Now that classes are over, please take a minute to put in your two cents about your experiences whilst in London and elsewhere abroad this summer. Recount your journeys, tell stories, provide cautionary tales, highlight the best and worst of it all. Feel free to comment on other blogs in addition to adding your bits. Remember, a blog is a conversation. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks again for being an awesome group!
Cheers, Nina
Can’t believe we’re in the last stretch. You have been a fabulous group–fun, hard working, game for just about anything, good sports in light of the hot weather and great travel companions. Thanks for making the program a success. It has been a pleasure spending the summer with you. And I look forward to many reunions when we return to Dallas.
–Cheers, Nina
Here’s what’s going on this week.
Monday:
BBC’s African editor to speak in Pederson’s class.
Tea Party in the Garden behind the classroom building. Bring your tea cup! Sorry about the heat. Leave it to us to be here during a record-setting heat wave.
Thursday: Last day of classes.
Pack!!!
Friday: Final party.
Pack!
Saturday: Group flight (and others) depart. Check out of Reid Hall by 9:30. Turn in your key and get your deposit back. Gather with your luggage in the dorm lobby at 10 a.m. Flight leaves at 2:20 from Gatwick. Don’t be late.
Monday
Guest speakers: Coca-Cola European Union in Flournoy’s class; Sunday Times reporter in Pederson’s class. Field trip to Cabinet War Rooms in Kirk’s class.
Tuesday
Billy Elliott at 7:30 p.m. Meet in the main lobby at 6:00, leaving by 6:15. Please be there early to get your ticket. The play is at the Victoria Palace Theatre, on the north side of Victoria Street opposite Victoria Station. Because we have to change tubes to get to Victoria Station, it will take a bit longer, so please be prompt. We will take the Bakerloo line south to Oxford Circus, changing to the
Victoria line to Victoria Station.
Wednesday
The CCPA/Journalism students will go to
Cambridge on Wednesday. Meet in the main lobby at 9:00 a.m., headed on the Circle Line to Kings Cross. A train for
Cambridge leaves at 9:45 a.m.
Thursday Prof. Pederson has rescheduled the BBC tour. Please see him for specific information about the tour.
The Weekend
Remember that we need to know your travel plans for the weekend. You MUST fill out a travel form before you leave. Please go ahead and get that done early in the week so you don’t run out of time to turn it in. If one of the faculty is not around to take the form, please leave it either in the office or in the bin with the blank forms outside the office door.
Whilst sweltering in the London heatwave, we’ve got a hopping agenda this week. Monday after classes the group can opt to visit St. Etheldreda’s Church and the nearby famous old pub, The Old Mitre. Meet in the main lobby at 2 p.m. Bring your Tube pass.
On Tuesday, 4th of July, we will visit Parliament. Dress is business casual. We will leave the main lobby of Regent’s College at 8 a.m. sharp! Grab a muffin or something from the Refectory tonight if you want something for breakfast on the run Tues. morning. After the tour, our group will break up. The Advertising classes will go to the Jewel Tower across the street from the Houses of Parliament. The Flournoy/Pederson/Kirk classes will meet with a member of the House of Commons. That group will visit the Jewel Tower afterwards. Bring your Tube pass.
Wed. evening we’ll meet in the Regent’s Pub around 7 to touch base before our Scotland trip on Thurs. Pack for mild and cold weather. Plan to dress in layers. Hold your luggage down to a backpack or small carry-on size bag if possible.
Thursday morning we will LEAVE the main lobby of Regent’s at 7 a.m. (So get to the lobby about 10 minutes before 7.) We’ll head to Kings Cross Station on Circle Line, then make our way to the Kings Cross rail station located outside the Tube station. (Follow the signs.) We’ll get to Scotland at 12:30, check into the hostel and meet up again at the Edinburgh Castle for a tour.
Friday morning your Haggis Bus tour departs from the hostel at 8 a.m. Your tour returns to Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon in time for you to catch the train back to London.
