Return to Durham – Day 1 The Big Easy and the Big Apple
Four years! Has it really been four years since we packed our household into 12 suitcases and moved to Durham, U.K. to begin Rob’s work as a PhD student? Read […]
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Headed Home
The past few days have been a whirlwind of goodbyes, packing and cleaning. Today was our last day to sort our four lives back down in to 8 suitcases and […]
10 Things I am Glad I did in my First Year of my Ph.D.
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D., specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. A […]
Breathtaking Music
What a way to spend the evening of the summer solstice! Tonight we heard the Durham University Symphony Orchestra performed the Planets by Gustav Holst in the Durham Cathedral. This […]
The Age(s) of Scholarship in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. In […]
Durham Regatta 2014
Rowing is a serious sport in Durham. The River Wear meanders through the city and the central features of Durham are located on the peninsula formed by the oxbow in […]
St. Mary The Less Chapel~St. John’s College, Durham University
I wish I could talk you with me to a chapel service. Daily chapel services enrich the community life here in Durham. St. John’s College, the Wesley Study Centre, and […]
Blue Lake Toast
I guess I am on a breakfast theme this week. I am also thinking about both our home in Durham and our sweet home in Alabama. This morning my son […]
Banking in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Setting […]
Television in UK, Part 1–British Television
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. […]
Traveling in the UK, Part 2–Air Travel
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Since we […]
Traveling in the UK Part 1–The Trains
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Americans inherited […]
Durham University College System–Choosing the Right College for You
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. Choosing a […]
A Picnic, a duck race and a queen
Yesterday was a bank holiday here. Schools were closed and most people were off work. Some dear friends of ours, Giles and Nancy, invited us to go on a picnic […]
Calling a New Place Home – Making the Move
We recently met a fellow US student who was considering moving here to Durham to complete his PhD. He asked us the question, “How did you physically move your belongings?” […]
The Dirt Cake
The dirt cake at Brownie’s last night was a hit. The other leaders and I had a grand time setting the kids up for the April Fools Day snack. […]
Weighing Costs
Moving to the UK was a huge undertaking for us. Some of the unknowns were made so much simpler for us because other students from abroad had made this same […]
Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget
This post is written mostly for those moving to the UK from American however budgeting ideas are easy to implement no matter where you live. For those of you […]
Securing a Student Visa
So, you have decided to accept an offer to study at Durham University. If you are like us, there are a million questions going through your head: how will we […]
Super Fab Science Lab
During our Home Education adventure this year we have been incorporating Life Science for both children. It has been fun as we classify many of the plants and animals […]
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