tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8500253110049912372024-03-21T06:48:05.585-06:00Oh The Places I'll Go...This year is the beginning of a new adventure for me! I get to go to Hawaii and London! Lets see if we can keep traveling after this year! SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-58507617920657260262013-05-20T15:33:00.000-06:002013-05-26T17:30:03.696-06:00Warwick Castle! Freakin Sweet! After Oxford we drove for a little while to Warwick Castle that I must say was freaking amazing! It could possibly be my favorite thing so far, but thats because I'm a nerd and was just imagining myself living there back in the day. I took a few videos, and didn't even get to tour the whole thing because it was so big and we didn't have enough time....But here is what we did get to see! :)<br />
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I loved this castle! It was almost my favorite part of London! I wish I could have had the opportunity to see the Tower of London more than just from a distance, but I suppose that that will be for the next time I am in London. </div>
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This is what you see when you first get to the castle.</div>
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Right when we walked in to tour Warwick we saw these awesome lock up things. I feel like they suit us well! </div>
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The garden was absolutely beautiful! And it wouldn't be the same without some silly pictures, right!? </div>
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<br />SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-52762035245534238892013-05-17T17:03:00.001-06:002013-05-20T07:01:07.414-06:00Oxford!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So we had another early morning and had to be in the lobby
at 8am. Luckily, we didn’t have to ride the tube today so we got on the bus and
I would like to give a shout out to our awesome bus driver because he was a
BAMF! Anyways we had a 45 min drive to Oxford and it was freaking cold outside,
but the trip was totally worth it. We got there and met our tour guide who was
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After we met her we traveled to our destination, which by
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sprinting down the street. Finally after being out of breath we stopped in
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She explained that it was one of the colleges in Oxford. One
thing that I didn’t understand today was how the University of Oxford was, and
this is what she said. The University of Oxford is like the government of the
United States. There is the government and then there are 50 separate states that
all go by their own rules but they all answer to the central part which is the
government. It is the same with the school, There is the University, and then
there are 38 colleges that run themselves, but when you get the degree you
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Okay so one of the most interesting things about this
college has to do with Alice and Wonderland, and this is what our tour guide
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There was a professor at Christ Church that was a photographer
and a math professor who used to take pictures of the Deans 3 daughters so he
would take them out on this boat on the rivers surrounding Oxford and since
they didn’t have much to do out there so the professor would tell them stories.
Eventually someone convinced him to publish these stories and he published them
under the name Lewis Carroll. Which were the adventures of Alice in Wonderland
and one of the 3 daughters was named Alice. So they were based off of her and
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The dean of the school (aka Alice’s father) was supposed to
be represented by the rabbit who was always late. Now before I go on I need to
give a little back story about him being late…So at Christ Church they would
ring the bell 101 times (for every student they had) at 9:05 to tell people its
time to stop drinking so that they could make their way back before the last
bell was heard because if they didn’t, when the last bell chimed they would
close the gate and they would be locked down. The reason why it was 9:05 was
because they were 5 min ahead of Greenwich time, which was the main time. So on
Sunday’s the dean would be on his way to church and would be running late and
because it was at 6:05 the doors would be locked and he would have to go all
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This is a picture of Henry the VIII, he is supposed to represent the Queen
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This is a picture of a window and if you look really close
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If you have read the Alice in Wonderland books there is a
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This is a picture of a Memorial to all the family members of
people who were part of the college who died in World War I. So the story
behind this is that Alice and a prince Named Leopold had kind of a thing, but
since she was just a common person they weren’t allowed to get married so they
married other people. When they both had their first children Leopold named his
daughter Alice, and Alice named her son Leopold and her son Leopold was the one
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Another really cool thing about this college was that some
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this picture you will notice that it is very similar to the dining hall in the
movie, besides the fact that there are 3 rows of tables here and 4 in the
movie. When they were wanting to make the movie they visited Christ College and
as soon as they walked into the dining hall they knew that that is exactly what
they were imagining when they read the books. But since there are students that
go to school there that need to eat 3 times a day they knew that they couldn’t
actually film it there so they built an exact replica. There were a few other
places around Oxford that the Harry Potter films were filmed at, including a
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After leaving that amazing college of the Christ Church we
started walking down towards the center of Oxford and stood in front of this
door and right away I ran up and took a picture of the pillars on each side of
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It turns out that C.S. Lewis used to walk by there every day
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Not only that, but the lamppost that Lucy sees when she
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Annnnnnnd the door was inspiration for Aslan! So pretty much
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These are Some other beautiful buildings around the town of Oxford. If I have time, I'll explain later what they are :)</div>
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So we stopped in Stratford-upon-Avon for lunch which really
wasn’t that exciting, but I did get to see from the outside Shakespeare’s
birthplace…so that was pretty neat!
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So day four started out earlier than any day so far. We had
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The Prime Minister lives at #10 Downing Street. There are no
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one breaks in. The gates of Downing Street were added in 1984 because of the
war with Northern Ireland and the name Downing street came from a chief spy for
royalty named George Downing. There was a while mess about him changing sides a
bunch of times and the last time he changed sides the King at the time gave him
the street as a gift. In the 60’s the building was falling apart so they
decided to rebuild it. The only problem was that it was red so in order to keep
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This is a picture of our awesome Tour Guide/Cops Phil on the
left, Our awesome teacher Tracy Nobiling, The Vice President of Chadron State
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These are pictures of Saint James Palace and the guard.
