Archive for Category: "united kingdom"
Bath Bucket List
By Laura Alexander on December 20, 2012With only two weeks left abroad, I think it’s fair to say that I’m panicking. It feels like there are a million things to do and a billion places to see before I pack my suitcase and head back to the States. I feel like I should be traveling every free second I have in an attempt to experience as much of the UK as I can before I leave.
Not Exactly Homesick in Wales
By Laura Alexander on December 10, 2012This weekend I took a day trip to Cardiff with a few friends. We spent most of the day walking around the bay, looking at the water and boats. It was super low-key, and probably the least stressful traveling I have done this semester.
London Transportation from A to Z(ed)
By Hannah Fullmer on November 8, 2012Hello Pink Pangea readers! I’ve been in London for almost three weeks now and I’m amazed by how fast the time has flown. I’m a college student studying British literature in the UK for the next 3 months, which means I spend most mornings (10am -1pm) in class.
“Hostel” Relations in England
By Laura Alexander on October 9, 2012I’ve never been so acutely aware of being a woman. No, this didn’t happen in a club or at a bar, it happened in a hostel in Dover, England. I’d gone with a friend to the city for a few days to see the cliffs and the castle, and being broke college kids, we decided to stay in a hostel.
Getting Sick in England
By Laura Alexander on September 25, 2012That has been my life for the past, oh, week and a half. It started when I stepped off a barely noticeable curb the wrong way, heard a pop, and looked down to see a rapidly swelling left ankle. I spent the weekend in bed, but come Monday morning, I was stuffy and coughing.

