Scubophilus Thistler

After a rather intense end of semester, with loads of coursework due at once, the holidays are finally here. For those that don’t know, Sunday is the start of the trip around Europe. I’ve set up an itinerary here, though sadly haven’t been able to add any events to it with everything that’s been going [...]

Today marks 2 months since I arrived in Leeds. We’ve well and truly settled in now and time has flown by. We’ve certainly packed plenty in during those two months. Since my last post we’ve been on a couple of trips with a travel group called Don’t Be A Tourist. They offer cheap trips around [...]

Despite the music scene being absolutely huge over here, I’m still yet to have been to a gig. I missed out on tickets to local gigs by The Decemberists (who canceled anyway) and Editors, but finally things are set to change!
First up, I’m off to the Super Furry Animals on Tuesday. After discovering them though [...]

Last weekend, Ashleigh and I traveled down to London. It was both of our first times there, and we managed to pack loads into the two days. The train down on GNER was a bargain at only £10, and was the smoothest and quietest train ride I’d ever been on it. 2.5hrs later we arrived [...]

Since arriving in Leeds I’ve made a couple of day trips out on the weekends. Being situated in West Yorkshire makes visits to the lovely traditional Yorkshire countryside very accessible.
The first trip was organise by the University Union, and involved 3 coaches of International Students heading out to the beautiful town of Scarborough, Britain’s first [...]

Upon arriving at the Leeds Bus and Coach station, Ashleigh and I, along with 2 other International students, were picked up by the University’s International Welcome team. We were taken to the temporary accommodation office. I thought I’d be able to move into my accommodation in the next couple of days, but it turned out [...]