Author: Jenelle

*Warning this is a long post! A hot milo and vegemite on toast is recommended! After the very busy brainwork of Monday, we boarded the bus very early as we had to get to Georgetown early for our full day of classes. Before we had to go to class, we had enough time for a…

Our first day at the University of Maryland started with a 9.30am start at Van Munching Hall. We had a lovely introductory session that was given by Bob Krapfel. As well as an overview of UMD and the achievements of past alumni, he basically took on any questions that we had. So we got a…

On Sunday we had a huge day of tourism planned around DC and surrounds. As posted earlier, the list of places we had to visit was extensive! I have also uploaded photos from this day to my Flickr account so you can see what I am posting about! 🙂 Mount Vernon
 Old Town Alexandria
 Union…

Unfortunately the days have been jammed packed and I am still yet to have a decent, 8-hour sleep since sometime last week so I am running on pure adrenaline at the moment. I intend to do an update tomorrow morning (hopefully) before we leave for a day trip to Baltimore and the Black and Decker…

Well today we got the chance to be real tourists! We saw – Mount Vernon Old Town Alexandria Union Station The Mall Jefferson Memorial Washington Memorial Lincoln Memorial Roosevelt Memorial Vietnam War Memorial Korean War Memorial Arlington Cemetary Iowa Juma Memorial Whilst I had already been to a lot of these landmarks it was a…

So in the last post I wrote about my intention to get up early on my first morning in DC. This didn’t happen. In fact, I was so tired I cannot even remember turning my alarm off. (!) In a nutshell my first night here was… cold. I could not get the heater working in…

2.30am and I am here in DC! Now… I think I need some sleep. I was planning on a mega sleep-in but they have checked me into a room I didn’t request so I have to be up early to change that. Maybe tomorrow night I will catch up. Also, the descent into DC to…

I am never destined to leave LA. Crazy stuff happening. After I left that board room lounge I actually thought it was 12.30. It was only 11.30. I was telling people at the gate that the plane is obviously so late because it wasn’t even at the gate, telling them we were at the wrong…

God Bless my Qantas Club membership! Walking past the swarms of people, luggage trolleys, crying babies and people just hanging out at the airport (or so it seems) I got to checkin at the oasis that is Qantas Club check in. I walked straight up to the counter and like usual with Qantas, it was…

So it is the eve of my next trip and it only feels like last week, not last year that I was preparing for the Edinburgh/USA adventure. Today I finished my last reference request at 4.45pm. At 5.30pm (yes I love to get an adrenaline rush) I handed in my final three papers – so…