after I thought the whole planning mess business was over, I went to the train station with my friend/ flatmate giselle so she could get tickets to Edinburgh and so we could both get tickets to the ferry sailing point. The guy in the ticketing booth told giselle she had to go to the travel center to buy her tickets, which is ridicoulous because I bought mine in the ticketing booth yesterday, but it turned out to be for the best. We were helped by the friendlist, most helpful person I have ever met in a train station, much less working in one! He kindly explained that it was cheaper to buy a ferry and train ticket all in one, even cheaper than just buying a train ticket. Also tried to help with my train ticket to Edinburgh, which had turned out to be something wierd which I still don't understand, but he said it would be ok, and I believe him. Anyway, he reserved seats so me and Giselle could sit together, and on the ferry, too. This was all puntuated by a brief rushing adventure back to the university so I could get my Edinburgh tickets and try to fix it, and for us to see if we could get a refund on our Irish Ferry booking, which we could, and did. Our second time in the train station we ran into Michelle and Char, who were buying their tickets to Edinburgh, too, and he helped them get on the same train and do the ferry thing too. Unfortunatley, it was his last day because after 10 years in the rail service he is leaving to persue a career in teaching (grade school, I asked), so he won't be there to help in the future. He is going to make a good teacher, though, he was very patient and understanding. Atleast I am or mostly done buying tickets for the rest of summer... whew!
right now am trying to get as much finishing my portfolio done as possible before leaving for Cambridge.
Fri Jul 19 2002 03:50:
here is my schedule:
this weekend, Cambridge
next weekend, Brussels.
session 2, week 1, Ireland
week 2, Edinburgh
week 3, day trip to Leeds castle, possibly Normandie
week 4, done with summer school, yay! fly into Paris and travel around France and Germany for 6 days with the Eurail pass my wonderful mother bought for me!! (my friend Shayan, the guy who is from UCR and going on both programs, like me, got the same flights as me and we are going to stick together... most of my friends are going to Italy after Nice, but we both wanted to go to Germany, which is good because before I didnt have anyone to go with, but anyways, almost everyone I know who is traveling after is going to be in Nice at the same time, so we will all have to stay in the same hostel and just have tons of fun!! Isn't that nice? hehe. )
Fri Jul 19 2002 05:06:
Am now officially in the "walking into history" class I wanted- hurrah! I wonder if it will count for some credit at.. wherever I end up... I have so many random credits, I will probably be in school forever because none of them are good for anything. They should be, though. I am learning what I want to be learning, so I guess that's all that matters. I'm sure it will count for something. All those lower division humanities I have to have for European Studies major... should have those knocked out with this summer and fall... yay! Maybe i will be able to take another geology class for science breath requirements, that would be nice...