Hey, Everyone! Sorry I haven’t written in so long. I’ve been attempting to write in chronological order, and I'm about 2-3 weeks behind and you'd never get to hear about what's going on with me RIGHT NOW! Not to mention I’m up to Rome and that’s the trip with the haziest details (Hey! It WAS my birthday gift!). Well, currently in the sweltering com
(I just spent an hour editing this only to discover that I'd already posted about Scotland. I didn't want to just delete it, so here's an alternative version) Well everyone. I’m very behind on my entries...and will only fall back further and so I’ll have to summarize. Three weekends ago, I headed up to Edinburgh on my own. I got a round-trip bu
Well everyone. I’m very behind on my entries...and will only fall back further and so I better get on, eh? Two weekends ago, I headed up to Edinburgh on my own. I got a round trip bus ticket for £12.50 and three nights for the price of two at the best hostel in Edinburgh (The Globetrotter Inn) which ended up being less that £10 a night (around $17). So at tha
...The next day, I shower and head for the baths. I bought a ticket that could get me into the baths as well as the Museum of Costume...which sounds cool though I have no idea what might be there aside from maybe...costumes? The baths were nice, but too crowded. You get little audio guides and it’s like a huge 80’s cell phone on a string. You walk around and you type
Hi. I intended to write a quick note, as I'd purchased some perishable foods, but it's been maybe 3 hours. Man, and I must finish packing for Rome. Yes...Roma. I came to check the weather and It’s supposed to friggin’ THUNDERSTORM! Tomorrow and Friday, it will be clear, cloudy on Saturday and then THUNDERSTORMS on Sunday and Monday, the day I leave. Perfect. Ah well.
Still Alive! Sorry to have not written in so long. I am well, by the way...now. Before I go on, “Aussie Traveller” I did respond to your comment about the hostels, but I’ll repeat. I’ll be at the Globetrotters Inn in Edinburgh. There is a July special through hostelworld.com, book three nights for the cost of two. I’ll spend less than £10 per night.
Hey. Sorry it took awhile to get back to you, I was in Bath having a GREAT TIME staying at the St Christopher's Inn! I would go to the St. C's in Edinburgh, but the availability won't work out. I typically search through hostelworld.com and I especially use them for reviews. I try to look for a direct link to the place to avoid booking fees. Hostelbookers.com has no fees, but for my recent Bath trip they said there was availability and their wasn't. Th
Hello Everyone! I yawn as I type. I’ve been up since 6:30 and I had a long day yesterday. I’m usually up at ungodly hours in the morning anyway...(that cheeky English sun likes to rise before 5 a.m.) but today I had to get up and study for class --I am here for school, you know! But everyone reminds keeps saying that we are here to travel. People argue tha
When we left off, I was headed to the Welcome Meeting to meet up with friends. We got over there and we sort of disappointed to see finger foods instead of “real food.” Not looking a gift horse in the mouth, we dived right on in (I was partial to the mini egg rolls). There were a couple of bus trips to the local grocery store, but we missed out. Anyway, I
Thank you. So far, I adore it!
Previously on Ramblings... We left Classy Chiq passed out from exhaustion at her London Hostel... Because I went to sleep so early, I kept waking up during the night. I was waiting for the sunrise, which can be deceiving because it begins to rise in England around 4 or so. I got up around 5 and went downstairs. I got an orange flavored Fanta and had it alon
Hey Everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that I arrived safe and sound...but tired and pretty achy after lugging around like 60+ lbs of gear. The flight over went pretty well. I started from SFO and had to change planes at JFK. There was a major thunderstorm in Philadelphia headed for NY, so we hit a little snag in time because we had to go around it
I’m back on the wagon… the Henry Rollins wagon. Wait…or am I off the wagon? Didn’t Seinfeld go over this? Or perhaps I “Got In the Van…” (wink wink) or did I fall out of the van? Whatever, I’m addicted again! Like most of mainstream American, I was introduced to Hank when “Liar” was in late-night rotation on MTV. It’s not the most amazing song ever, but it
Guess what? As I mentioned in my 2nd article, I had dreams for summer that weren’t crossing over into reality. Instead of full-time work, I have two full days on Mondays and Tuesdays with 3 empty days I hoped to fill with temp work. I'd only had 1 day of temp work in May and my confidence in Apple One began to fade. I try not to watch too much T
I just read my friend Meera’s Live Journal. Check it out www.livejournal.com/users/MeeraRocks. She was in my dream country, Spain! She’s on a building where they filmed some of L’auberge Espagnole in Barcelona. L’auberge Espagnole or The Spanish Apartment is a great movie about a French student studying in Spain and living with a house with students from
...begging for change. I lucked out and did some work ALL-DAY on Saturday. A friend’s boss needed people to sell merchandise at a San Jose Earthquake soccer game. You’ve all been to a sporting event or a concert with those little merchandise cages with overpriced paraphernalia all over the walls? I did that. We had to load up at the warehouse in SF, drive to SJ, unloa
All praises be to Craigslist.org. The one-stop shopping website where I’ve found everything from cheap luggage to my last date (a 6’3” brown haired, blue eyed, gorgeous Spaniard – I totally scored…pun intended). I also found a room to rent and a flat-screen TV and a bike to go in that room. Yes, my dorm experience has ended and I’m now renting a room in a
Hey Muggaz! Just wanted to say thanks for checkin' out my ramblings. I am indeed a classy chick and I'd like to think I all also Classy Chic. You picked right up on the what I was going for when I chose that SN every so long ago. Eternal Sunshine is a great flick and I saw the new Harry Potter which I like better than the other two. As the books get longer, they will have to start being more selective about what gets into the movie. The first 2 seemed
...so said Timon in the Lion King... Well, it hasn't really started yet... but the first steps have been made and as they say "All super-long-@$$ journeys start with a single step" (paraphrasing). Let me go back. I must thank Meera, my good friend and across-the-hall mate in the "transfer" dorm at Cal. She decided to go to Sussex and suggested that I go. I
Hi. I'm Classy Chiq and welcome to my "Ramblings." I'm 24 and a Mass Communications major at UC Berkeley. No-- I am not a graduate student, but a lowly undergraduate (I'm still sorting through my post-grad plans and I'm sure you'll here about them soon enough). I love and adore my major because it's so broad and I get to take course like "Topics in Television: Comedy"
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