Travel!

So two exciting things happened to me this week...the first is that I have officially booked my trip to Ireland for St. Patrick's Day! Six of us study abroads are going - we'll spend a few days in Belfast and then head over to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day, stay up all night and hop on our 5 am flight the next day! I've been saying that I wanted to spend St. Patrick's Day in Ireland ever since I got accepted for exchange, so i'm thrilled that i'll actually get to do it! Secondly (and admittedly less excitingly) I spent the day in Preston on Sunday - we went to a museum there and I learned that Rick Astley and Kim Catrall are both from Lancashire! Then we went shopping, had dinner and hopped on the train back!

In other news, the flu is now officially spreading around my house (the joys of dorm living...) so i've been busy sanitizing, popping vitamins and generally avoiding anyone who looks sick....so keep your fingers crossed that might next post isn't titled 'I'm Sick!'. My friend who lived in our house first term from Spain is also coming up to see us all for a week tonight, so that will be exciting and on wednesday we are having a "birthday party" for Harry, our favourite One Direction-er (a band) so should be a good time!

Have a great last few days of January!

Cheers,
Alexis

Weekly Update!

So what have I been up to this week? : Reading.

Oh, the life of an English major! But fear not, I have made some time for fun and am working hard with my study abroad friends to find our way to Ireland for St. Patrick's Day...wish us luck, it's really difficult to find hostels! Also think that I have drunk my weight in tea this week...still busy catching up with everyone! Hope that you are all having a more exciting week then I am!

Cheers,
Alexis

I'm Back!

Hello all,

I know I haven't posted in a long time but that's because I was busy in Canada spending time with most of you! But now i'm back in the UK and settling back in....trying to overcome my jet lag. But by request of my mama I thought i'd share some long overdue photos of my room with you since I haven't done much but sleep and unpack since i've been back!

Enjoy your week! 

Cheers, 

Alexis

See you soon!

Headed back to Canada tomorrow...see you all soon! 

XOXO

Alexis 

Me Where Harry Potter Began

13 posts seemed unlucky, so here is a photo. 

Procrastination

You know how i've been bragging that I have practically no school work? Well, karma has come to get me because I have three essays due in the next two weeks. But it's crazy to think that after that i'll be home and it will be Christmas! And since Lorraine finally blogged, I figured I ought to as well ;)

I went to Scotland two weekends ago for the christmas market during the day which was tons of fun, and I tried mulled wine which is amazing - i'm going to figure out how to make it so that you guys can all try it when I get home. Most importantly (and prepare to be insanely jealous) I went to the cafe where JK Rowling started to write Harry Potter and to the hotel where she finished writing it. I know it's cheesy, but half of my life was shaped by the events that went on in those two rooms!

Also went to Manchester this past weekend to do a little bit of "christmas" shopping with my friends Becca and Kiri and we had a great time :) On Saturday night a dub-step band called 'Flux Pavilion' came and played at my college bar. If you've never seen a dub-step concert add it to your Bucket List, it is absolute mayhem! Last night had a christmas film night with the girls - we watched a very strange British christmas movie called 'Santa Claus the Movie'...I can't quite explain it. We were talking about christmas films, and no one in England has ever heard of the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!!! Crazy, eh?

Tonight, we are having a study abroad Christmas dinner in town, then I plan to spend the rest of my week writing non-stop to finish my papers in time to enjoy my last week with the house-mates and go to the Christmas Ball! Was talking with my friend Andrew from the US today, and we are both going to try to phase out all of our British slang in the next two weeks before we go home....you can tell me how successful I was when you see me :)

T-11 Days until Tim Hortons.

Cheers,
Alexis

Actually, Thanksgiving was in October.

What have I been up to this week? After getting back from Rome had a quality weekend with the housemates: went out, went to the market/Starbucks and even managed to squeeze in a bit of homework! On Monday night, there was a college trip into Manchester for a night out and two really exciting things happened:

1. The takeaway guy made me poutine. I asked him to put gravy on my cheesy chips and he did it -         success!
2. I met a celebrity! This only half counts because I actually have no idea who he is...when we walked into the club my friend Becca went "OMG is that Ricky Hatton?" and she and my friend Ben started freaking out. True Story. For a picture of us with Ricky Hatton (who is a boxer by the way), see my facebook. 

Since then I have still been busy plugging away at my schoolwork! Tonight, since it is American thanksgiving, our college put on a thanksgiving dinner, so that was pretty nice (even if Thanksgiving was well over a month ago). But British version of pumpkin pie was a huge let down...guess i'll have to wait until I come home for the real stuff! And it was a bit annoying having people wish me a happy thanksgiving all day - don't they know i'm Canadian? ;) 

Lastly - exactly one month until Christmas eve today, crazy how time flies!

Cheers!

Alexis