The Sandspur

Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: Crummer News

Media Credit: Courtesy of Michael Carter NOTTINGHAM GROUP: A. Joglekar, M. Carter, J. Yenor, S. Anthony, S. Moore, S. Brian, K. Johnson, M. Green. Not Pictured: Dr. Laurel Adams and J. Hanrahan.

Over project period, many students participated in both domestic and global consultancies. These ranged from work with the Petters Group to Tupperware to a funeral home director.

I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the trip to Nottingham, England, and came back with more memories and education in a week than I had up to that point in the semester. For everyone who missed this exciting trip, here's an account of my experiences.

I arrived at Gatwick Airport outside of London around 7:00 A.M. Saturday, February 25, and checked into the Victoria Park Plaza. It is a very nice 4-star hotel and extremely convenient for getting around London. Before seeing the sights (the Park Plaza is within walking distance of Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster, and the London Eye), however, I dragged myself up to the room and took a many hour nap.

Subsequently, I found out that I had been missed by the rest of the group due to a mistake by the hotel staff, but luckily my emergency contacts were not contacted, and the trip was free from similar problems during its remainder.

That first evening, we stopped in at the hotel lounge before going out to dinner, and were treated to slow, but very nice service from a kind Polish lady. We proceeded to an Indian restaurant where many people tried the cuisine and Kingfisher, an Indian beer, for the first time.

The dinner was enjoyable, and afterward, some people retired for the evening while others stayed out to see what London has to offer at night. From all accounts, they had a great time.

The next day it was on to Nottingham. Everyone except Adwait "AJ" Joglekar and I took a very early, and for some, painful, 2-3 hour train ride, but considering check-in was not until 3:00 P.M., I slept in and got my money's worth in a solid 24 hour stay.

The group couldn't check in when they arrived, so they were able to do some sightseeing and go out to lunch. I arrived later and went right to my room to settle in. Later, everyone got ready for our project briefings that night in the hotel lounge.

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