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Fiiinally got a chance to sit down and write about my journey here. There is only one computer for us to use for emails etc.

So. I met Sophie, one of the girls teaching film here, at Heathrow so we could travel together and make it a little less daunting, would probably have been much more emotional if I had been flying alone but we kept each other company :). We flew Virgin atlantic which was actually to be honest the nicest flight I have ever been on! The food was awesome, we had Gu puddings, then icecream, then afternoon tea with cakes :)

Arrived in Newark and met up with the other 41 people who flew over with BUNAC before we headed to our hostel in central NY. I was in a room of 12 with other people from our camp which was fun, finding out what everyone was teaching and where people were from. 

Woke up at 5am the next day and by 7 everyone was up and having breakfast because of the jetlag. We had over an hour before our bus to camp arrived so we all went to central park to have a good wander and take some photos, getting excited by street names we recognized and running around the place. 

The bus to camp took 5 hours and we stopped on the way for all you can eat pizza hut which was pretty epic! All paid for by camp too which was great! They even had "sweet pizza" which was basically pastry with apple filling and icing drizzled on! I think its the best apple pie I have ever eaten :D

 

packing!

This week has been weird. So much sorting out along with being bored, going shopping for america stuff then realizing I forgot something and will need to go shopping again!

Also have been watching the third season of heroes a bit religiously out of boredom. Need a computer ban I think to actually motivate me to finish getting everything ready, feel like I am just hanging around now!

Here is my pile of stuff so far:

New wellies and dairymilk incase I need chocolate (cos hersheys just does not compare)

And they said to bring a warm hat which meeeans-

MONKEY HOOOD!

Moomins in Nam

Haven't written on this blog in a while but I want to start again as I am off to America in just over a week to work on a summer camp and will be posting all about it on here :)

Moved out of uni for the second time on wednesday, this time with more things to say goodbye to than last year, still cannot believe how fast my final term went.  

I have had a godawful cold for the past 3 weeks and I am hoping to shift it before I leave because it is starting to get annoying, still, being at home means I have access to a much wider variety of free food, am trying to stay away from all the cake and eat lots of fruit and veg but I did bake brownies with my sister yesterday...

Went into Chippenham town centre in the rain yest, it is not the most exciting of shopping centres to be honest but for once I was actually surprised.

Where a lot of the shops have shut down and are empty they have started filling them with art projects from local schools, yesterday I saw a window full of moomin models, all made to be doing a different sport to celebrate the olympics :)

MOOMINS ARE AWESOME!!!

Some more decorations, I love how nice and colourful it was after being outside in the rain.

Landan baby!!

Went to London for a couple of days with 3 of my course mates. I had an interview at the Us Embassy for my work visa as I am working at a performing arts camp in America this summer! We had a wander around the National gallery, the V&A and the Natural History Museum. 

I love museums now, there are so many exciting and inspiring things to be drawn! Anyhoo, heres a few snaps of us exploring!

 Chilling in the hostel lockers!

 Hayley imitating the artist on our wall!

 Hostel art

 Awesome Japanese things!

 Jack Russel necklace-awesome!

 Jess and Hayley with the insides of a camel! 

 Jess with antlers!

 Dinosaurs!

 The slightly camp possum! (was it a possum?)

 Bear disco dancing

Lots of very beautiful hummingbirds, bit sad seeing them in a case but they were beautiful all the same!

Plymouth

Since being at uni I haven't actually taken my camera down to the Hoe or Barbican even though we have walked there many times, to get over hangovers or to sit in the sun! 

Yesterday I spent the whole day in bed as I woke up feeling stupidly dizzy after mixing spirits with cider, first time I have made myself that ill in a while, had forgotten how much "fun" those hangover are haha.

So had a nice skype chat with me sister who is currently off on a round the world trip, watched some greys anatomy, did a drawing, and eventually at 7pm dragged myself out of the house!

Me and my friend Jess had a nice little explore round the Lido by the sea, very nearly getting hit by a few waves-was great fun!