Thoughts are with you Hayley

I want to take a moment to let my Aunt Hayley know that you've been in my thoughts the past week. I've been kept up to date via Dad and Madelyn and I hope you're doing great!

I can't wait till you're up and blogging again, I always look forward to your responses to my posts.

You're an inspiration!

Something to hold you over...

It's good to be back typing on a keyboard where I know what all the characters mean. Yep, I'm back in London and happy to be here.

I'm working on setting up a the new blog (Wordpress, WooHoo!!) but to hold over everyone who is curious about what I've been up to, don't you worry, I will transcribe events from the trip in due time.

To wet you appetites though I thought I would share something I found in the paper this morning. I was reading the NYT (Calypsa told me she reads it every morning, it made me feel really dumb... so I started to read it too). I found myself on the travel senction of the paper and lo-and-behold, Marrakesh was listed as one of their top travel destinations for 2009! The cuisine of Morocco is what put the city on the list, so I am happy to report that I have checked off one of the NYT's reccomendations, and here's a photo for proof!

Also if you want to check out some photos of my trip just give the link a good click! Photos from my trip.

Chelsea

I don't think I ever got around to back dating any of my old photos. So I guess now is as good a time as any to start.

This is Chelsea College of Art and Design where I go to school. Its an amazing campus, situated right on the river and across the street from the Tate Britain. I walk to class in the mornings which takes me about 10 minutes, its a really nice little walk too, unless its raining...

The college has recently moved to this location, I'm told that its only been in these buildings for four years. The college is made up of three large brick buildings. The one in the photo is where all the administration takes place, I only have to go there when I owe someone money.

The courtyard is a nice thing to have, especially in London where everything is packed so tight into its surroundings. At night the courtyard lights up with what I can only assume are thousands of LED lights. I'll see if I can get an image of that posted too.

Good to Know

Being the geeky traveler that I am I decided to look and see what my iphone could do for me on this trip. I was already planning on bringing it along just in case I needed to look up a registration number or use it as an emergency computer so it was nice to see that the App Store had some options for me.

I found language guides for: Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian and German. Its good to know that in case I get stopped with a pile of drugs that I can now plead my case to the police who I'm sure after my convincing argument 'those drugs aren't mine' will leave me alone... right.

English gifts

Really? There are somethings I have come to learn about the British and some things which will remain a mystery for some time to come.

Back at it

So its been a while since I've been able to pull out the Olympus OM1 that Mom gave to me a few years back. But I've brought it with me to Europe and plan to bring it with me on my upcoming trip. After visiting a few shops I found a decent retailer who was really nice and informative, I bought some B/W as well as color film. Now I'm all set to bring the OM1 with me on my adventure. There's something much more satisfying about a film camera opposed to my digital. Don't get me wrong, I want nothing more than to have a Canon Rebel with all kinds of fancy lenses for my next camera, but I love the way the analog version feels as I snap off a photo. The way the mechanisms work in complete harmony with one another to compose what will become a memory in time.

Thanks again for the Camera Mom! I'll be sharing the photos once I get back and have a chance to process, develop and scan them (so complicated right?)

Hello newfound Canadian Brothers

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