Every day at 4pm the guard has to be changed because one day a guard was found
drunk and unable to actually keep watch because he was drunk. So for hundreds
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keep it inconspicuous they covered it with vines. There are also no windows in
the whole building and the walls were 20 ft thick so it could stand a German
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On our way to Buckingham Palace we stopped at this place
that these guards were watching and I learned some pretty interesting
information about the guards. These that were standing there were called the
Coldstream Guards because they had a red little stripe on the right side of
their bearskin hat. The way that you can tell what regiment that they are in is
by the way their buttons are. So if their buttons are spaced in twos they are
in the second regiment, if they are in threes they are in the third, so on and
so forth. Because I am writing this without internet and I can’t for the life
of me remember what the guards with the white stripe on the side of their
bearskin hats but I do remember why they had the white stripes. They were the
part of the guards that had bombs and they would pull the tab and hold it over
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The next thing that we did was walk by Buckingham Palace and
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It wasn’t time for us to be at Buckingham Palace so we
walked to the place that all the cops eat at when they have big events in the
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The interesting thing about the place that we stopped to rest
at besides the fact that all the cops eat there when there is big events, is
that it was built so that they could investigate how the Titanic sunk, and how
they lowered the boats down. So the balcony and the arch were pretty much exact replicas of the
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After getting some refreshments at the Titanic building it
was time to walk to Buckingham Palace to watch the Guard change! The awesome
part of the whole experience was that we got to go into the gates of Buckingham
Palace and watch the guard change. It was cool because all the people were
watching us from the gate while we were standing right next to the palace and
they were taking pictures of us like we were important or something. Little did
they know, that we are just a bunch of college kids from Chadron, Nebraska! The
sad thing was that we weren’t allowed to take pictures once we were inside the
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The guards have this big ceremony once every day in the
summer and fall and once every other day in the winter and spring. Which is
crazy because the whole ceremony took like an hour and a half to two hours. Basically,
in short all the guards from Buckingham Palace and Saint James Palace March
over behind the Marching band and wait for the new guards to come. While they
are waiting the guard with the flag paces back and forth which was a tradition
so that the people in the army would know what flag to meet at and/or fight for
because a lot of the time, it was a bunch of peasant armies. While the flag was
pacing back and forth so was the captain. They did this so that they could
check for people that were drunk and so that the people knew who their captain
was and who they needed to take orders from. Besides them pacing around there
were also two guards patrolling. They had to do this because one time Queen
Victoria came down and both of the guards were asleep so she said “none of
that!” and they had to pace around, and they still do that to this day. After
what seemed like forever the new guards came marching down and stood facing the
old guards. Both of the bands took turns playing different songs but the two
that I remember were the Clint Eastwood theme, and Sir Duke. Both of the bands
were amazing, and I’m not gonna lie, I really wanted to just go and grab a
saxophone and join in with them. Before the guards could actually switch off we
had to wait for the Calvary to trot by on their horses because the queen was in
the building. On any other day they wouldn’t have to wait for that because the
queen usually isn’t there (which I would like to point out is awesome and that
means that we were pretty close to the queen). The coolest thing about being
there waiting is that the two captains, one from the new guard and one from the
old one both came up to us and talked to us. Which according to Constable
Richard Watson, has never happened before. He then told us that the captains
are usually from very well to do families because they have to keep their suit
tailored themselves and the belt on their uniform alone costs 3000 pounds! We
were also told that those captains were in the rank of major. After the Calvary
passed the new guards marched off and so did the old guards and everything was
done so it was time for us to go. It was definitely an experience that I will
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After eating it was time to go to Scotland Yard, which I was
very excited about because I thought we were going to tour it, but it turns out
that we were just going to attend a lecture, and I’m sorry to say, it was very
hard to stay awake for and it didn’t really keep my attention despite their
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It was time to head home, and I was very tired and started
getting really cranky. So instead of going to dinner with my roommates and a
few of the others in our group I stayed in the hotel and took a nap, which was
much needed because I was getting to the point where I just wanted to punch
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So after much debate about what we were going to do last night, we finally decided to go to this Medeval Banquet. We called and made reservations and it was set. We decided to leave about an hour early because we figured it would take some time to find the place....and it did. Not only did we take the most ridiculously long tube ride (because the only thing we were thinking about when deciding on what route to take, was how many times we had to change trains). The ride itself took an hour....which was not necessary. Then when we got out of the tube, we went the wrong way and walked much further than we needed to go. To be fair though, there is no directions on the brochure, it just says that its within walking distance...ptsh It was pretty much a Labyrinth getting there (only not as cool because David Bowie isn't singing the whole time).<br />
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Anyways after much searching and stopping and asking for directions (because no men were with us). We finally found it! So we walked into this dark place that was located underground. And it was most definitely different...we didn't sit at tables by ourselves...we sat with other people. Obviously, the first thing I did when I got there was go and get some alcohol. I was frustrated, and uh, I'm in London!<br />
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The next thing on the menu was this really weird ass plate
of meat and cheese. Most of it was okay, but there was this weird meat that
looked kind of like bologna but it had the consistency of cat food. I don’t
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The next thing they brought us was this big pot full of
chicken. Morgan and I decided to eat like barbarians, ya know, to keep up with
the whole Medieval thing. But the funny thing was, one of the young Australians
that was sitting there said “its not often that you get a big tub of chicken
brought to you” to which Morgan and I both said at the same time “Unless you go
to KFC” he seemed kind of somber and replied with “oh”. After that Morgan and I
looked at each other and said “ Merica, Fuck Yeah!” Which has kind of been our
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Not only was there some pretty awesome contortionists but
there was also beautiful singing going on between most of the staff. But the
