Tumblr (3.0; @writingecriture)http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Paris, France<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Dublin, Ireland<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> Edinburgh Castle, Scotland<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Bath, England <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o10_500.jpg"/><br/> Endinburgh Castle, Scotland<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Reading, England<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> University of Reading, London Road Campu<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> Reading, England<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrpswFmGr1r31vg0o13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Nottinghill-London, England<br/><br/> <p>I imagined that this would be the picture way that I would finish my blog as I find my ‘Way Out’* of England and back to the United States.</p> <p><em>*the British post ‘Way Out’ instead of ‘Exit’ on their signs </em></p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15807136718http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15807136718Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:02:00 -0500I wrote the following on the plane ride home from England, but I never got around to posting it. I...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806206781http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806206781Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:45:36 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Covent Garden <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> crazy muscians at Covent Garden<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Notting Hill <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Notting Hill <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Notting Hill <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Portobello Market<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> Notting Hill <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrmgoVawM1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> Big Ben<br/><br/> <p><strong>‘Livin it up’ in London (for the final time…in 2011)</strong></p> <p>On the Wednesday before I left for home, I traveled to London with a few of my friends. We planned on spending the day buying Christmas gifts and simply ‘livin’ it up’ in London for the final time before departing for the United States.</p> <p>We left Reading early in the morning (it was getting dark around 3:30, so we wanted to have the most daylight time possible). On the train to London, we planned our day: Camden Town, Covent Gardens, Portobello Market, Notting Hill, Trafalgar Square, Millennium Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster, and Hyde Park. It was a lot to do, but we were determined to see as much of London as we could. It ended up being a really fun day.</p> <p>I know it has been a few weeks, but I remember the mix of emotions I had on that day. I wanted to stay in London, but I also wanted to see my family. But in that moment, I must admit that my desire to stay in London was the strongest.</p> <p>Enjoy my pictures. They’re a bit of a mix-match, but they represent the fast paced, randomness (is that a word?) of the day. I won’t (and I don’t) remember them as my favorite pictures, but I’ll remember them as my last glimpses of London-<strong>not</strong> my final ones. I will be traveling back to London and seeing it all and enjoying it all again.</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806195954http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806195954Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:45:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Library <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Kennet Canal, Reading town center<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Kennet Canal, Reading town center<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Streets of Reading<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> Streets of Reading <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Campus, dorm in background<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> 6 flights of steps to my floor..dizzying<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> Lake on campus<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxronswAHF1r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> back of my dorm (Windsor Hall)<br/><br/> <p><strong>Last day in Reading. Last day in England. Last day abroad. </strong></p> <p>Now that was a hard day. A sad day. I turned in my final essays, and then I took my last double-decker bus to Reading town center. I spent a large portion of the day taking photos of the town, the campus, and my dorm. And then I spent the rest of the day saying goodbye to friends, packing my suitcase(s), saying goodbye to everyone, and feeling sad.</p> <p>I should have included these photos at the beginning of the blog to help you contextualize my uni experience. But I didn’t. So here they are now.</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806203596http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806203596Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:45:00 -0500We Will Rock You: A wrote this back when ‘On Wednesday’ actually meant December...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806179274http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/15806179274Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:45:00 -0500Lovely- used to describe someone or something that&#8217;s &#8220;nice&#8221; or generally...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14263899052http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14263899052Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:42:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Can you find the Globe?<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4y01oGbR1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>On Monday, I went into London for the 2nd to last time. I needed to do some Christmas shopping, and my friend and I wanted to do a tour of Westminster Abbey. We also stopped by the Millennium Bridge to see St. Paul’s and The Globe Theater. Enjoy the pictures!</p> <p>I have a lot more things that I need to post. Hopefully I will be able to post most of it before I leave in 1.5 days!</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14263866078http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14263866078Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:41:03 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4wkjZPST1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Olympic Stadium <br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4wkjZPST1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Prime Meridian in Greenwich<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4wkjZPST1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> I'm straddling time<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4wkjZPST1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> London <br/><br/> <p>Not the best pictures, but here they are!</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14160426519http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14160426519Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:52:07 -0500Last Thursday night was the ISA farewell dinner. You know what that means?-less than one week left...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14131695309http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14131695309Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:39:23 -0500At the ISA farewell dinner, we were given Christmas Poppers that each included a crown, a little...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14089000421http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/14089000421Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:32:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> inspired the Great Hall in Harry Potter<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Staircase in Chamber of Secrets<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsvmoBIug1r31vg0o10_500.jpg"/><br/> Bridge of Sighs<br/><br/> http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917532982http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917532982Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:36:56 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsq34AZGu1r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917531261http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917531261Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:36:50 -0500As the title of this entry suggests, I went to Oxford this weekend, and my primary influence for...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917528320http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13917528320Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:36:40 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> a little blurry, but you get the idea<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Eton College<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqv0od4GJ1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Towns of Windsor and Eton</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13786304072http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13786304072Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:50:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqr7slF881r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Windsor Castle and St. George’s Chapel</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13783839981http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13783839981Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:28:00 -0500Okay, I didn’t actually visit the Queen, but I did visit her primary residence: Windsor...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13783272778http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13783272778Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:10:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn9xejlcx1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn9xejlcx1r31vg0o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Sunny Side Up</strong></p> <p>After twenty years in Pittsburgh, sunny mornings are sort of a new concept to me. I’m going to miss watching the sun rise outside of my dorm window. It’s such a pleasant thing to wake up to every morning.</p> <p>By the way, I only have TWO WEEKS left in Reading! Wow, time always seems to go by so quickly…</p>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13692435243http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13692435243Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:33:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3zhv3PgO1r31vg0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13594041852http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13594041852Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:21:41 -0500Last Tuesday, I spent the day exploring London with a few of my friends. We did some tourist things:...http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13594039061http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13594039061Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:21:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Sacre Coeur<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> View from Sacre Coeur<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdx2yx5RA1r31vg0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13461688074http://writingecriture.tumblr.com/post/13461688074Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:22:04 -0500