Category Archives: London

November 4, 2018 -> Rugby

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Short post, but I went to my first Rugby game today! Got a Harlequin shirt too (even though they lost) haha

Don’t judge me, but also got “chips” with chunky apple sauce on top (think of it this way... it is plausible because Germans eat potato pancakes with apple sauce)

November 3, 2018 -> Blenheim Palace and Oxford University

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Blenheim Palace and Oxford University trip

The palace was a absolutely lovely and so were the grounds around it.  At the cafe I got dark chocolate hot cocoa and gluten free chocolate almond cake 😍

Then we froze our butts off at the over 2 hour tour of Oxford University.  Was able to purchase a nice pair of jeans and an Oxford University shirt at a decent price though 👍

(At the very end is just a few pictures from earlier in the week)

Also on Halloween I went to London Dungeon which was really cool (can’t take pictures though, so I have none)

October 28, 2018 -> Kensington Palace

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Started off the day visiting Kensington Palace. So cold outside today.

Then we went to an American diner, there I got a really nice chicken Caesar salad. I’ve been craving one so bad lately! Also, there is a boomerang I took of my friends’ chocolate milkshakes.

After that we came back and carved pumpkins! (Scroll all the way to the end to see the final product) This was first time doing this, but I think it turned out okay 🎃

Then I took a yoga class and had some strawberry banana oatmeal for dinner 😍

Kensington

Posted by Jenna Slota on October 28, 2018

October 20, 2018 -> Scavenger Hunt, Aunt Visit

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Today was our Husky Hunt with the FIE students.

After all our pigtail braid coordinating, and Kelsey doing my hair on the tube, unfortunately, our Husky Army has to be split into Husky and Army. Kelsey Bohannon, Katie Murphy, and I came in 3rd! What a work out that was! We took pictures with a crown, a lion statute, a pink door, a royal family member, the underground symbol, Peter Pan statue (which ahhhhh so excited I finally got to see!), a dinosaur, the Princess Diana Fountain, and much more 😂 so that explains all the goofy random selfies.

(Peep the picture of my new NEU hat and husky paw stickers)

Before the Hunt we had pizza express and after was Ben’s Cookies ❤️ 🍪 (I have an addiction to these cookies. They’re SO good. I can’t pick a favorite, I love them all! Even the non chocolate ones like coconut and peanut butter are AMAZING)

Then afterwards I got to spend time with my Aunt Sheila (who happened to be in London for business) at St. James Park. So great to see her, especially since I’ll be missing thanksgiving this year 😢

Walked over 22 miles that day and almost 49,000 steps!

Scavenger Hunt

Posted by Jenna Slota on October 20, 2018

October 11, 2018 -> Mom’s (Barbara) Visit to Europe – Day 1

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Barbara (Mom) arrived at Gatwick airport this morning.

After braving a rail ride from Gatwick Rail Station to Paddington station (yes there is a statue of the bear there), she grabbed a tube ride to  St Pancras International rail station.

Believe it or not, that was the easiest part of the journey.

For some reason her phone can not text Jenna without Wifi.

I think it is because she (Jenna) has a UK Sim card (no it is not!).

Quick call to ATT while I Viber'ed Barb, from my cellphone, and we found that her international roaming was turned off.   

Turned international roaming "on" and she can now text using data.

The part I missed from her was that she could not text anybody off of WiFi.

I was trying to give her walking instructions from the US.

Needless to say, this was not going to well with a response "I am across the street from the gym ..." and me telling her that she has to go south, just was not working!

Without a cross street, this was useless.

She went back into the train station and received explicit directions from an Eurostar employee.

Then she made it to Jenna's dorm without incidence.

- D, 2:15 (London Time) -> More pics to follow