Another day, another media visit. After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we took a walk over to visit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. This visit was very interesting for me for many reasons. Oliver Davis, the head of marketing and development, talked to us about the origins of the festival, what it means to […]
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Day 5: Off to Visit My Good Friend Elizabeth
To say tired is, well an understatement. After a very fun drive from London to Windsor, we finally made it. I have never seen pictures of this town, but it is absolutely amazing. It looks like its right out of a movie. We got off the bus and met up with our amazing tour guide, […]
Haunted Edinburgh: A Ghostly Tour
On May 16, the last day in Scotland and of the trip, the entire group embarked on a ghost tour. At this point, it is safe to say that some were feeling relieved at the thought that we would be home in 24 hours, some were feeling upset at having to say goodbye to this […]
Day 4: I Hearst London
I woke up very excited to go to the Hearst. Not only am I a fan of so many of the companies and magazines they work with, I knew we would be sitting at a panel with Kenya Hunt, who I am a huge fan of. Not being able to grab breakfast I left the […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation
It seems as though no matter what your interests are there is something that comes out of the British Broadcasting Corporation that is right for you. The 2006 BBC facility addition, Quay House, exemplifies this sentiment. Whether you are interested in seeing how the world’s largest public broadcasting corporation is innovating to use modern technologies, […]
Day 3: Battenhall and Beyond
Day three in the UK and it started off with a bit of rain. In the morning, we headed off to Battenhall, a very amazing agency in London. We met with an array of people, starting with the founder, Drew Benvie. He stressed the importance of social media, and how he saw the importance of […]
There’s No Place Like Home
I’m coming for my cat!!! We woke up at the crack of dawn again to catch our flight to London, so we could connect straight to Pittsburgh. That was easy peasy. My luggage got through fine. The ride was nice. BUT we arrived at Heathrow and our flight starts to get delayed, and continues to […]
There is Rest for the Wicked
I have been waiting for this day all week. It was the free day! I decided what my body truly needed was rest, so I let myself sleep in for a little bit (only until 11). Threw a cute outfit on and put some shades on. I stopped for some toast down at the hotel […]
Putting Media Visits to a Rest
We started early once again. This is all new to me because I think I have said it before but I normally don’t wake up until 11 at the earliest. We were going to talk to Ollie Davis from the Fringe Society, who host the Fringe Fine Arts Festival, which is the largest street festival in […]
Traumatized before 10 a.m.
We woke up nice and early for our flight to Edinburgh. We got the nicest bus we ever got for our 10-minute drive to the airport. What was about to happen to me in this airport I was not ready for though. I was traumatized this morning. I was bringing a carry-on bag, and I […]