I love London!!! We started off the day with a delicious breakfast at the hotel. I got over easy eggs,  toast, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach, overnight oats, and coffee. It was so amazing. Then we began our day. We started off at the Florence Nightingale  museum. It was so interesting to learn all about her life. We saw…

Today is our the last time in Birmingham. We woke up, checked out of the hotel, and got breakfast. We started the day at South and City College Birmingham. They have 8 campuses across the city.  When we arrived we went into a room where they provided biscuits and tea. We then spoke to some of…

Today started off a little rough, but it was a nice rainy day. Everyone was supposed to meet for the taxi at 7:15am. Lorelei and I woke up at 7:15am because we accidentally turned the alarm off, oopsies. Luckily we got ready fast and made it to the taxi before it left at 7:25.  We…

Today’s the big day! We all woke up very nervous, but excited for the long day at BCU and our presentations. We walked to BCU and stopped for our morning Starbucks. As soon as we walked into the room we all began practicing our presentation to ease the nerves.  Our first lecture of the day…

Today was another wonderful day exploring new areas of England. This was the first day I actually had a full 8 hours of rest so that was definitely helpful. After grabbing our coffee we headed to the coach bus and we were off to Blenheim palace and oxford.  The drive to Blenheim palace was beautiful…

Saturday morning Lorelei and I immediately woke up and headed to Starbucks for a coffee to energize us for the day. We hopped on the double decker, public transportation bus to the Black country living museum. The bus was very clean and calm, very different from the PRT in Pittsburgh. I think Pittsburgh needs a…

Today was full of knowledge on the education system in the UK and a beautiful trip to the botanical gardens. We started the day at the Joseph Chamberlain college which has very high OFSTED scores showing its excellence. College here is much different than the United States because it begins after 16 and is a…

Day 5 in Birmingham we woke up, we walked to BCU, and took a stop at Costa coffee for our morning energy to prepare for the long day. Our first lecture we spoke to a registered adult nurse and specialist community public health nurse (school nurse), Samantha Parry. Now she is a senior lecturer and…

Today for the BCU programming we ventured out into the city and got to see a hospital, charity, and talk to many experienced nurses and teachers. I learned so many similarities and differences in these systems between the United States and the United Kingdom. As well as new knowledge to take back to the states. …

First day at Birmingham City University! This was such an interesting day and I loved to be able to finally meet the BCU faculty. The university we are studying at holds nursing, midwifery, and social service majors. We toured the beautiful university building and then spent most of the day in the classroom. Also, they…

Today was my first whole day in the United Kingdom! After having a great sleep we got up and headed straight to Stratford-Upon-Avon. I loved this town! This town is where William Shakespeare was born and lived most of his life. As soon as we went into the town I noticed how different it was…

I am so excited to have finally arrived in Birmingham, United kingdom! After a long flight overnight we landed and got on the bus to Birmingham. The first thing I noticed as we traveled through the countryside was the cars driving on the left side of the road and the driver’s seat on the right…