Trip Advice

What I enjoyed most about the trip: I liked that we had rail passes to go see things on our own and make our own adventures. I also like the group trips which were pre-planned because I feel like I got to see things that I would have otherwise not seen.

What I enjoyed the least: Sometimes Grantham can be somewhat of a boring city so you have to find things to entertain yourself; luckily we had lots of side trips planned for us and the rail passes so it wasn't a huge problem.

Suggestions for next year: I think it would be cool if the trip included a few nights in Paris. We also could use maybe another day or two in Scotland because I thought it was beautiful but we didn't get to stay long. We went to cambridge and it was a beautiful city so maybe the whole group could take aday trip their.

Advice for next years students:

* If you want to go out at night in Grantham you will need taxi money; DO NOT WALK HOME!!!
* Bring warm clothes and a rain coat; an umbrella won't last long with the wind.
* Take a trip to go punting in Cambridge.
* Planned theme parties for the Bistro while in Grantham you will save money and they are lots of fun. (we did a toga party, a pj party, and a formal fairwell party for our last one)
* Go shopping at Primark; it has cheap cute clothes. Lincoln has a lot of cute shopping areas.
* Make sure you are friends with everyone on the trip and don't be afraid to meet new people.
* Don't forget a converter; it stinks and you can't buy them here.
* If you get a chance visit the Harry Potter Castle in Alnwick it costs 10 £.
* Send post cards early on in the trip they take a while to get home.
* Use a phone card they are cheap and easy.
* Go to a beer fest if you can.
* Bring a laptop... the manner has a computer lab but yout travel a lot and it's nice to have internet. The Caslte and every hotel has wireless.
* Spend a Saturday night in New Castle.