tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595434193281674072024-02-20T15:26:59.767+00:00Cambridge 2010: Three Months On The TrotMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-87051949362064558302010-03-18T22:32:00.008+00:002010-09-22T03:00:42.684+01:00EnnisBrooke woke me up this morning at 10:15am. It startled me half to death...twice...Today was the day we would be taking a day trip to Ennis in search of traditional Irish music. I got dressed and packed my day pack. We caught a ride on the East Claire blue bus that picked us up at the resort at noon. He dropped us off at the Ennis bus station because we wanted to check the times and prices of Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-87451539650813067322010-03-17T23:30:00.005+00:002010-09-19T04:59:57.188+01:00St. Patrick's Day In GalwayHappy St. Patrick's Day! I woke up at 7am and got my day pack together. We four girls got a taxi and set off to the Ennis bus station. Our bus for Galway came about 30 minutes later. About an hour and a half after that, we arrived at the Galway bus station.We walked through the town and went in a bunch of different shops. I bought shamrock earrings in a shop called Tribes. How awesome is Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-35599824503096346292010-03-16T23:57:00.007+00:002010-09-19T05:03:22.573+01:00Cliffs Of MoherI woke up at 8am this morning and got ready for the tour to the cliffs of Moher. I packed my daypack with my nutella and peanut butter sandwich (in a pink package with a lion sticker holding the seal), a pack of crisps, chocolate rice krispies treat, my Y-12 sweatshirt, and other stuff. I had a bowl of corn flakes for breakfast. Brooke, Sophia, and I walk to reception to wait for the tour Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-87679116236001198092010-03-15T19:28:00.004+00:002010-03-20T12:28:47.716+00:00In The Back Of BeyondI wanted to get up around 8am this morning to take a shower, but ended up getting up at 9:30am. It was nice to sleep in. I dried my hair with the weirdest looking hair dryer ever. It looked like a little vacuum cleaner attached to a wall. After that, we all sort of waited around for a few minutes until the reception lady called us to give us a ride. Brooke went to reception earlier to get usMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-40601290482321854462010-03-14T22:27:00.004+00:002010-03-20T12:19:43.561+00:00England To The Emerald IsleI got up at 8:30am this morning and packed up my stuff. I went downstairs to breakfast. I had a cranberry Activia yogurt, a chocolate pastry with chocolate spread on it, and hot tea. After that, we all walked down to the Hexham Abbey for the 10:30am church service. The service was like any other liturgical Sunday service except that it was Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom and I got to see aMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-4614042576889243132010-03-13T12:03:00.004+00:002010-09-19T05:04:25.688+01:00Illuminating Hadrian's WallI got up at 8am this morning. I go down to breakfast and had cranberry yogurt (the Activia kind which I have never had before, but is really super smooth) and then mango yogurt, hot cross buns (roll looking things with black currants mixed in) with chocolate spread on it (although Cath said that usually people put butter on them), and hot tea with sugar. It was a wonderful breakfast.Andy walkedMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-22330656880887790582010-03-12T22:52:00.001+00:002010-03-16T02:00:30.399+00:00The Celebrity TreatmentI meant to get up at 6:45am this morning so I could take a shower, but my alarm did NOT go off until 7:30am. I got my stuff together and went down to breakfast around 7:50am. I had porridge and a hardboiled egg again for breakfast, but this time I actually finished it all…and a piece of toast. You know how people say, “All that and a bag of chips.” I just had the thought, what if it was, “AllMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-29251138556780822562010-03-11T23:55:00.004+00:002010-03-16T01:47:19.580+00:00McClung Visits Cambridge 2010I got up at 8am today and went down to breakfast. I noticed that we a nice surprise today, Mr. McClung had come to visit us! I threw Mrs. Sue through a loop by saying that I would have something other than my usual. I had a bowl of porridge and a hardboiled egg. When my breakfast came out, they had given me two hardboiled eggs. I knew I could never eat that much with my stomach feeling like Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-80369554811657185682010-03-10T23:38:00.005+00:002010-03-11T02:27:39.305+00:00Blessed With JasmineFor your information: I have been notified that some people have been having trouble voting on the poll for this month. It seems that the site I was using has an error with their polls. I have used another site to host this month's poll. It is not as pretty, but does the same job. Thank you for being so alert with changes on the blog.Top of the mornin' to ya! I got up this morning at 8:45amMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-20168149321715426312010-03-09T23:24:00.010+00:002010-03-10T01:08:06.499+00:00Schedule, Schmedule...I got up at 8:15am this morning and went off to breakfast shortly after. After breakfast, I came back up to the room and sorted through all the e-mails in my inbox, then started putting some classes on the online class planner thing for this coming semester (Fall 2010). I did not put them all because I had some questions about my senior recital and one class that I think Cambridge covers for. Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-13794161951394825272010-03-08T23:13:00.003+00:002010-03-09T00:22:25.310+00:00Badger, Mushroom, Snake...I got up at 11am this morning and felt dumb because I missed breakfast. I really did mean to go, but I just could not pull myself out of bed. I checked Facebook and decided to change my status to, "Melody Bolinger's plan for the day...think of the badger, badger song...now replace badger with homework, mushroom with blogging, and snake with thesis...yup, pretty much sums it up..." For those Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-81650896454842892642010-03-07T23:14:00.003+00:002010-03-09T00:11:21.697+00:00Sunny SundayI woke up at 8:45am this morning and went down to breakfast. I came back up to the room and worked on all the London entries for this travel blog, including pictures and video, and doing some homework. It was an absolute gorgeous day outside. The sky was clear and the sun was out. I wish that I could have been out in the sun instead of stuck inside doing homework. Boo homework on sunny days.