On May 12th, 2019 our group had the opportunity to go on a Beatles Tour throughout Liverpool and the surrounding suburbs, such as Allerton, Wavertree, and Woolton. Our tour guide started off our tour by having us first stop at former Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr’s childhood home. We learned that through Ringo Starr’s life in […]
Jocelyn Bankson
Day 12: Bittersweet Journey Home
We started our last day on our trip quite early as we would be traveling all day. After having a nice breakfast at our hotel, everyone finished packing and headed onto our coach to take us to the airport in Edinburgh. Once at the airport, we checked in, went through security fairly quickly, and waited […]
Day 11: Last Day in Edinburgh
Today was another free day, for the most part. We had the morning and afternoon for our own plans, so of course, I wanted to sleep in a little to catch up on some rest. By sleeping in, though, I mean getting up at 8 am instead of 6 am. A group of us walked […]
Day 10: Exploring Edinburgh
We started our day off this morning by getting breakfast at our hotel and preparing for our media visits. We walked to the French Embassy where we met with Ollie Davis from the Fringe Society, the charity that oversees the operation of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ollie is the head of marketing for the group […]
Day 9: Short Flight to Scotland
So long Manchester, hello Scotland! We left our hotel this morning and headed to Manchester Airport, which was fairly close to our hotel. For some reason, the coach that we took to the airport was the fanciest bus we have had the entire trip. It was a double-decker bus with lots of room for storage, […]
Day 8: Media in Manchester
Our day started pretty early this morning as we left our hotel in Liverpool and headed 40 minutes on a bus to Manchester. We started our busy day of media visits with a tour around MediaCity UK and the University of Salford. MediaCity UK used to be an old dockyard, and now it is the […]
Day 7: Brunch & The Beatles
For once, my day didn’t start early in the morning! We had the morning free, so I was able to sleep in and feel nice and refreshed for the day. I went to breakfast with Mya Burns and Maddy King at this cute cafe right outside our hotel called Rubens. I had a cinnamon and […]
Day 6: Shakespeare & Stratford
After getting breakfast at our hotel, our group started the morning off with a guided tour of Stratford-Upon-Avon. Our guide was very insightful and full of Shakespeare knowledge. She took us around Stratford-Upon-Avon, walking through parks, a cemetery, church, and up and down the main streets of Stratford-Upon-Avon. […]
Day 5: Off to See The Queen
We left our hotel in London early this morning and took an hour and a half coach ride to Windsor. Luckily I was able to sleep a little bit on the bus so I was ready to tour Windsor Castle! We had a tour guide lead us through a shopping center in Windsor, just outside […]
Day 4: Last London Day
Today started out with a Starbucks run, only to find out that the drink sizes are not the same in the UK. A venti here in the UK is significantly smaller than the US version, much similar to the US size grande. After getting coffee and porridge (oatmeal), we headed off to start our long […]