Hello readers! Today is our last full day on our trip. I’m so sad. I am going to miss all my friends! Today we had our first full day in London. I am so sad that we did not have more time in London, but that is all ok. I woke up and I went…

Hello readers! Today is Wednesday and it was our last day in Birmingham. I was so sad to leave, but we are in London now! Today we woke up at 6:00 and got ready to go visit a college. We also had to pack this morning which was very difficult considering my roommate and I…

Hi everyone! Today is Tuesday, and we got up so early! My roommate Emily and I awoke to our alarms around 6:00 AM. We got ready and headed down to the lobby to meet with our group before catching a taxi to a nursing home! The ride took around 15 minutes. Once we arrived, we…

Hello everyone! Today is Monday May 13th and we had an exciting day. We first woke up at 7:30 in order to be in the lobby by 8:30 to depart for Birmingham City University. Once we got there, we grabbed some coffee and went upstairs for our first lecture.  The first lecture was by two…

Hello everyone! Today is Sunday and we went on a tour of the Blenheim Palace. We took an hour and a half long bus ride from our hotel to the palace. The bus ride was very fun and relaxing as we played pictionary to pass the time. The weather was extremely hot today, but the…

Hey guys! Today is Saturday and we went on a double-decker bus in Birmingham. It was so cool because I’ve never been on a double-decker bus before. The bus was red and the seats were actually really comfortable. We got to listen to  some music on the bus, and it was so fun to dance…

Today we traveled by taxi to Joseph Chamberlain College (FYI college in the UK is equivalent to high school in America). We got the opportunity to sit in on two classes as they prepared for their finals! The first class we went to join was for A-Levels, a test that many have to take to…

Hi everyone! Today we had three very nice and informative lectures! Our first lecture was about what it is like to be a school nurse in the UK. School nurses here are not a protected title, therefore anyone can call themselves a school nurse. They are working on changing this to become a protected title…

Taking a nap in the pod Today was one of the longest days so far. We got up early and got a ride to the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. The hospital looked very different from the ones back in the states. It was not a tall building and rather elongated horizontally in comparison. The outside…

Me and my roommate on our first day! It is Tuesday and our first day of classes here in the UK! We dressed in our business casual attire and made the 15 minute walk to Birmingham City University. The college is gorgeous and slightly secluded from the craziness of the city. The area that we…

Posing at the train station! Today was my second day exploring Birmingham with my friends! Our day started bright and early at 8:00 am with a fresh English breakfast at our hotel. The coffee machine was definitely a level up from anything I have experienced back at home. I was satisfied with the breakfast as…

The Birmingham Canal Old Line This is day one of my UK blog! Today was an extremely lengthy day, but we finally made it to Birmingham. To back track a bit, we left the University of Pittsburgh to head to the airport around 6:30 pm on Saturday. We arrived by a Coach bus and proceeded…