Journeys for Knowledge

Global Travels of a Graduate Student

Month: December, 2014

Pies and Pigs

Though I didn’t post anything about thanksgiving, I did in fact have a wonderful feast with my fellow students. One would think having a giant turkey would be enough meat for one sitting, but my friend Jeremie decided to go further. For his birthday he summoned a 70kg whole BBQ pig, and invited all his […]

Exia

As you’ve seen from my time in Cambridge, building is quite a popular hobby of mine, particularly Gundam model kits. Since these kits are made in Japan, it only makes sense that I would continue to build them here. In fact, there is a model shop within driving distance that has almost every possible model […]

Fireworks Round 2

Although this post is coming a month after my last one, it actually takes place the day after. November 5th is Guy Fawkes day, which in England is roughly the equivalent of July 4th. I say roughly because the only similarity is people gather together to set off tons of fireworks. Naturally this works out […]