Archive for October, 2008
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Friday, October 31st, 2008Ah! I still need to write about south of spain and Morocco.
I LOVE wednesdays… no class til 4, I get to sleep in (its the only day I really sleep) and get stuff done!
Im off now to go to the US Embassy cause I waited too long to do this voting thing so hopefully they [...]
Singapore Zoo
Friday, October 31st, 2008Singapore zoo is a model of the ‘open zoo’ concept. The animals are kept in spacious, landscaped enclosures, separated from the visitors by either dry or wet moats. The moats are concealed with vegetation or dropped below the line of vision. In the case of dangerous animals which can climb very well, moat barriers are not [...]
The Sistine Chapel
Friday, October 31st, 2008Not everyone who visits the Vatican is aware that it is a sovereign stateand has been since 1929. The Pope rules it as Europe’s only absolute monarch! It includes St. Peter’s Cathedral, The Vatican Gardens, The Vatican Museums, and the famed Sistine Chapel.
I suggest that all of these be on your agenda for a visit. [...]
Prague and Sweden
Friday, October 31st, 2008I am sitting in the library of Lulea Tekniska Universitet, where Kai takes engineering classes. The town of Lulea is in Northern Sweden, only a two hour drive from the Arctic Circle. It looks just like Northern Minnesota with an array of coniferous trees, birch, and lakes. I had a week off from classes so [...]
Best-known Cenotaph in Whitehall, London
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Located in Whitehall, stands the Cenotaph, a memorial to those Commonwealth citizens who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars.
Cenotaph means ‘Empty Tomb’, and was originally designed as a temporary structure, but in 1920 it was recreated in marble and this is the memorial still standing. On Remembrance Sunday (the nearest Sunday [...]
To Doha, Qatar
Thursday, October 30th, 2008I learned a very important rule while flying, make sure the name on your airline tickets match what is on your visa! Fortunately the people at Qatar airways were able to fix the problem very quickly. I didn’t even have to get my birth certificate out. As I was waiting to board the plane the [...]
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