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The night was drawing to a close and Morgan and I were
pretty satisfied. But then were very surprised when they started playing club
music. After we went to the bathroom we came out and there was a circle of
older women trying to dance. I must say it was pretty damned amusing because
none of them could dance. Morgan almost convinced me to get in the middle and show
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Needless to say, since we knew where we were going, we
didn’t get lost but I did take an awesome picture of the dock that the banquet
was by (Saint Katherine’s Harbor) at night. It was so beautiful and I wish my
camera did it justice, but I guess that’s what happens when you get a camera
for free at prom. On the way home we did not take an hour because we actually
paid attention to the rout we should take. Overall I would say it was a pretty
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The CJ group in front of the Clock Tower that hold Big Ben!...and oh yes, we did hear that shit!</div>
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Besides the fact that it was cold, I would think its safe to say, that I am a BAMF! </div>
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Anyways, after getting across the park to the Supreme Court building I looked up and noticed just how beautiful it was. There were carvings in the building and everything. I know I've said this before, but I really do love the detail in all the buildings here in London!<br />
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This is the front of the Supreme Court building! Look at how amazingly detailed it is! </div>
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After gawking at the building and meeting up with Dr. Nobilings friend/our tour guide for tomorrow Constable Richard Watson who just from the few minutes we were with him seemed really awesome, we were able to go inside. This security system was much like the one yesterday, where we had to take off our coats and put our purses in the box to go through the scanner. The only difference was were were actually able to take our cameras inside! ANNND take pictures. So even though I don't have pictures right now...I will...don't worry!<br />
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There are 3 court rooms in the Supreme Court building. The interesting thing is the UK didn't establish a Supreme Court until 2005, and didn't open it until 2009. Before that, the building was used as one of the Crown Courts of the area. The Supreme court sees civil and criminal cases and everything is recorded by video cameras (which is very different from the United States). They accept about 80 cases a year and get in between 200 and 250 applications a year. In order for the Supreme Court to accept a case it must be an arguable point of law with a general public interest. Unlike the Crown Courts, the Supreme Court is very informal and relaxed, more businesslike. In Crown Courts, (which we will see on Saturday) they wear wigs and gowns. Some things changed when the Supreme Court started. The senior legislatures that were part of the Crown Court moved over and started being the Legislatures of the Supreme Court. Unlike in Crown Court, if a Legislature moves to the Supreme Court they loose the right to vote, and the ability to get into the building was much easier. If someone is in the Supreme Court, they are required to retire at the age of 70, but if they choose (at least the ones that are old right now) they can go back and sit in the House of Lords (like I said, the newer Legislatures can't do that anymore). In order to become a Legislature in the Supreme Court an individual must have 15 years of legal experience But they don't have to have been judges before, they just have to have any form of legal experience.<br />
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Right in the middle of the wall there is an emblem designed by Sir Peter Blake. Who designed the 1967 Beatles Album <b>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</b>.<br />
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Not only is this emblem found in this room, and different areas of the Supreme Court building, it is also the design in the carpet, and in the curtains! It is pretty intense, and apparently has caused a lot of controversy but I thought it was pretty cool.</div>
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The first courtroom that we were in was very modern and sleek, and the second one was much more traditional.<br />
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Here is a picture of the Criminal Justice group in the second room we visited. </div>
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This is the first courtroom that we visited, much more modern than the other one. </div>
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These are pictures of the second court room that we visited, it was much more old school.</div>
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After learning about some of the History of this room we were able to go up and watch the Supreme Court case that was going on in the last courtroom. You could either go in and watch, or watch what was going on, on a TV screen. I chose not to go in because I liked to make fun of what was going on. I mean the Legislatures were just making fun of the guy that was presenting the case, and the lawyers behind the presenter were trying really hard not to laugh. So it was safe for me with my loud mouth to just stay in the lobby. </div>
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After watching what was going on in the Courtroom for awhile we got to go down and look at the small museum in the basement. It was pretty interesting and I got some sweet pictures</div>
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It was finally time for us to leave so we made our way back to the Tube to begin our adventure back to the hotel. Got some pretty awesome pictures on the way back....which will be coming soon! </div>
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But for now I am off to do more awesome things in London! Cheers! </div>
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Since I went to sleep around 7pm because I was so tired I
woke up at 4 am here wide awake and ready for the day. Good thing I decided to
stay in bed because I had a ridiculously long day. Since we didn’t have a
converter or anything I had to take forever to get my hair wet and put a bunch
of spray in it just to make it look decent.<br />
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The infamous red buses that you think of when you think of London! I mean these things are everywhere with people standing outside of them waiting for you to spend your money to get tours of London! </div>
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I really just love the old architecture in London! I mean a lot of these buildings have been standing for many more years than the building in America! Its just so fascinating! </div>
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Our first adventure for the day was
getting on the Tube. For those of you that don’t know, the tube is the public
transportation here in London that goes all over the city. Since it was fairly
early (9am) there were tons of people on the tube and it was very packed. Thank
goodness I am not clausterphobic because I would have died if so. So there are a few things you need to know about the tube. The first, is that there are many escalators that are very steep. When you ride an escalator in the UK if you are just going to stand on it, you need to stand to the right to keep out of the way of the people that are walking up them on the left. Virtually, unless you are riding in the tube in the middle of the day, or the middle of the night, you are going to be getting up close and personal with a few people you don't know. So if you don't really like it, maybe you should learn how to drive a car here in London, but GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! Anyways, the first time I rode in the tube I was very confused, had no idea where we were or how we were getting there, but after 2 times riding on it, I finally got everything figured out! Now I'm practically a pro....ha!<br />
