http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Meglocks/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Meglocks en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:37:01 UTC Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:37:01 UTC hello everyone and happy new yeardespite the excellent snow storm we got yesterday i don't think it ruined anyone's new years eve plans. i mean honestly what more can you ask for on new years eve than a fresh blanket of snow that didn't ruin anything i know i had lots of fun shuffling around in the snow. granted... this was my first snowfall of the winter so i might be SLIGHTLY more excited http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Arlington/blog-359035.html Just to keep everyone posted I did succeed in making it back across the Atlantic in time for the holidays with a suitcase full of presents and a very tired self. I was stuck in New Jersey for a few hours more than expected because our plan was delayed so I didn't pull into the driveway at 203 Lowell Street until 24 hours after I had woken up the day before to begin the trek home. But that's a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Arlington/blog-356874.html A warm and early morning hello to everyoneIt's 730 in the morning and I figured I have just enough time while I drink my coffee while hiding my feet under a blanket to keep them warm to write about our adventures in LondonSo I'm not sure if I explained this very well but the whole reason we went to London in the first place was because Jamie was originally supposed to be in Paris only for this http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-352334.html London picture timeHere is the majority of the pictures I snapped over in London...For stories and several more pictures you'll have to wait until I post the next entry which might take some time seeing as I have a presentation and a paper to write up today. Time to go back to the real world...Enjoy the pictures http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-352016.html GreetingsAs suggested in my last post Paris has been keeping me plenty busy with WAY TOO MUCH WORK. I've written a paper pretty much every night then woken up at 630 the next day to start all over again. On top of that I got my titre de sejour AT LAST today which allows me to stay in Paris for the rest of the year and officially declares me a resident of Paris And sure while I have 3 p http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-351250.html Hello againJust in case you were wondering what happened to your young dashing heroine in Paris this is her letting you know that she's still here.What can I say about Paris I don't have any pictures for this post because every week I've had one paper or another to crank out. Things I can tell you guysApparently purple is the color of the year according to Paris it's the only color everyone http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-348248.html THANK YOU to everyone for your great birthday wishes and cards and emails and loveI'd have to say this was a pretty good birthday. I mean let's think about it...not only did I turn TWENTY but I turned twenty in PARIS. And it was a very wonderful birthday day too that started the night before with our November birthdays partydinner chocolate cake and presents opening my present Staffor http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-344344.html Here are the rest well more of the pictures I took in Vienna. For the daybyday stories and more pictures go read the previous entry http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-343005.html Hello allHere's how this is going to work seeing as I have over 60 photos from my trip to Vienna I'm going to have one entry for the descriptions of our travels and then post another of just pictures. Well maybe I'll throw in some pictures here too just to spruce it up a bit. And also just because I have a lot of pictures so why notANYWAY. I'm sure you're all wondering how Vienna was. And l http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-342905.html Hello helloit is just about 8am in the morning here on the first of November. This past week has been pretty busy like they all have been. We had a 5 page paper due for our writing class a trip to a tiny museum on the other side of Paris for art history and an almost 12 hour day for another class. The twelve hour day this past thursday turned out to be amazing. Starting off with normal c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-340451.html After a very exciting week I'm happy to write to all of you on a very relaxed Sunday afternoon.My computer decided this week was as good a time as any to throw a hissy fit and momentarily break down. I was without computer for about 2 days BUT solved the problem. And as you can see I'm back up and running. The solution did however take 2 days of me running around Paris with my computer and http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-336156.html Greetings to allI have officially returned from the weekend away and let me just say it was definitely away. Two and a half hours on the TGV Train de Grand Vitesse... literally very fast train and a short bus ride and we found ourselves in the RhoneAlpes region of France in an area known as La Drome in the southeast. We spent our first night in Valence a town right next to the Rhone ri http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Drome/blog-333647.html just to keep everyone up to date i am off to the Drome this weekend. actually in about 2 hours.this week has been rather busy aren't they all with a paper on the dialogue between two words from two different french thinkers and finally picking a class at the sorbonne the Femme Fatale in literature along with the weekly load of classes homework french going out with people making yummy http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-332881.html sorry for the wait of almost a full entire week until you got to hear back from melet's just say it's been a very long and busy week.i have now officially settled into life here in the 20th on Rue Boyer. My hosts name just so you shall sit in anticipation no longer is Aldona. Her daughter's name sounds something like Lila but it could be spelled differently. you know the french and those sile http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-330416.html hello people across the atlantic or in matteo's case my side of the atlanticjust to keep you posted I have now moved to a new second place of living.I am now living with a woman I am not quite sure what her first name is yet and her last name is a very long polish name that i dont know how to spell yet... and her 24 year old daughter....oh and their cat. named YODA. it really does have http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-328216.html this is just a quick post for all... mainly for photos and such from the weekend... but also for a momentous occasion that happened yesterday around 2pm.take a look at that first picture there...and tell me what you see.could it beyes.it's me. eating a slice of eggplant.I KNOW I KNOW. it's crazy.ok so now for the real story yesterday being part of the weekend that i spent my entire time walking http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-325964.html just in case you were wondering it's been about a month since i've been here.a very interesting month i'm sure we can all agree on that.things i've discovered since being hereit gets cold fast in paris. one day it was summer and then i wake up the next morning and it's 40 degrees. without warning. and being on the 6ieme etage what would be the 7th floor in the US it gets kind of windy up he http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-325186.html Hello once againSorry it's been a while it took about a week to get the internet up and working here. We only just succeeded last night.anyway it would appear that i was entirely mislead in my imagining what my housing situation was going to be like. I am not living with a single mom but rather an older lady les enfants that she was talking about were her grandkids who lives alone in her apa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-322800.html hello dear readers those of you who still read thisjust a quick update seeing as CIEE has been keeping me very busy with school work and suchI AM FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE HOTELand into my official residence for the year. what i know about it right now is pretty simple i'm living in the 13th arrondissement in a big modern apartment with what would appear to be a single mom and 1 possibl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-320158.html Well another weekend here. I've decided to update this time in more of a photo journal form if it works out. To make up for the ridiculous amount of work we have suddenly been hit with and to celebrate the fact that now both of CIEE's programs are in Paris critical studiesthat's what I'm in and contemporary french studies we had a planned excursion today organized by CIEE to Vaux le Vicomte http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-317990.html