Today was our final day on the trip! While it is sad that it is over, I am glad to be heading home. Today, we had our first and only day in London. We started off the day with breakfast at the hotel. I had pancakes and they were really good. After breakfast, we went…
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Birmingham Day 11: Bye Bye Birmingham!
Today was out final day in Birmingham! I started off my day by eating a hotel waffle for breakfast. I have eaten hotel waffles every morning since we arrived in the UK, and they have never disappointed. While this is going to be my last hotel waffle, I am excited to try out a new…
Birmingham Day 10!
Today was our last full day in Birmingham! Although I have enjoyed my time here in the city, I am excited to explore London. Today was an easy day. Our start time got delayed until 8:45, so I got extra time to eat breakfast and prepare for the day. Today we went to visit the…
Birmingham Day 9: Presentation Edition!
Today was the ninth day of our trip. In my opinion, it has flown by! It feels like months ago we all met up in Pittsburgh on that Friday and ate dinner together before staying in the towers. Today was the big day for our group. We had our presentations. But first, we started our…
Birmingham Day 8: Black Country Edition!
Today was day 8 of our trip. We have officially been here over a week! Today we got to sleep in a little before taking the bus to Black Country Living Museum. When we got off the bus, we had to walk 20 minutes to actually get there because we missed the connecting bus. We…
Birmingham Day 7: Oxford Edition!
Today we had an early start to the day. I woke up around 6:45 and got ready to get breakfast before heading to the bus at 7:55. We had a strict time schedule of getting on the bus at 8am, but when he got there, the bus was not there. There was a mix-up with…
Birmingham Day 6!
Today we met up in the lobby at 8:30 to walk over to BCU for our lectures. We got coffee at Starbucks before going to the classroom to meet Marcia. When she got there, we previewed what we would be learning about on our walk and talked about the history of Birmingham. We learned about…
Birmingham Day 5: Stratford Edition!
Today was awesome! We went on a little adventure to Stratford Upon Avon to explore where William Shakespeare was born. We started our long day with a walk down to the Moor Street Station, where we caught a train to the Stratford Upon Avon Station. The train ride was about an hour, so it gave…
Birmingham Day 4!
Today brought me a lot of new perspective in the healthcare field. Our first lecture talked about primary nursing. They explained what it is like working as an adult nurse in the UK and there were also 2 nurses that came in to explain their jobs, their experience with covid, and told us different stories….
Birmingham Day 3!
Today’s adventure started a bit earlier than yesterday’s adventure. We went over to BCUs City South Campus for the first time! The weather in Birmingham has been so wonderful and warm, which is not what I was expecting. The nice weather made for a lovely walk to the campus from our hotel. When we got…
Birmingham Day 2!
Our first full day in Birmingham was a success! We started off our journey in BCU, listening to speakers and learning a lot of information about the Birmingham education system and healthcare system. I learned so much about the city of Birmingham! First of all, Birmingham is considered one of the youngest cities in Europe,…
First Day in Birmingham!
Finally made it to Birmingham! The trip started out well, with a Starbucks run in the morning before catching our bus to the airport and seamless first flight from PIT to IAD (despite the very tiny plane and long wait on the tarmac) for our 2-hour layover. Even though some time was lost waiting for…
Introduction: Kendall Yost
Hi! My name is Kendall Yost, and I’m from a small town called Zelienople, just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m currently a nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, and this May, I’ll be heading to the United Kingdom to study abroad! I’ve always loved traveling, especially internationally, so I’m incredibly excited for…