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Right when we go to the Magistrate Court we had to turn in
all of our cameras because in London you’re not allowed to take pictures of the
inside of buildings. Well at least some of them. After we turned all of our
cameras in (which by the way took forever) our tour guide, who used to be a
lawyer explained a little bit about the justice system here in London and here
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judge (also known as DJ’s…he he) and the Lay Magistrate court. In the Lay
Magistrate court there are three people that decide what happens to the
defendant. When someone is arrested the police do all the work. They interview
the defendant and conduct all the evidence. After that all the offenses (no
matter how bad) first appear in the Magistrate Court. During their first
hearing the Magistrate court decides whether or not they can see the case, or
if it needs to go to the Royal Court (I think is what it is called). The Royal
Court deals with cases such as Rape, Murder, and other terrible offenses. Some
offenses are able to be dealt with in either of the courts and most people will
choose the Royal Court because in Royal Court a jury decides the fate of the
defendant and statistically they have a better chance of being found not
guilty. We were able to sit in a few of the courts. We were supposed to try to
sit in one with a DJ and one with the Lay Magistrates, but there were no cases
being heard by a DJ so we just sat in with the Lay Magistrates. Here is what I
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little training and are advised by the clerk as to whether or not they are
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After going to the Magistrate Court we were able to go and
do whatever we wanted so we went back to the hotel to change into some “regular
clothes”. After that Me, Allyson,
and Morgan (my awesome roommates) decided to go get some food and tickets for
the theater. We ate at Nandos, which is a chicken place that you can have
chicken a ton of different ways. I had a salad ( I know kind of boring) but it
was really good! It had chicken on it (obviously) with feta, cucumbers,
peppers, and a delicious paprika dressing. Time got away from us and we just
sat there talking about random stuff for a couple hours. We were planning on
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The first thing we did was get on the Tube and ride to Leicester
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<span style="text-align: start;">It took us awhile to decide, but we finally decided on Rock of Ages! </span>And boy was it worth the 35 pounds we paid for the tickets! </div>
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Next stop was M&M world! And I must say, it was pretty freaking sweet! </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We took some pictures and found out what our color of M&M was. Apparently I am a red M&M because I am feisty and outgoing…I’d say that that fit me pretty well :P </span></div>
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After walking and walking I
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me so we went to a little pub called Waxy’s Little Sister and there was a very
attractive Irishman who was the bartender.<br />
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Its used so that if you're too piss assed drunk to walk all the way downstairs to get your booze, you can just send your order and your money down and they will send it right back up in the lift. I thought it was pretty neat! </div>
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But after sitting there far
longer than we needed to we found our way to the theater to start the show Rock
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And this guy, was the best part of the whole show. Not only was he hot with his mullet! But he was freaking hilarious! Loved every second of it!</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">As soon as we got there we were pleasantly surprised when they found us seats closer to the stage! And it was freaking awesome! I mean look at how excited we all were! Whoot! Thats me on the left, then Morgan Black, and Allyson Digman (my roommates!) </span></div>
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and if you didn't believe me...look at this face! 80's music is my favorite genre! I don't think my life would be complete without it! </div>
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Soo, not supposed to take a picture of the stage, but I did it anyways...yeah I'm a rebel! </div>
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There are no words
that I could use to describe how good that musical was! All I can say is, if
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After a very eventful day it was time to make our way back
to the Hotel so on the Tube we went. We didn’t have to switch trains or
anything so that was good. The part that wasn’t was when I started laughing at
a man that hit his head when the doors closed and he proceeded to tell me how
nice my smile was and continue the conversation. I could barely hear him but I
think he did that on purpose so that I had to lean in to talk to him. I mean
this guy was like 50 something…it was just weird, thankfully, we only had to
deal with him for a short time before our stop was on. When we got back to the
hotel and changed we decided to go out looking for a converter so that we could
start our blogs. We walked quite a few blocks and realized that it was too late
for anything to be open so we got back on the tube and made our way back,
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Again, we only had to ride one train, but right before we
got onto the train there was this little Asian woman that fell over right when
the doors opened and an Asian man that helped her up. As soon as she got up I
noticed a little pile of puke right on the doorway so I stepped over it. It was
hard not to stare, but I couldn’t help it. When I looked over, I noticed that
there was puke all down the front of this woman. All I could think was (well I
thought the whole public transporation thing was good, until you’re piss ass drunk
and everyone gets to watch and make fun of you). </div>
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We made our way back to the hotel, and here I sit…writing
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<!--EndFragment-->SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-26181458237467820582013-05-14T19:39:00.003-06:002013-05-14T19:39:43.451-06:00PicturesOkay, I know the most exciting thing about a blog is getting to see all the awesome pictures...but right now, I'm using the hotel's internet and it is completely impossible to put pictures on so they will have to wait a few days until I can make my way over to the internet cafe to upload them. Sorry :(SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-21214125660218617732013-05-14T19:34:00.000-06:002013-05-15T07:11:01.051-06:00Crazy British Drivers and The Ridiculous Plug-ins!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So when you are in a city in America, its typical that you
have to watch out for the driving. But I must say, it is much worse here in
London! They not only won’t stop for people walking across the street, but they
pretty much just drive all over the place! Its freaking ridiculous! I can’t
even imagine having to drive here! I’m so worried about getting run over that I
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Not only are the drivers crazy, but let me tell you…if you
ever come to London make sure you get an adapter and a converter before you
come because you can’t find a converter anywhere you look and its freaking annoying.
