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I Cried My Eyes Out at Charlotte Brontë's Home

I’ve always loved Jane Eyre. I thought she was wonderful, kind, independent, smart, talented, and brave. I read the book and watched the BBC movie and thought about what it would be like to live on those moors, with all the open space and the huge, dimly lit stone house. When I went to Northern England, I saw the same things Charlotte Brontë did. I saw the same streets, the same trees, the same moss and I, Aliana Schaeffer, stood in that woman’s very home, where she walked and lived and ate and laughed and I stood in the same room where she sat down and wrote, by hand, (because there weren’t lovely things like laptops yet), my most favourite book in the world. How could I not cry? I may not love camping, but I love nature. I love finding caterpillars and worms and I love waterfalls more than most things. I love being in places I feel fairies would be and I collect rocks, not so much because I like or want to, but because I feel an irresistible urge to have them an...

The Regency Era

The Regency Era is most famous because of Jane Austen novels like Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice . These books take place in the Regency Era of England, a time for art and architecture. The Regency Period is technically from 1811-1820, which King George III was found mentally incapable of reigning, and his son, Prince George IV, started to reign as a regent , or like a fill in. George III died in 1820, and George IV officially took up reign, ending the regency period, but the regency era extends until the time Queen Victoria took the throne. George IV was an extravagant spender, and he started many new architectural projects. He also loved art and literature. The population grew during this time, which created more seedy places in the less affluent parts of England. War was also happening with Napoleon during the Regency Era. This was before the Industrial Revolution, which was in the Victorian Era, and this era is mainly...

Taking the Tube

Before I went to Philadelphia last summer, my public transportation experience was limited to the school bus in middle school. I have lived in small towns for most of my life, so my mum would drive me to school and we would drive to the grocery store, the public library, etc. Last summer I visited Philadelphia with my grandparents and we rode the bus and the subway. I thought it was so cool because I had never experienced anything like that before. Even living in Provo, where the bus and the tracks are readily accessible to me, I still drive everywhere because it’s more convenient. In London, the only times I was ever in a car was the Uber ride to and from the airport. We rode the tube and walked for all of our transportation in the city. In fact, the first thing we received when we got to the center were our sheets and our Oyster card. Covent Garden One of my first times riding the Tube. When I tell people about my experiences during this study abroad, I mention t...