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<\/p>\nSo I\u2019m sat in my room surrounded by clothes and a packing list attempting to pack everything into my suitcase and it\u2019s slowly hit me that I am actually going to the USA tomorrow. I applied for this trip back in January and now the times come for me to actually go! Second term has definitely flown by.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve been to America once before, we drove down the East Coast to Florida and then stopped off on the way back in Washington, but I\u2019ve never visited New York or Boston. New York has always been somewhere I\u2019ve wanted to go, and after further research, I can\u2019t wait to visit Boston as well! What\u2019s good about going with the University is we\u2019re getting to do things I wouldn\u2019t have planned by myself and attend events organised by Lancaster University\u2019s Students\u2019 Union. For example, we have a whole day at Boston University so I\u2019m excited to see what that involves as I love seeing other universities (mainly because I\u2019m just extremely nosy\u2026). I think we\u2019re going to get a chance to see Harvard University too which should be good. I\u2019ve also been looking at other things to do in our free time when we don\u2019t have events planned and I\u2019m very tempted to try and see the Boston Public Library \u2013 only 14 minute\u2019s walk from where we\u2019re staying!<\/p>\n
As for New York there are a gazillion things I would love to do in our free time but I\u2019ve tried to whittle it down, most of them are sights that are free so they should be fairly feasible. I want to try and fit in the following: Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Centre and the New York Public Library, so we shall have to see how much I can do! As for our scheduled activities they include a tour around the UN. It is another one of those places that I always see on TV and when I return home it\u2019s another place I can add to my \u201cI\u2019ve been there!\u201d list, plus it\u2019s political significance (or lack thereof) too!<\/p>\n
In New York we\u2019re also having a guest lecture which just happens to be from the seminar tutor I had in first year for Philosophy, so it\u2019ll be fun to see him again! We have most of the evenings free in NY so I\u2019m not sure how we\u2019ll spend them but no doubt we\u2019ll figure those kind of things when we get there. I want to do either the Rockefeller Centre or the Empire State Building on an evening anyway. Plus there has been mention of a pizza evening over in Brooklyn!<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know too many people on the trip but there are quite a few fellow third years who I\u2019ve had seminars with and things, plus two of my good friends are going. Even then, it\u2019ll be nice to meet lots of new people from all the different years. From previous experience travelling, it doesn\u2019t take long to make friends once people get chatting away, so here\u2019s to hopefully making lots of new friends!<\/p>\n
Anyway, I best return to packing, as the weather has been pretty bad over in Boston and New York with them having their worst winter for decades I\u2019ve been packing plenty of layers and have my thick winter coat ready. I think there shall still be snow around, which I\u2019m excited to see, even if those from Boston and New York are sick of it by now! I checked the news too and I think they got more snow fairly recently, so I just hope travelling there and around there works out okay. I\u2019m sure it will!<\/p>\n
Until next time! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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