I have spent quite a few hours trying to track down a place where I can buy one
and no such luck. Thank GOD I decided to ask the guy at the front desk about it
because he informed me that I can plug in my computer to any adapter and it
would work…without the converter. Which is why I am now able to post on my
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We got to Windsor Castle and I was really excited! I took
out some money in Pounds (which by the way is really hard to count out when you
are used to USD). So right away I went and got a phone that I could use while I
was here. The guy had no idea what he was doing and I was a little disappointed
when I realized that I missed the boat for going to tour the Castle. But it
wasn’t too bad, I was able to see the marching band that walked through the
town! I was also able to go to one of the pubs and have an afternoon cocktail
that consisted of Jack Daniels, coke, and rum….yeah it was delicious. We were
in the town for a few hours and then were able to go to the hotel. Finally!<br />
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This is Windsor castle! I wish I could have gotten the chance to go inside! I suppose if I really wanted to I could make my way back there, but I doubt I'll do that. </div>
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After we left and were able to go back to the hotel it was our job to try to stay awake at least until 6pm. Which let me tell you was very hard! After being up for almost 48 hours you kinda start to drag! But, in order to keep us awake Dr. Nobiling and the other teachers took us on a small tour of the area, and then we went to this small pub called The Friend At Hand.<br />
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After staying up until 7ish it was time for all of us to pass out! I don't think that I have gone to bed that early, in years! Except maybe when I'm sick...but I feel like that doesn't count! It was a very eventful day, followed by a very eventful rest! </div>
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I arrived in Rapid City at 10:45 and decided to go straight
to the airport because I knew that if I did anything else I would be late
because I am late for everything! So I was there 3 hours before our flight was
scheduled to leave. Even though it was such a small airport it took FOR
FREAKING EVER to get our bags checked in because we were such a big group.
Anyways after what seemed like forever we were able to board the plane and I
was super surprised to realize that the plane was ridiculously small! It was
set up with 2 seats on one side and 1 seat on the other and guess which one I
got!? The single side, so I got to sit by the window. A lot of the people were
freaking out because since it was so small there was much more turbulence on it.
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We were scheduled to change flights in Chicago and man was
that airport huge! But, it was really cool because there was art EVERYWHERE! We
only had a small layover so before I knew it we were boarding our flight to
London.<br />
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As soon as I walked onto the plane I thought that it was huge! </div>
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the seats and you were able to pick what shows/movies you wanted to watch. The
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One thing I found funny was that they were passing out
drinks and this british woman came up to the flight attendant and asked her if
she could open her Gin and this is what she said “The Cap won’t turn so its
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Well we have a little less than 2 hours to our destination
and it feels like we have been on this plane for freaking ever! I mean I
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Seth Rogan movie so it was funny)ate dinner that was so-so...<br />
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HAD A GLASS OF WINE! </div>
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listened to music, took a nap even though my knee caps feel as though
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Gah! Silly plane rides! I also found out that when we get there wer aren’t
lounging around, we are going to the Windsor castle. I’m not sure if I am gonna
be able to make it all day long! I guess Michael Fusselman did it and if he can
do it, I can…right!? I’m not even sure what timezone I’m in right now but I do
know that it is 10:40 pm on the 11<sup>th</sup> of May back home and it is 6:40
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3302 miles traveled from Chicago so far and we still have an
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excited when we landed and got off the plane. I needed to stand and stretch my
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<br />SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-25438466033547445202013-05-11T18:21:00.000-06:002013-05-11T18:21:15.265-06:00Back to Reality! We made our way back to the airport which was a 45 min drive from where we were eating at so that took awhile. Our plane was scheduled to leave at 10pm so it was dark when we got to the airport. The airport that we flew into and out of in Maui was very small compared to...I don't know...Denver International Airport, but since a lot of people were flying out at this time, things were pretty hectic. When we got there there was a line to check our bags to make sure we weren't bringing any kind of food and stuff back home and there was this awful man that was yelling at someone because he "cut" in line. It made me very angry because the people that "cut" had been standing there for a long time, and didn't really know what they were supposed to be doing so I let them go in front of me. I suppose if I wouldn't have been with my family I would have said something because he was very rude! Anyways after we got our bags checked in and went through security we made our way to the sitting area. I was in dire need of some coffee so I stopped at a starbucks and also got one of those neck pillows so that I could sleep on the plane because the plane ride to Maui was so uncomfortable without a pillow.<br />
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After waiting for a hour and a half in the lobby area it was time to make our way back home. The plane ride home was much shorter than the plane ride to Maui...probably because I wasn't nearly as excited to go home as I was to go to Hawaii! But anyways, I watched "Parental Guidance" which was actually really funny and then fell asleep for awhile. I didn't sleep very well though because I kept waking up due to the fact that they kept having turbulence! So needless to say I was pretty anxious. My favorite thing about the plane ride home was that while everyone else was sleeping I was able to watch the sunrise...not something that you can say you've done very often from a plane, unless you're a business man of course. I loved watching the sun come up and looking down at the mountains of Colorado all white with snow. We were flying above the clouds and it was amazing looking! Until we started to land! All of a sudden we flew into the clouds and I got very nervous because I couldn't see anything, and I just kept thinking "well if I can't see anything, than how can the captains!?" so I was freaking out a little bit. But it didn't last very long because out of nowhere, we were on the ground! I was finally back home and ready to ride in the car for another 4ish hours back to Chadron. The most majestic and interesting thing was that above the clouds, everything was beautiful, and then below it was rainy and cold. Part of me wished that I was still above the clouds looking at the beautiful sky and sun! But it was time to get back to life!<br />
