Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity & reminds us how much we all have in common.
Deborah Lloyd
Since I last wrote…
My mom, my cousin, Maddie, and my Aunt Jessie booked their tickets to Poland! They are vising for 10 days in March and I am THRILLED!! I cannot wait to show the three of them around Krakow! I’ve started my list of things for them to do and foods for them to try….
This is random but I bought a coffee maker at the European TJ Maxx (TK Maxx) so now I can finally have coffee every morning in my room!! The coffee maker is definitely one of the highlights of my week.
This week, I only had 2 days of classes which was nice since I came down with a cold. It seems like the whole USAC group is passing it around. I learned Polish numbers in my language class but I can’t say them very well. I would like to be able to tell the reception desk my dorm number in Polish before I leave, but 10 and 14 are very difficult to say. I really like my Holocaust: Jewish studies class. My professor knows SO much and I can’t wait to learn more. We started talking about the NSDAP program. We analyzed the meaning of each point and discussed their choice of words. In my Culture, Heritage, and History class we are still talking about medieval Poland but I couldn’t tell you what exactly because I’m writing this post instead. I like this class but 3.5 hours of lecture HURTS. Literally, my butt hurts from sitting here.
On Thursday the 23rd, a group of us went out to a local bar and spent some quality time together. We ended up finishing the night at La Bodega del Ron, a dancing club. The music choices of bars and clubs here are very interesting; they play a lot of Latin music, like Despacito, and 2000s pop but very few Polish songs.
Later tonight, I leave for LONDON, ENGLAND!! Savanna, Sydney and I found cheap flights to stay in London for 4 full days. We have a whole list of things to see and do:
DAY 1:
- Tower of London
- The Shard
- St. Paul’s Cathedral
- Churchill War Rooms
- Westminster Abbey
- Kensington Palace
DAY 2:
- Windsor Castle
- Trafalgar Square
- British Museum
DAY 3:
- The London Bridge Experience
- Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Tour
- Hyde Park
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Hampton Court Palace
- See Wicked live
DAY 4:
- Camden Lock Market
- Borough Market
- Buckingham Palace and Changing of the Guard
- The Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 ¾
- Check out Selfridges
I am most excited to see the Changing of the Guard and the Tower of London. Since The Globe doesn’t have performances in the winter, we opted to see Wicked instead which I’m just as excited for. I have to save a playbill for Marie. I’m not sure where we will be eating yet but I must have fish and chips before I leave or else I didn’t really go to London.
Expect a blog post and picture update on Wednesday, when I get back from London. If you can’t wait until Wednesday, I’ll be posting on my Snapchat story (@leneybutt).
Helene's Poland Adventure 