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December, 2009
Saying goodbye to 2009 and looking back at everything that happened this year!
Tags: 2009, 2010, birthday, England, Family, Friends, Graduation, London, LSE, Memories, Moving, New Year, Photos, RIP, Saying Goodbye, UK, Undergrad
Reality is setting in… Lent Term is starting and there’s a load of stuff meant to be happening!
Tags: Applications, Careers, Courses, Coursework, Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, Disseration, England, Essays, europe, Jobs, Law School, Lent Term, London, London School of Economics, LSE, Projects, Reality, School, Schoolwork, UK, University, Work
The Sickly Scholar on the horizon — feeling the ominous throat tingle and sniffles coming on. Anyone have home remedies worth trying?
Tags: Bugs, Colds, Flus, Germs, Home Remedies, Medicine, Sick Days, Soup, Water
‘A’ for effort today! 2-1/2 hours at the gym followed by a visit to Leicester Square to see Sherlock Holmes!
Tags: Disney, Disney Movie Rankings, Exercise, Fat Free Vegan Kitchen, Guy Ritchie, Gym, Leicester Square, London, Movies, New Years, Photos, Poster, Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes, Sleeping Beauty, Spirit, Vegan, Vegetarian
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England | December 26th, 2009
Mince pie-making & Boxing Day; could also be entitled, “You know you’re in the UK when…”
Tags: Bank Holidays, Boxing Day, Britain, Christmas, Christmas Eve, England, Gingerbread, Holidays, Mince Pies, New Years, Resolutions, Sherlock Holmes, UK, United Kindgom
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Family | December 25th, 2009
Celebrating Christmas in London and remember Christmases of years past!
Tags: Celebrations, Christmas, England, Family, Holidays, London, Love, Merry Christmas, N' Sync, Photos, Relationships, UK
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Vacations & Leisure | December 24th, 2009
A mini guide to Edinburgh based on a five day experience… If you frequent Edinburgh or are an actual Edinburgher (I assume that’s what natives are called?) please feel free to add comments to this to help other looking to visit!
Reviews: Edinburgh Airport; Jury’s Inn, Old Town; Royal British Hotel, New Town; Princes Street Cafe; Edinburgh Castle; Lyceum Theatre; Camera Obscura; Timberbush Tours; Christmas Markets
Tags: Accommodation, Camera Obscura, Coach, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Guide, Free, Guide, Highlands, Hostels, Hotels, Lyceum Theatre, New Town, Old Town, Recommendations, Rosslyn Chapel, RSA, Scotland, Timberbush, Tourist Attractions, Tours, Train, UK, United Kingdom
My journey into the Highlands with Timberbush Tours! Passed through Glen Coe, the Great Glen, Loch Linnhe and Inverness, met Hamish the ‘hairy coo’ and took a cruise on Loch Ness in search for Nessie.
Tags: Adventure, Edinburgh, Gaelic, Glen Coe, Great Britain, Hairy Coo, Hamish, Highland Tour, Inverness, Jacobite Cruise, Loch Linney, Loch Lochy, Loch Ness, Loch Ness Cruise, Loch Urr, MacDonald Massacre, Photos, Reviews, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Sightseeing, Stirling Castle, Three Sisters, Timberbush Tours, Travel, UK, United Kingdom, William Wallace
Sightseeing — Edinburgh Castle, Camera Obscura & Peter Pan!!
Tags: Blacksmith, Camera Obscura, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Great Britain, Leisure, Old Town, Pictures, Pictures of Scotland, Pubs, Royal Mile, Scotland, Sightseeing, Snow, Swords, Traveling, UK, United Kingdom, Views
Day #2 in Edinburgh — exploring the Old Town & loving my entirely-too-gorgeous hotel!
Reviews: The Royal British Hotel, St. Giles Cathedral
Tags: Accommodations, Adam Smith, Adventure, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Great Britain, Haggis, Hotels, Links, Lyceum Theatre, New Town, Old Town, Peter Pan, Princes Street, Rosslyn Chapel, Royal British Hotel, Royal Mile, Scotland, Scottish, Sightseeing, St. Giles Cathedral, Travel, UK, United Kingdom, Whiskey
