Okay, so I figure its about time I write on this blog. For crying out loud it IS a travel blog, and I'm pretty sure what you would call my 97 day adventure away from the U.S. nothing short of that...a traveling adventure!
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| London Eye At Night |
For those of you who don't know why I'm spending these 97 days overseas, its because I was one of 18 employees within the Bonnier AB (TransWorld Media's parent company) network chosen to participate in the GROW Ambassador program, where you literally transplant your life to another country, another job and another home! I am now residing in Chichester, England, which is located in West Sussex, or what most would better understand as 90 minutes south of London near the coast of the English Channel and France. I will be working at Autumn Publishing for the next 3 months, in co-editions for children's book publishing. What does that really mean? Well I've recently learned that it consists of seeking out international book publishers and retailers and inquiring to see if they'd be interested in either publishing or selling the children's books that Autumn Publishing creates, which are comprised mainly of activity and learning books for kids aged 3 - 8 years old. So you can see now, how different the next 3 months of my life are going to be transitioning from action sports magazines to this!
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| Tower Bridge |
I'm going to rewind a bit since I've started documenting a little late. I'm already 3 weeks into my trip now! 21 days to be exact! So whats the countdown at now? 76 days! Ha! Okay, so 3 weeks ago, on a Sunday, I arrived into London Heathrow Airport at around 10:30am. It was a nice long travel experience, seeing as though I actually left on Friday morning to Denver for TransWorld SNOWboarding's Rider's Poll Awards show before jumping back on the airplane on Saturday to head to LAX airport and straight on to London! I made it.... barely! Haha. Upon arrival into London, I met Kim, my fellow TransWorld coworker and also GROW participant. She was to be heading onward to Stockholm, Sweden for her 3 month experience, but first spent two days with me in London! It was a whirlwind two days, but we had so much fun squeezing it all in! We stayed in a small hotel in Kensington and immediately ventured out to Picadilly Circus, rode the London Eye and enjoyed a nice fish and chips dinner and beer at an Irish Pub all in the first day!
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| Stonehenge |
The next day we woke up early, grabbed a coffee and headed to what we thought was our tour to Stonehenge, only to find out they cancelled it! We were rebooked onto a later tour and comped the double-decker red bus London tour in the interim. This was a pleasant surprise because we ended up having a blast touring around London on the double-decker bus with our guide Sheldon! We even got to go on a boat down the River Thames! Around noon we grabbed some subs from Subway and jumped on the bus to Stonehenge. It was chilly all day, but the sun was out and shining, so we considered ourselves very lucky! As if that wasn't enough, a quick trip back to our hotel to freshen up, and we were back out to catch Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre and a late dinner. The next morning we were both setting off on our own, separate adventures....onward to our new homes and jobs for the next 3 months!
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