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DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 14th, 2009, 7:33 pm
by DukeUsul
Hey everyone. Thought I'd drop in and say hi. It's late here so I'll be brief.

Two days in London seeing sights. Two days at the Univ. of Surrey in class. Lots of beer, bangers, mash, fish and chips, english breakfast, and shepherd's pie under the belt. Plenty of walking to work it off. Meeting some real nice people from UK, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa, Greece and France. Three more days of class here, a day seeing the English countryside on Saturday, the back home on Sunday.

It rains here pretty much randomly every day.

Off to bed. Check out the pics on Facebook.

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Copied this over from the LTE 2.0 at CBandB's suggestion.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 14th, 2009, 7:38 pm
by OZZIE4DUKE
DukeUsul wrote:Hey everyone. Thought I'd drop in and say hi. It's late here so I'll be brief.

Two days in London seeing sights. Two days at the Univ. of Surrey in class. Lots of beer, bangers, mash, fish and chips, english breakfast, and shepherd's pie under the belt. Plenty of walking to work it off. Meeting some real nice people from UK, India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South Africa, Greece and France. Three more days of class here, a day seeing the English countryside on Saturday, the back home on Sunday.

It rains here pretty much randomly every day.

Off to bed. Check out the pics on Facebook.

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Copied this over from the LTE 2.0 at CBandB's suggestion.
PWing from a continent away! Posts the same thing here and in the LTE2.0. What dedication! :lol:

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 14th, 2009, 8:37 pm
by TillyGalore
Great pics!

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 1:21 pm
by DukeUsul
We had a day with field trips to the Goodwood Estate (got to see some Aston Martin's flying around their motorsport track) and then to Nokia. How we're heading into town to have dinner and see Harry Potter (in his home county of Surrey). :-bd

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 1:37 pm
by CameronBornAndBred
Had it opened before today? Have fun, should be cool to see it there with his home crowd.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 2:13 pm
by colchar
DukeUsul wrote:
It rains here pretty much randomly every day.

I spent several months in Britain last year. Some of that time was spent in my hometown in Scotland (both at the beginning and end of my trip) but the vast majority was spent living in London. While in London I had a total of three days of rain the entire time. Unfortunately, their weather seems to be back to normal and you aren't enjoying the same weather as I did.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 5:43 pm
by DukeUsul
It hasn't been heavy at all. Just random mist and spitting drizzle randomly sprinkled throughout the day.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 9:35 pm
by DevilAlumna
Out of curiosity (and if you don't mind sharing), why are you over there? From FB, it sounds vaguely like there's an educational angle to the trip?

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 11:08 pm
by devildeac
Head to Brick Lane (Road?) for curry.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 11:26 pm
by devildeac
Just thought some folks might like this which I umm, "borrowed" from over yonder: "I don't know, they do some other strange things in England, like shin kicking which is actually a sport. Eating black pudding is pretty weird too."

:)) :))

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 16th, 2009, 12:31 am
by colchar
devildeac wrote:Head to Brick Lane (Road?) for curry.

Brick Lane. It is about three blocks from where I lived in Bethnal Green last year. But do not go there at night on a Friday or Saturday, especially around chucking out time. Trust me, just don't do it.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 16th, 2009, 5:04 pm
by cl15876
Dave - Love the PICs!!!!! I've been to alot of those places, solo but never up in the eye as you called it! Nice shots! I was in Huntingdon and saw my first double rainbow ever... they always wanted me back, because the weather always seemed to get better when I was there! LOL I have no problem with returning as long as they pay for it! :-D

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 10:47 am
by DukeUsul
I'm in the process of earning my MBA through NCSU and this was a joint class offered in conjunction with the University of Surrey. 12 students from NCSU, about 12 from Surrey and 8 from University of Reims in France. One weeklong intensive course on product and service innovation.

I flew back last night and boy are my arms tired! Trying to get back to real life now.

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 12:34 pm
by cl15876
DukeUsul wrote:I'm in the process of earning my MBA through NCSU and this was a joint class offered in conjunction with the University of Surrey. 12 students from NCSU, about 12 from Surrey and 8 from University of Reims in France. One weeklong intensive course on product and service innovation.

I flew back last night and boy are my arms tired! Trying to get back to real life now.
Welcome home!

Re: DukeUsul in England

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 2:18 pm
by CathyCA
I've loved seeing your pics on Facebook.

Glad to have you back on this side of the pond.