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Going to Hawaii was amazing. The cost of living there is so much higher than in Nebraska, but I would live there in a heartbeat if I could! I loved every second there (minus the few family feuds that went on). I am so glad that I was able to travel to Maui, and if it wasn't for my Aunt, Uncle, and Grandma, I probably wouldn't have......<br />
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So at the end of this journey, I would like to give a big THANK YOU! To everyone (aka my family) who made it possible for me to travel to this amazing part of the world!<br />
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I Love You guys!SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-14740909708777614432013-05-11T18:05:00.002-06:002013-05-11T18:05:59.323-06:00The Last Day....So my time in Hawaii was very strange. It felt like while I was there time slowed way down, but at the end of the week...like any vacation, it felt as if it went by way too fast! On the last day we got to go on a Submarine tour called Atlantis Submarine. And it really was an experience!<br />
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So to get to the submarine we had to take a ride on a boat to where the sub was located. And during our small journey to the sub our tour guide told us all the safety information that we needed to know. The cool thing about him was that he actually graduated from UNL and went to high school and grew up in a small town near Sidney which is where I am from! It was fun talking to him about life in Hawaii when he wasn't being...ya know....the tour guide. </div>
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On our way out there, I decided to take some pictures of the Island and the beautiful blue ocean! </div>
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So in order to get the sub different places on the island it needs to be pulled by this cute little tug-boat named Roxie. Look at how adorable it is! I feel like it should have a face! :D <---like this one! hehe</div>
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From the boat we were on...</div>
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Pop right up out of the water...It was really awesome! </div>
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We got down onto the sub and started descending towards the bottom of the ocean and got all the way down to 129 ft below! </div>
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The five pictures above are of a ship that they sunk in the 19th century. It was a whaling ship called "The Brig Carthaginian" and is now a developing reef sitting at 100 feet below the water! It was so cool to see all the coral and fish on the ship! I wish it could have been a ship that had just sank rather than one that they decided to sink so it could become a reef....it would have been nice if it had a little bit more history, but it was fun learning about the feet it took to sink that sucker! </div>
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This was a good sized school of fish that we saw while under the ocean! It was very interesting to see all the fish swimming together and darting in different ways!</div>
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I loved looking at all the random stuff on the ocean floor! Especially this anchor! It looked so rusty and had life growing on it! Its amazing to know that everything in the ocean is living...even if it is just an old ass anchor!</div>
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The last thing we did before making our way to the airport to begin our journey back home was eat at this fantastic little place called Ma La. We sat right outside on the ocean and were told that at certain times of the day, turtles liked make their way up to the beach and hang out! I was sad that I didn't get to see any turtles, but it was still a really good time, and really good food! </div>
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<br />SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-65040938300448705242013-05-11T15:10:00.001-06:002013-05-11T15:10:33.590-06:00Everyone Has To Go To A Luau Obviously, if you are going to Hawaii, you should probably participate in a Luau! So we went to this beautiful place, with beautiful waiters called "Feast at Lele".<br />
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Our group picture from the Luau! From the left: Mark, Michelle, Ryan, Me, Grandma, Colton. </div>
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We were handed fresh flower leis when we got there that were absolutely beautiful as you can see from our picture! </div>
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It was right on the beach and was absolutely beautiful! </div>
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So, funny thing about this picture....that guy in the white shirt was some famous guy....like a director or something, right when the Luau got over he ducked out. Have no idea who he was, but I thought that was pretty cool. And I happened to just randomly get a picture of him because I was taking pictures of the trees behind him! Ha ha what luck! </div>
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It was packed! But the service was amazing, so as long as they do their job well, its good that they were packed! </div>
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Most of the Luau was great, but there was a couple things that I didn't like about it.<br />
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( For some reason I can't figure out how to turn this picture so you're stuck with it like this!) But the first good thing about the Luau was the OPEN BAR! </div>
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The Second thing that was awesome about the Luau, is that I got to sit next to my awesome grandmother! </div>
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The third thing was that the food was amazing! I mean, I really don't like fish that well, and there were a few things that I didn't care for, but for the most part it was absolutely delicious! The Luau was based on 4 different islands, Hawaii, Aotearoa, Tahiti, and Samoa. With each of the islands, there was a different course so here is what we ate...</div>
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First Course...Hawaii </div>
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Pahole Fern Shoots and Hearts of Palm Salad</div>
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Seared Island Fish, Fresh Fish served with a mango sauce and tropical fruit salsa</div>
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Kahua Pua'a, pork slow-roasted in an underground oven and shreaded</div>
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Second Course...Aotearoa</div>
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Upcountry greens duck salad with poha berry vinaigrette</div>
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Harore Kumara, roasted mushrooms, sauteed with sweet potato, onions and garlic (YUCK! but I'm biased because I HATE mushrooms with a flaming passion!) </div>
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Kuku Patties, fishcake with fresh fish, shrimp and scallops</div>
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Third Course...Tahiti</div>
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E'iota-Poisson Cru, fresh fish marinated in lime and coconut milk</div>
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Baked Scallops, in lobster cream sauce (also disgusting...)</div>
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Moa Fafa, steamed chicken and taro leaf in coconut milk</div>
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Fourth Course....Samoa</div>
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Carmel Macadamia Nut Tart</div>
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The third thing that was good about the Luau was that our waiter, and all of the waiters were freaking beautiful...I mean look at that big piece of man mean that is our waiter! </div>
