Fiona's research in US of A!
 Welcome to my blog as I travel through America as part of the Nottinghamshire Roosevelt Travelling Scholarship (www.rooseveltscholarship.org) winner.
Many thanks to NTU and my parents for helping me with the time from work and the pennies! |
My latest 5 diary entries
| 10th Feb 2012 - 14th Feb 2012 | ||||
| Wine Country | ||||
| So the drive along to Rhynert Park, Sonoma County was stunning, the hills were rolling and the various dairy farms started to really reminded me of the dairy lands in New Zealand, and I started to feel really set... | ||||
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1533 Words | 10 Reads |  | Read more | |
| 4th Feb 2012 - 10th Feb 2012 | ||||
| San Francisco - no flowers in my hair! | ||||
| Arriving in to San Fran and heading straight to the ‘rental car’ venue. Yet again I got an upgrade! Chatting away with the Alamo guy, he noted I’d rented the cheapest car, and then had pleasure i... | ||||
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846 Words | 19 Reads | | Read more | |
| 31st Jan 2012 - 4th Feb 2012 | ||||
| So the train to Denver.... | ||||
| Arriving at the train station I was ushered into the ‘Lounge’. A rather posh area reserved for sleeping guest only, everyone talked in a low voice whilst the news was on the TV. I felt a little out of p... | ||||
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1292 Words | 16 Reads | | Read more | |
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| 25th Jan 2012 - 30th Dec 2011 | ||||
| Duluth-Superior to Minneapolis | ||||
| So on the incredibly long flight, I promptly fell asleep before we’d even taken off! Suddenly 50 minutes later I was being woken up with the noise of the wheels coming down ready for landing into Duluth airpo... | ||||
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1271 Words | 13 Reads | | Read more | |
| 20th Jan 2012 - 25th Jan 2012 | ||||
| Chicago! | ||||
| Arriving into Chicago felt like a scene from the movies. To see the tall sky scrapers appearing in the distance with the industrial areas of the railway in front of me, and being able to look into people’s ba... | ||||
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1615 Words | 22 Reads | | Read more | |