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-26595375495256481372010-03-06T18:52:00.001+00:002010-03-08T23:41:59.391+00:00Sitting In SaturdayI got up this morning at 8:45am and went to breakfast. I came back and started working homework. I had 2 Cadbury dairy milk chocolate bars during the course of the day, and I had shepherd's pie for dinner. Around 10pm, Manuel calls me and invited me to join the group at The Castle (the one beside of the Regal). I went and had some good conversation with everyone. It got me away from homeworkMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-35969933853727492672010-03-05T22:52:00.006+00:002010-03-06T19:29:52.641+00:00Virtue In VolunteeringI woke up at 8:15am this morning and went to breakfast. I came back to the room and typed up my checkpoint report to send off to my supervisors. So far, I have almost 5 pages of work (more in written notes) with an interview and tons of material to go through. While working, one of the cleaning ladies came to do our sheets.I left for the library but it was busy, so I went to St. Paul's. They Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-15008539318941864472010-03-04T19:52:00.004+00:002010-03-08T22:10:37.101+00:00The WatermillI got up at 7am and went to breakfast. I went off to the library after that to study. I got to the library and it was a little crowded, so I went to St. Paul's and studied in the little room upstairs called the "green room". I worked on my checkpoint stuff until around 2:30pm when I went downstairs to do my checkpoint thing with Lady Stephenson. I went back up to the room and studied until Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-68703748267495495202010-03-03T18:51:00.003+00:002010-03-08T21:00:52.056+00:00Wednesday WeekI got up this morning at 8:15am and went down to breakfast. After breakfast, I came back up to the room and read for my CS Lewis class. I had lunch and finished up CS Lewis. I biked to class, had class, and went to the library after that. I could not really focus all that well at the library, so I did not get everything done that I wanted to get accomplished. I came back to the hotel at 11:Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-83429718994775799582010-03-02T23:53:00.002+00:002010-03-08T20:14:58.831+00:00Catch-Up DayToday was a day off for us Cambridge students. Basically, that means we have a day to catch up on all the work that we did not do over the week in London. I got up at 8am and went to breakfast. I had the usual. I say usual because the older lady, I call her Mrs. Sue, started saying my order when I said the first item. She even remembers how I like my eggs cooked. Haha!I got back to the roomMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-45628115715583217662010-03-02T13:09:00.004+00:002010-03-02T14:15:08.265+00:00Old & New Trivia QuestionHello there everyone! I know you have been anxiously awaiting more entries and I am working on getting those up, complete with pictures and video! As the end of the trip approaches, I am becoming very busy making sure that everything is good and ready to turn in before I come home. Thank you for being so patient and encouraging during these times. I do appreciate it very much.Now, for the Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-76715173046119849182010-03-01T13:09:00.006+00:002010-03-08T19:22:26.924+00:00Tower Of London To CambridgeI got up early this morning and packed the rest of my stuff up to have it in the lobby by 9am; then I had breakfast. After I got finished with breakfast, I put my stuff on the bus and we were off to the Tower of London. Along the way, I quickly snapped some popular places in London that I did not have time to see; like the London Eye and Big Ben...We got to the Tower of London and was processedMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-38988709895896443502010-02-28T13:08:00.006+00:002010-03-07T23:28:58.924+00:00Oopsie Mamushka & Hard RockI got up early this morning so I could get ready to go to Westminster. I went down to breakfast and had pretty much what I did yesterday. After breakfast and the group meeting, I was off to Westminster for the 10:30am service. I got there and sat down. A lady and her husband behind me noticed that I did not pick up a program (I did not notice where they were), and so the lady offered me hers Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-59378331121166440672010-02-27T13:08:00.010+00:002010-03-07T19:28:56.883+00:00Phantom Of The Opera!I woke up early this morning and went to breakfast because I had a busy day ahead of me. The breakfast here at the Hesperia is really good. I had mixed fruit, fresh pineapple, kiwi, a fried egg, baked beans, toast, a couple of cheeses that come in little round packages, and coffee. The English know how to do breakfast right!I went off to the center of town where the famous Harrod's department Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-73975559915341546552010-02-26T22:07:00.011+00:002010-03-07T18:07:43.909+00:00British Museum And Les MiserablesI went to the British Museum today. They had a lot of cool stuff there from all different cultures but I feel a little bad because to get it all in one day, I had to sort of just keep walking and glancing at things instead of actually reading everything. They had this exhibit in the main room of all the pills an average person takes in their lifetime. They had two people, both a male and a Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-69354025854902840192010-02-25T22:31:00.007+00:002010-03-06T18:23:09.268+00:00Lady In LondonI started packing my stuff for London this morning. I went to breakfast around 7:45am. We were then told that instead of having our luggage down at 10:30am, we would have to be out at 10am so the hotel could do bed linen changes. After breakfast, I came back to the room and slept until 9:40am. I got up and took my stuff down. The bus was not due until 11:30am. I went inside the hotel to Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-27960092052448287722010-02-24T20:22:00.004+00:002010-03-06T14:03:09.819+00:00The CastleI woke up this morning around 11am and spent the majority of my day doing homework. I drank some coffee and decided to get out to get some dinner at The Castle, a nearby pub. I got there and ordered a brie and cranberry sandwich. I sat there after I was finished eating and worked on a little homework until they started getting a little busy. I went to the library to finish working on homeworkMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759543419328167407.post-58454248614437030812010-02-23T21:42:00.007+00:002010-03-06T13:30:07.890+00:00Taking Care Of BusinessI woke up this morning at 7am and went to breakfast at 8:15am. Drew sat down at the table I was at and we started discussing the midterm. I asked him if we could review and study together for the midterm later. He said that would be fine and we made plans to meet in an hour or so. I went back to the room and tried to finalize my answers for the midterm. We met and studied for about an hour.Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12087718388907551235noreply@blogger.com0