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The ONE THING that I really disliked about the Luau was that there wasn't THAT much dancing. There was dancing in between our meals but it was only like 10 min of dancing for each island. I really wanted to see more of the show, but I guess that was it....Overall it was good, it just wasn't what I really thought it would be...At least I had a hot waiter! </div>
<br />SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-62702165693337492972013-05-11T12:44:00.001-06:002013-05-11T12:44:42.422-06:00Do Not...Go to The Maui Ocean Center!If you are in Maui, please don't waste your time going to the Maui Ocean Center! I have never been more disappointed with anything! For one, we went and it was like downpouring outside so we had to run around with these silly poncho's on, which means we kind of looked like little Hobbits....which was funny. But anyways, from the outside the place looks awesome...but when you get in there, you realize its really not that big, and there is nothing to do. There was a big aquarium that had some cool sharks in it, and my very favorite thing was seeing some jelly fish in this blacklight...but that was about it. Nothing else! I was so angry, I wanted to see some huge sharks! Or some whales! and I only saw little ones and nothing else! There were a couple turtles swimming in this other area, but I can tell you, it was a waste of time...and a waste of money, and I feel bad because it was my idea to go...oh well the past is the past, but really, a word of advice, do not go to The Maui Ocean Center!SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-43498110903216386342013-05-10T21:16:00.003-06:002013-05-11T12:37:57.138-06:00Helicopter Tour!The next activity that we did was go on an amazing helicopter tour with Air Maui. We got to see the whole island! Which isn't actually that big. Its only 727 sq miles total! It was so interesting to see the different parts of the island. When you think of Hawaii, you think of a tropical island with palm trees everywhere and thats it, but Maui is so different than that. There are many different parts to the island.<br />
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This was our captain of the helicopter! He gave us information about the island the whole time we were up in the air! He was so informative and had a great voice! Wouldn't have chose a better captain!</div>
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These were the fields that were completely irrigated with irrigation that people made hundreds of years ago. The thing that I found most interesting is that there isn't much wildlife on this island. There are chickens that were brought over to cock fight, and there are wild hogs that were also brought over. And the only "deer" over there is elk that some man farms! So you can go exploring and the only thing to watch out for is the wild hogs! </div>
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Here are some pictures of the sail boat that we were on. When we asked, I think they said that it was worth somewhere around 5 million bucks! The last one is awesome because my grandma was havin fun! </div>
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This is the family on the boat ride. From the left: Me, my Aunt Michelle, My Cousin Colton, my Cousin Ryan, My Grandma, and my Uncle Mark.</div>
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Okay so, that was me, laying with the blue jacket. I must confess that the night before I may have had a few too many drinks, so being on the boat made me sick! I mean it was my own fault, but man was I queasy! And at some point, I ralfed right off the side of the boat. I just wanted to curl up and go back to sleep, so on our way out there, that is exactly what I did! Plus it was kind of chilly at first, I mean it was only like 7 am when we started our journey out to the ocean! But sailing to our destination took 45 or so min. </div>
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So my aunt and I decided to do a little scuba diving! </div>
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While the boys went scuba diving...</div>
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These are the amazing turtles that we were able to see! How majestic they were! </div>
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These other pictures were some of the other sea life we saw while we were scuba diving. The last picture was of this spear fish or something like that....it was so weird and I followed it for awhile, and then my aunt got freaked out and thought it was a barracuda ha ha! Turns out it wasn't. </div>
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So on our way back, and even when we were just sitting there snorkling we got to see whales! It was at the trail end of whale season but man was it exciting! So here are some pictures from that! </div>
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This was our amazing instructor. I don't remember what his name was but he was so incredibly nice and informing! Plus he had some pretty cool tattoos of tribal sharks on his forearms! </div>
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This is me getting suited up for scuba diving! The tank was so heavy when you weren't in the ocean! I can't even begin to tell you how taken aback I was when I stood up. </div>
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My Uncle Mark getting suited up!</div>
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Colton getting suited up!</div>
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Ryan Getting suited up!</div>
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This is us in the ocean getting ready to go scuba diving! Now I thought it would be pretty easy and I was excited! But then I found out it is actually really hard. When you go down into the ocean there is obviously a lot of pressure. So every 5 or so feet you are supposed to plug your nose and blow to leave air pockets in your ears. When we first started our decent into the ocean it was very hard for me to get my ears not to be uncomfortable, and I looked down and realized that I was the only one having problems because everyone else was already at the bottom of the ocean at about 30 feet. So I started panicing. Probably not the best thing I could have done but it was scary, and the air from the tank was so dry that I couldn't feel like I was getting enough of a breath and it felt like walls were closing in on me, but obviously it was the walls of the ocean. The instructor came over to me and helped me get down towards the bottom. Once I was there he grabbed my hand and held it and guided me around. I got to see this amazingly huge turtle and I was calm! His hands were so soft and comforting. I'm not sure I could have kept going if it wouldn't have been for him. We were down on the bottom of the ocean for 45 min or so and then it was time to go back to the top. He released my hand and that was that. I was very thankful and glad that the experience was over. I had fun, but it was so stressful! Maybe if I had more practice I would enjoy it more, but I knew that I didn't want to do it again on our trip. Thank you so much Five Star Scuba for the great experience and for hiring such amazing instructors! And thank you instructor for having such a calming effect on me, and for also having very soft hands! :) </div>
SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-83769955039829354782013-05-10T14:15:00.001-06:002013-05-10T14:15:17.000-06:00The Beach!I can't exactly remember the order that we did things, and obviously should have just updated the blog while I was there, but...I didn't have all the pictures until recently, so here it goes. The first and most beautiful thing that was obviously about Hawaii was the beach!<br />
