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WatchFinally finished a video with all the pictures I have from my friends in London… I wanted to make such a video ever since I got back but didn’t have the right software (pictures looked horrible after encoding) or the time (with starting school and everything else)…
And I also have to say sorry that I didn’t write much more… I’m really trying but I don’t...
January 2010
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Project:Britain →
A really great website from a High School in Kent about all things Britain. It’s always a worth a look to learn something :D
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August 2009
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Back again (and yes; double meaning ;-)
*yawn* WOW
HUH?!
What happend?
Did I fall through a black hole? Did I meet the Doctor?! ;-)
Was there kind of a problem with the space-time continuum?
Why am I here at home already again?
It’s unbelievable - I waited so long to go to London, and now - with the snap of a finger - the hole 18 days are over.
AND IT WAS BETTER THAN I EVER THOUGHT
I had a great time, I met great new...
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First day at school, quotes and Utopia
Well, today it was the first day of “real” classes after the hole introductions and presentations yesterday. And we also were placed in one of 8 levels. (I’m level 7 *big_grin*) So today I had school from 9 am till 5pm, including “General English, iLab and an Lecture” and we started with the topic called “Utopia”. So we discussed the invetion and creation...
July 2009
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o2 iPhone Web&WiFi-Bolt-On
yay It finally works :D Internet from the iPhone :-)
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Called my host family today for the first time… Sounded very, very nice. We talked a litte and I’m really looking forward to meeting them :D
(Oh - and she asked if I’m bringing a notebook… they got internet *happy*)
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I was at the bank today and requested another money excange… hopefully it’ll be there until Friday - otherways it’ll be useless… :D
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“London is enchanting. I step out upon a tawny coloured magic carpet, it seems,...”
– Adeline Virginia Woolf, 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941
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No… Time… have to read!
It’s a page turner, nearly 200 pages today :D
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South Norwood...
… that’s where I’m going to live/stay for 14 days. I think I’ll going to read all the stuff I can find about the district :D
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The Three Investigators
I know it’s a a kids’ book series. I know it’s advertising. But momently amazon is offering each of the 131 audiobooks for 3.99€ in Germany and I have to say I just LOVED the books and still enjoy them from time to time. So I couldn’t resist to buy at least one (for now *grin*)
More about the series (on Wikipedia).
Link to Amazon.
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iPhone-App: Urbanspoon
As I already wrote I never go anywhere without my iPhone. So I looked for some usefull applications and found Urbanspoon. It’s a service for finding, choosing and recommanding restaurants. It works best in the US, but also works in Canada and England.
After you start the App it tries to locate you via mobile coverage or GPS. Then it either asks you to choose a Location or it starts with...
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0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
Did you know that this is the new emergency number? At least if you believe The IT Crowd.
And yes, I watched the episodes so often, that I know it by heart :D And I still LOVE the show :D
And just to be correct :D it’s 999 or 112
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BIT: Saturday 9th July 2005
After driving through all night we arrived back home at 8 o’clock am on Saturday. It was just great despite the things we didn’t expect.
I have to say I myself fell in love with the city and the people instantly. And that’s one of the main reasons for doing all this :D
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BIT: Friday 8th July 2005
After the situation and ourselfs had cooled down a little bit, we decided we would continue as planned. We (shopped, no - more correctly) looked at all the stuff in Harrods and then went for a boat trip on the Themes. After that we finished with the program and started heading home again…
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BIT: Thursday 7th July 2005
We went to the British Natural History Museum around 9:30 and saw a lot of interessting exhibits. Then suddenly around 10:15 the hole museum was full of security personal and it took us a while to realize that something truly terrible must have happend. When the mobile networks finally started working again we got the horrible news about the bombings in Central London and where shocked as...
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BIT: Wednesday 6th July 2005
In the morning we visited Windsor Castle and watched the Change of Guards. After that went shopping in Oxford Street and the Hard Rock Café. (Well, some of us got lost and spent the rest of the Day searching each other… :-)
In the Afternoon we took a “flight” with the London Eye where we had a really good view over the city.
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BIT: Tuesday 5th July 2005
On highlight of the day was definatly Madam Tussauds where we made lots and lots of pictures of fames people. After that we started a long, detailed and very interessting guided tour through London. We had dinner at our hostel and started again to see “London by Night”
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BIT: Monday 4th July 2005
We were totaly shocked… the 2 other classes going with us were as crazy as we… It took us a while, but finally we all set in the bus and slept until we reached Calais.
From there we took a farry boat to Dover. We visited the Greenwich Maritime and the Royal Observatory. And around 7 pm we checked into our youth hostel “Peace Heaven” in Acton.
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June 2009
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Back in Time
I was just looking through my closet when I stumbled opon one of my photo-books… It was the one containing my images from London, including the travelogue.
So I thought I’m going to post it here, starting on the 4th until the 9th… :-)