Waking up in Edinburgh was awesome. The old city’s architecture was so incredible but we had our last media day to take care of with a marketing director of the Fringe Festival. The Fringe Festival is one of the largest festival in the world and occurs 250 times across the world. Olly Davis came to […]
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Day Ten: Edinburgh Fringe and WhiteSpace
Another uphill trek lead us to the first media visit of the day. Ollie Davis is Head of Marketing for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It’s the largest arts festival in the world. It all started as rebellion toward the International Festival by 8 productions who turned up uninvited and performed on the fringes. This year, […]
Day Nine: This Lassie Went to Scotland.
I’ve mentioned this once or twice – I had never flown on an airplane before this International Media excursion. The flight from Manchester to Edinburgh, Scotland was a short one on a small plane and I couldn’t help but to picture this small, rickety aircraft that we would be piling onto. I cried on takeoff […]
Day 9: First Day of Scotland!
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Tuesday morning it was back on a plane for our class. This time, however, we would be heading to Scotland! Scotland is easily the prettiest place I have ever been. When I walked outside I felt like the painter, Bob Ross, had painted a giant backdrop and God was just dangling […]
Day 10: Take a Picture, It’ll Last Longer
After meeting so many professionals currently working in the media industry in the UK, today was the day we embarked on our final two visits of the trip. The first of the visits was with Ollie Davis from the Fringe Society. I found this visit to be very interesting because I learned just how hard […]
Day 12: Stranded at the Airport
Okay, so maybe my title is a tad bit misleading. I should clarify that we made it back to the US safe and in one piece, but it certainly felt like we were going to be stuck in London forever. As appealing as an elongated trip in the beautiful city sounds sounds, it did not […]
Beatles Tour Photo Gallery
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 […]
Day 11: Ghost Adventures – UK Edition
It is just mind blowing how fast this trip has gone. Each day seemed to last long, but as a whole, the two week adventure has flown by. Today was our last full day in the UK, and I feel like it was the perfect sendoff from Scotland in particular. I started the day by […]
Day Eight: The Happiest of Birthdays
When I read ‘MediaCity’ on the itinerary, I did not expect it to be such a literal description of my birthday setting. A jam-packed bus sang Happy Birthday to me and rode us from Liverpool into Manchester for the day and a night’s stay. We walked into a complex of buildings that included part of […]
Day 11: Fields of Gold – Sting
Today five us woke up to take on Arthur’s Seat at 10 am. The walk to the extinct volcano took us probably as long as it did for us to reach the top. We had to walk own the Royal Mile and through a little park to reach the path up to the peak (not […]