Filed under: University, Vacations | Tags: Greek, Study Tour, Tuna Fish, University
Because I haven’t updated in a really long time I now people don’t know that I am currently in Greece on study tour. A working holiday that is partically funded by my university. So far we have seen the Acropolis, the Athenian Agora, the Roman Agora (very briefly… we got lost), Delphi (we had to climb a mountain in 30 mins because we got lost earlier that day, missed our buss and had to catch the next one 3 hours later, 3 hours there and then when we got there the staff were on strike so we only had 30 mins to get up and down.) and the Hills of the Nymphs.
As for our plans, we (Tuna Fish, myself and Kaito) plan to go to Corinth, the Sonion, the Kerimikos etc. But in between that we have been living in hostels. The hostel that we stayed in at the beginning of the week was really nice- we had an ensuite. The only issue I had with it is when I went into one of the other shower rooms to get changed and got locked in. Lucky Tuna Fish was next door and the walls are like paper so I just asked her for help. I took two people to get me out of that shower room…
Now we are at another hostel because it fits better in our bugdet. But it’s surprisingly not bad. It took a while to find it though because while we may be masters of the metro our map reading skills seem to be lacking. Oops.
Filed under: Miscellaneous, My History, University | Tags: Events, My History, Pain, Snow, University
For those living in the UK you will know of the huge snow epidemic we’ve been having. Others might not even know Britain gets snow, just rain. For all those who did, don’t worry- its a popular misconception. However now the snow is melting and instead it is becoming ice. Believe me, not fun when you’re wearing the equivalent to Dorothy’s ruby slippers. And not only was I wearing these shoes, I was also door knocking for a good hour, in the freezing cold, to let people know about the elections in our student union.
Now, for a bit of background… I ran in this election last year and I was elected as the Women’s Officer. So as you can tell I am a feminist but I haven’t been helping out greatly for a while so I’ve been feeling guilty, so I said yes and started door knocking. In the bloody snow. Being out there today made me wish I’d had ice skates on, I slipped so many times. But after an hour, and nearly catching pneumonia, I was given my freedom. Which I was eternally grateful for as my thong was started to cause some major discomfort, I swear I was walking funny on the way home!
