How is it already the end the end of our trip? I am so sad to be saying goodbye, but we had a wonderful last day today! We began the day by waking up in our beautiful hotel here in London, and met downstairs in the lobby at 9:20 to head to the Florence Nightingale…
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‘Ello London!
Today is Wednesday, and it is our final day in Birmingham. We began the day bright and early by checking out of our hotel at 7:15 am, and then headed to the hotel breakfast to get something to eat. We took taxis over to South & City College Birmingham for our final observation day. We…
Bye Bye BCU!
Today is Tuesday, and it is our last full day in Birmingham 🙁 We met super bright and early this morning at 7:15 to board the taxis and head to the nursing homes! We were split into two groups of seven people each, and my group visited the Robert Harvey House. When we arrived at…
Presentations!
This morning we returned to Birmingham City University for a long day of lectures and our presentations. We met downstairs in the lobby of our hotel at 8:30 this morning, and then walked over to the BCU campus. We had some time to spare before our lecture, so some of us got some refreshments to…
Day 8: Blenheim Palace + Oxford!
This morning, we woke up early and met for our bus to Blenheim Palace at 8:30 AM in the hotel lobby. We were unable to get on the bus out front because it was not allowed to park on the main road outside the front of our hotel. Instead, we had to venture through the…
Day 7: Black Country and Olivia Rodrigo!
This morning, we had to meet at 8 o’clock to catch the public bus to the Black Country Living Museum. To our surprise, the bus was about to leave right as we all got outside of the hotel. We had to run to catch it, but all of us successfully made it on. Once we…
DAY at SIXth form!
Happy Friday! Today we visited the Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College. We met at 8 o’clock this morning and took taxis over to the school. We all had to get visitor passes in order to enter the building. We met with the associate assistant principal, Tom Williams, and we were welcomed with coffee, water, and…
Birmingham Day 5: BCU + Windrush Tour!
Today is Thursday, and it is our second day at Birmingham City University! It was another early wake up call, and we left for BCU at 8:30 this morning. Before our lesson, a few of us purchased some BCU hoodies, “jumpers” as the British would say. We were in a different room than Tuesday, and…
Day 4: Visiting BCH!
We began our Wednesday at 9 o’clock in the morning, taking some taxis to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for our visit. Some of our group went to go get coffee while we were waiting to meet up with the hospital staff who were going to be giving us the tour, while the rest of us stayed…
Beautiful Day at BCU
Today is Tuesday and it was our first lecture day at Birmingham City University! We arrived on the Birmingham City University campus around nine in the morning, and were greeted by one of BCU’s lovely nursing students, Gemma. Gemma brought us up to the classroom where we had tea and biscuits waiting for us! We…
Day Out in Stratford-upon-Avon!
We began the day with a delicious hotel breakfast, and then had a brief walk to the train station to board our 1 hour train to Stratford-upon-Avon, which was William Shakespeare’s hometown. When we first arrived, we met our lovely tour guide Tim, who was actually an actor who has performed in many plays. Tim…
Birmingham: First Impressions
Today marked the first day of our global experience! We flew into Heathrow from Pittsburgh, and landed around 10:30 AM BST. Right away, I noticed how kind our flight attendants were. They were always checking in on us and were extremely friendly. From the airport, we boarded our bus for a 2 hour ride from…
Introduction – Zoey Brennan
Hi everyone! My name is Zoey Brennan, I’m from Limerick, PA (about 40 minutes outside of Philadelphia), and I am a freshman nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh Oakland Campus. Here at Pitt, I am a member of Club Cheer. I’ve always wanted to be a nurse, and I’m currently interested in pediatrics or…