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This is from the first day on the beach! I went snorkling and I decided to put on my flippers by sitting in the sand. I can't even tell you how much sand I got in my shorts! I mean when I was washing them out, there were just pounds and pounds of wet sand coming out of my shorts...It was very unsightly! </div>
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This is a video of when I went for a walk on the beach! I just loved looking at the waves and I wanted to cherish the moment, even when I left!</div>
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Here are some pictures from when I went for that walk....I decided to get a little artsy! </div>
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These pictures are from one of the last times I spent at the beach. If you look you can see I am much more tan than I was at the beginning! Thank you sun!</div>
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These are a couple pictures of my cousin Ryan boogie boarding! He looked like he was having so much fun, but he told me it was really hard to stay on the board. Which I can only imagine because this day, it was hard to even stand up the waves were so powerful. I can't even imagine what it would be like to go surfing on those crazy big waves.</div>
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My Uncle Mark and my cousin Colton looking pretty awesome on the beach!</div>
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But not at cool as my grandma! I love you! </div>
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SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-68197192332937757852013-05-10T13:31:00.001-06:002013-05-10T13:38:35.679-06:00The Westin Kaanapali This hotel that we are staying in is absolutely beautiful! Our room has an ocean view and a view of the mountain just off in the distance. This place is truly wonderful I wish I could live here (written while I was still in Hawaii). The weather there is always wonderful, it rarely gets above 75 degrees and rarely below 70! What a paradise it really is! Here are some pictures from the hotel though....<br />
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This was the view from our 2nd hotel room. My grandmother paid some extra money for an ocean view and let me tell you, in the first hotel room you could barely see a sliver of the ocean. Luckily she complained and then we got this beautiful view! </div>
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There was even this beautiful little bird that kept coming and getting bread from me. You can't see very well, but he was missing an eye but was still brave enough to take a piece out of my hand! How amazing! </div>
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This is a view of our hotel from the courtyard!</div>
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This is a view of the courtyard from the lobby, you can't see very well but where all those umbrellas are, there were pools for people to swim in. Which always confused me, because there were many more people in the pool than in the ocean...Even though the ocean was right behind that building....I didn't get it. </div>
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Right when I got to the hotel and started walking around I noticed that there were these beautiful Koi fish in the ponds all over. As soon as I saw them I got an overwhelming sense to touch them. Later I found out, it is good luck to touch a Koi fish....How weird is that!? </div>
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These two pictures are from the grill that was at our hotel. They had some delicious nachos! And drinks! Ha ha!</div>
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So we got to the airport safely and because we were so rushy rushy this morning, when we got to the air port we had an hour + to spare, so at 10:30 I asked my family if it was too early to start drinking and they all gave me the "are you freaking kidding me right now" look and against their weird looks and judgmental faces I ordered a sex on the beach. It was pretty strong, but hey for a 10 dollar drink at an airport it did what I needed it to. </div>
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This was gonna be my home for the next SEVEN HOURS! I mean I have taken seven hour car rides but with car rides you can get up, get fresh air, walk around....obviously in a plane, you can't do that. </div>
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We boarded our plane and come to find out, I have the window seat! Boom! and I get the seat with the wing. I don't know I didn't think that it was that bad, it was just a little challenging taking pictures. </div>
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My aunt Michelle and I were looking pretty optimistic when we first got on the plane, We got to sit next to each other....it wasn't gonna be that bad....or so we thought. 6 hours later both of us could barley sit still. We just wanted to get up and move. </div>
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We finally started lifting off, which I'm not gonna lie, is probably my favorite part of the whole flight.. </div>
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Needless to say, I am struggling a little bit with this whole plane ride thing and I've only been on the plane for 4 hours. I can't imagine what it is gonna be like when I'm on the one to London (11 1/2 hours....man thats gonna suck) It really would't be that bad if I had just 2 more inches of leg room but my knees keep bashing into the seat in front of me. On a positive note, I have actually gotten some sleep! Granted its usually only a little bit at a time and I usually wake up with my neck crinked. Turns out, traveling with only two hours of sleep is exahusting....Ha ha, who woulda thought. </div>
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We are beginning our decent into Maui! My ears are popping and I'm getting excited! If only my stomach wasn't feeling so crampy....so ready to see the beach and get some sun on this albino body of mine!</div>
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So something else that is pretty awesome, when I got home today my aunt michelle surprised me with my Easter present...<br />
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Yep, thats right, a Kindle! I've been thinking about getting one of these for a long time but I wasn't sure I would like it. Obviously with a Kindle I would need some money to get a couple of books so my grandmother walked in the room and....<br />
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BAM! $20 gift card for amazon kindle. Can you guess what books I got? Of course you can't, so I'll just tell you anyways. I got, The Hobbit, From the Teeth of Angels (was only $2.99), and Beautiful Disaster. This way I will have enough to read on the flight to Hawaii, and the flight from Hawaii. Since I have never been to the beach before you can most certainly expect some epic pictures of the beach! Well, anyways I must go back to writing my paper, so that hopefully I get it done tonight and I don't have to worry about doing stinky homework on my vacation. TOODLES <3SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850025311004991237.post-45811622207089908762013-03-24T01:45:00.002-06:002013-03-24T01:45:48.236-06:00Hawaii Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, its Sunday and I am getting pretty excited because my Hawaii trip starts on Thursday! So I started looking at the place I'm going to be staying and needless to say....I am super freaking excited!</div>
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So this is the hotel that I am going to be staying in! And we even have a room overlooking the ocean! How freaking crazy! The hotel's name is westin kaanapali ocean view resort! I'm not even sure how to say the name but the spelling looks pretty cool.SimplyAleshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040099892225733545noreply@blogger.com0