I could’ve stayed in Liverpool for days. So much I didn’t get to see and experience. But that is the way these trips and the course go. Leaving you with a desire to return is the goal. And I promise to return. We headed to Manchester for the University of Salford’s campus at MediaCity, home […]
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Media Visits, the Scots Edition: Day 10
The Fringe Festival Society Our first full day in Scotland was spent at media visits, the first being at Whitespace. After a quick breakfast that consisted mostly of cheese, bread, and jam we departed by foot to the French Embassy where we met with Oliver Davies, Head of Marketing and Development, at the Fring Festival […]
Magic in Edinburgh
The beginning of the day started off in Manchester Airport where everything seemed unorganized and hectic. I thought it was a start off to a bad day besides the strawberry lemonade I had from Costa. The flight was short and so was our bus to the hotel. Our hotel is very small but has a […]
Edinburgh Day 2: The Secret of the Ooze
Today was our final day of media visits. Our first visit was at the French Embassy where we met Oliver Davies, who was the head of marketing and development at the Fringe Festival Society. Edinburgh’s festival fringe is the world’s largest arts festival. It dates all the way back to 1947. It was started with […]
Day 9: Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran
We traded in England today for Edinburgh in Scotland. I have been most excited for Scotland during this trip and paid off. We left our hotel outside of Manchester around 9 and found a huge luxury bus waiting for us. It had TVs, tables with comfy chairs, and even a coffee machine. Too bad that […]
Edinburgh & the Unique Hotel
After a bit of a nutty experience at the Manchester airport, we made it safely to Edinburgh, Scotland. We have the cutest hotel (The Grassmarket Hotel) right in the center of everything. I have a very small room but it’s full of character and it has something I have never experienced before… A bed shaped […]
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 9: …and I Would Walk the Royal Mile
What an interesting morning we had. The group spent the night literally ten minutes away from the airport, yet the bus that came to transport us there was the biggest and nicest of any of the others we rode on. We had two floors and enough space for everyone to have 2+ seats to themselves. […]
Day Nine: Doddling Around Edinburgh
For most of this trip, the coach buses we’ve had were exactly what you’d expect. Today, however, the coach bus that was ordered to take us to the airport definitely outshined the others. We arrived in style to the Manchester Airport in a huge, luxury coach bus. Unfortunately for us, our trip in the luxurious […]
Day Nine: The Laddie Wha Lived
When getting up this morning, I had to actually fully pack my suitcase for the first time since arriving in England. This is because this morning we packed up and boarded a flight to get us into Edinburgh, Scotland. The flight was easy and quick. We spent a total of 45 minutes between taxiing and […]