Gulliver's Hotel Brighton

Today I have finally received an e-mail confirmation from BUNAC. They write to say that they are happy to tell me that as a result of a successful interview and acceptable references my application has been accepted! It will now be sent to the US office so that they can begin work finding me a camp! Although I've been given a placement, it's sti...

Another week down in SUNNY England! I couldn't believe it! We've officially seen the sun five days in a row! Needless to say, I've been very excited about this.

To start the week, on Sunday evening I went with the fam (minus Scott and Mitch) to see the X-Factor Concert in Brighton! It was AMAZING! Danyl is my fav, along with Lucy. The ...

We arrived in England after 24 h flight and faced the cold and rain in London. But at our friends' place in Brighton, on the southern coast of England, the sun was shining. We have spent a lovely week doing a lot of outdoor activities and getting to know the real English way of life. We have seen the country side, small villages and even sheep.<...

Hello again blog

Seems like ages! How are you?

Right what have I been up to since we last spoke...

Well, not a lot really, I've had all my jabs, bought everything I need (I think). Everything is packed. So just working and waiting now (time is doing its slow thing again). I am getting very excited, can't wait to get go...

Tonight was the night of the Gold Medal game, and it was obviously a big deal for all of us Canadians over here, so we started out in the pub, and then when it moved to overtime the pub closed and there was a mass migration of people back to Bader Hall to watch it in a common room. Got there just in time to see Crosby score and the whole room we...

Today, as I was leaving my flat for class, a car slowed down between my front gate and The Newmarket Arms Bar at the corner of my street. Gracefully, the driver's side window began to roll down and I thought, "It's finally happening! Someone is going to ask me for Grey Poupon!"

Instead, an elderly lady stuck her head out the window and...

I turned up in Brighton just over a week ago, after arriving at heathrow and doing the National Express coach waltz. The weather was perfect for this time of the year, bright sunny day and only a gentle breeze.. although the temperature difference between Brighton and North Queensland is vast, and I havn't removed my jumper since I arrived. I ev...

So I first heard about Brighton from my colleague, Benjamin. My friend Oksana had also been there, and spoke about how beautiful it was too! My friend Maia was studying abroad in Brighton, so I figured I'd crash at her place and check out the city. I was a little afraid that with all the high expectations, that I would be horribly disappointed w...

I couldn't get the night ferry to England because they wouldn't let me take my bike on it. Of course trains were down so that I had to transfer to a coach, wondering if there'd be enough space to put my bike in, neatly. And typically also that I got lost in London, searching for the St. Paul's YHA. While all was fine until reaching the end of Lo...

Today I went down from London to the beach resort of Brighton. People commute to jobs in the City from there, so it should have been simple and straight forward and taken about an hour. But today, the train gods were playing with me. It began with what would normally be a 12 minute ride on the Tube (as the London underground is affectionately ca...