St. Cloud State University

Memories of Alnwick

Carole Froehle ’88, Minneapolis, Alnwick Spring 1984

What I remember the most about "studying abroad" ......

• Fresh fish and chips with malt vinegar wrapped in a newspaper
• The Pub life
• Shandies (half ale and half lemonaid) -- (Unfortunately British lemonaid is much different than sprite, or real lemonaid)
• Hitch hiking everywhere
• Tiny cars and Lories
• The hitch hiking family (Marv and Caroline) that adopted myself and Margie Posvahalla
• Camping out without a tent on the Loch Ness eating beans out of the can and using warmed campfire stones to heat the sleeping bag
• The supper crew
• My birthday celebration at the castle
• My Warkworth home stay parents (Wilf and Enid Carr) -- cricket matches with their cronies -- creamed sherry nightcaps
• Hermitage ruins
• Day trips to the North sea - hitch hiking or walking on the narrow windy hedge lined roads
• roundabouts and streets with built in reflectors
• Sunday mass in an ancient church with old world hyms
• Anticipation of mail and care packages
• Walks in the Duke's Park
• The gate keepers
• The class trip to Scotland - champaign in the park and harmony singing
• Newcastle shopping trips
• Unpredictable weather
• Eurorail pass summer of 1984 - European whistle stop tour complete with heavy back pack and 'Fromer's Europe on $15 a day' guide book

Fun times!!!!!!

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