill before the show so we wandered around West End for a
bit. We ended up finding a couple of souvenir shops. The first one was kind of sketchy. There were
some guys trying to sell us cannabis suckers and cookies and stuff like that,
but it also had some cool mugs and purses and other souvenir stuff. Don’t worry
mom or Dr. Nobiling, we didn’t buy the cannabis stuff! The next shop was a
little less sketchy and I found a grey and purple London hoodie!! Anyone who
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We then
found M&M World which was pretty cool as well. It has a ton of different
shades of colors, as well as different types. There was a place to test what
color you were at that particular moment. The funny thing about that was that
my “color” was like mega-mix or something like that, so not even really a
color. It said I don’t believe there can be too much of a good thing, so I
thought that was actually kind of fitting for my feelings towards London and
this trip. I really liked M&M World, but at the same time, I felt like I
was too old to be there. There were children EVERYWHERE!! That isn’t
necessarily a bad thing, but it was kind of a hassle. We then headed to a pub called Waxy’s Little
Sister, which was one of my favorite places so far. Not because I can drink in
the pubs here, I actually didn’t even have anything to drink. However, the
bartender was Irish!!! I could have died then and there. The pub itself was
also a neat little place. It had an upstairs part to it where we ended up sitting.
Upstairs, there was an open area directly above the bar. There was a little
mini-elevator type thing with the rules written on the wall. You send down your
order and money and the bartender will send up your drink. I thought it was
really cool. After that we got some sandwiches from Pret and headed to the
show.<br />
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Ages was fantastic! We got there and the guy who took our tickets, moved us up
closer to the stage so we ended up in the middle of the theatre, right below
where the first balcony started. These seats were great! I don’t think I would
have enjoyed any other seat more, except for maybe one with someone less
obnoxious next to me. The show was great and it was really interesting to see
because it is American-based so the actors were supposed to be talking with
American accents. It made me realize how terrible we must sound when trying to
do a fake accent. The accents were not bad, but there were some spots where the
clearly sounded British, and others where they clearly sounded American so it
was kind of funny to watch. Either way, the show was brilliant. I am going to
have 80s music stuck in my head for days now. <br />
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After
the show, we got back on the tube and headed home. Throughout the day we had
been discussing the need to find somewhere that sells converters, because I am
the only one who had one, and I blew the fuse on it. So we ended up going on an
adventure, at 11 o’clock at night. Someone had suggested Holborn Station so we
decided to walk there since it was only one tube stop away from us. We found
the station but nowhere to buy a converter so we rode the tube back to Russell
Square and wandered for a bit looking to see if anywhere was open. Nothing was
but we saw a few places to check out tomorrow. When we got back to the hotel,
we decided to ask the hotel concierge, who told us we don’t need converters for
laptops, just adapters which we all have. Turns out, this is true so we spent
a lot of time looking for something we didn’t actually need. On the plus side,
now we now and we didn’t spend any money on it either. Overall, today was
pretty fun. Tomorrow we go to the Supreme Court, which has only existed for a
few years, so that should be interesting to see. </div>
Allysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14847304920819179980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368887013033481666.post-82029589732708093192013-05-14T17:09:00.003-07:002013-05-14T17:09:23.608-07:00Flying and Castles and Drinking<br />
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My
first flying adventure was definitely an adventure. The plane we took from
rapid to Chicago had 3 seats per row so I ended up with a window seat. I didn’t
have too much of a problem with take-off, but I could tell from that that I was
not going to like landing and I was right about that. I hate descending. It
makes me nauseous so that was a fun time but we landed just fine and were
actually a few minutes earlier than we were supposed to be. We made our way
through Chicago’s airport and waited for our next flight. This plane was much
bigger and had seven seats in each row. Lucky me, I ended up dead center. This
sucked. I really wanted to be able to watch out the window especially since we
flew into a sunrise and flew over Ireland, but oh well. I spent most of this
flight watching movies. I thought I would be able to sleep a lot easier than I
actually did so that made for a long day. I think I slept for less than an hour
total. We got into London at about 8 a.m. We got to make our own special line
for customs and everything from there on went smoothly. </div>
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We then
met with our ISA leaders. Maria, Thomas, and I’m not 100% sure of the other
girl’s name but I think it was also Maria. We then traveled to Windsor to see
the castle. It worked out well and we actually ended up being there during the
changing of the guards which is only a big event once a day so that was pretty
cool. We then had the option of touring the castle which I chose to do. It was
pretty cool and is where many royal families have lived. There was a room with
swords and guns and such decorating the walls, but it was not just one gun here
or there, it was many of the same weapon in a cool pattern. There were also
rooms that have been rebuilt since there was a fire at the castle on November
20, 1992. That is the day I was born so it interested me that something so
significant happened here. </div>
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After
the castle, I had some free time to kill so I wandered the streets of Windsor
and looked for a place to enjoy my first foreign meal. I ended up getting a delicious
Spanish Chicken and Vegetable dish at a Tapas restaurant I found. We were also
given an option of going to see Eton School. This is a highly prestigious
school for boys ages 12-18. Both current princes attended school there, as well
as the Prime Minister, and several famous celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston
and Hugh Laurie. Unfortunately, we were
not able to go inside the school because they are not on break, but that meant
we were able to see the boys walking around in their suits and dress robes. I
swear some of them could have come straight out of a Harry Potter movie.</div>
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We
finally then made it to our hotel, the Royal National Hotel. There are 3 people
in my room and we each have our own bed, which I am greatly looking forward to
climbing into later. I wanted to sleep as soon as we got there, but the
teachers wanted to show us around Russell Square, which did prove to be useful.
I ate a local pub with some friends, and had my first legal drink!! It was a
strawberry and lime cider and was okay, but I’m not a huge fan of beers or
ciders and it had that beer-y taste, if you know what I mean. But it was
probably one of the best ciders I have ever had, so that was a plus. We then
went to the store to get some basic stuff we didn’t pack with us, such as
shampoo and conditioner. Overall, it has been quite an exciting day. Tomorrow,
we are off to the Magistrate’s Criminal Court but that will be over by about 1
in the afternoon so who knows what else the day could hold!</div>
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