Saturday, August 9, 2014

IACE UK 2014

Summary of each day's events

Friday Played
Played cards
Briefing

Saturday
Meetings
War museum
Shopping at Rideau Centre, tried to go to beavertails, went to City hall, wrong way, went to Byward market to get beavertails
Imax 3D movie on DDay

Sunday
Diefenbunker
Parliament
Supreme Court
Free time city hall
Haunted Ottawa h
Mosaika u

Am a
Aviation space museum
Laurier house
Shopping
Came back and had free time
Board plane

Gonna have a greatthy time!!

Monday and Tuesday
Arrived in London
Coach to brunet university
Ate lunch with all the cadets in court yard
Met up with UK cadets going to Canada
Dinner
Talked with other cadets
Briefing in groups received schedule and water bottle
Talked with other cadets walked off campus

Wednesday
Woke up 700 am breakfast and on coach  at 745 am three Canadians late
Off to Westminister Abbey where the Parliament is... saw the house of lords and
Selected as nine cadets to tour courtyard
Lunch at Cafe...  Spaghetti and meat
Walked to place near buckingham palace where horses paraded for the changing of the guard. Guards in uniform exchanged with guards in armour
Free time and shopping in the Covent garden... bought some stuff like tea and licorice
Went onto a cruise on the Thames

Thursday
Went into the gate right outside 10 downing street
Lunch at pizza hut (we had to purchase drinks)
Tower of London with yeoman warders aka beefeaters. I was with the Belgiums and Netherlands dude and saw the crown jewels and torture place and bought coins

We had dinner at the Wellington barracks
I visited the London eye and bought three mugs with Catherine
We left early so we could have time to wash stuff

Friday
Photo at bomber command
RAS speech on what they do ahzis talked to us about his journey becoming a pilot and also doing triathlons and representing Gibraltor
We worked in groups for an airplane competition
In my group was Josh, the turkish girl, a ghana girl, henry, and a ghana guy
Stayed up late with some US ppl, Tiana, Nate and Adam

Saturday
Runnymead Air force memorial
Jfk and magna carta memorial
Windsor castle was late buy bonbons tea jolly and shampoo
Go to RAF shawbury

Sunday
Took coach to Wales to mount snowdon. Bought little sheep snow globe
Took train up and looked at the top to take pics but lots of fog.
Took train down. Coach to another place. Bought Welsh mints.

Monday
National arboretum
Canadian comrades
Victorian museum
Fish and chips lemonade that was sprite talked with lettering guy went on carousel
Saw pigs in little hut went back to shops bought black bullets looked at quilts and old medicines went to bank to look at old money
RAF shawbury talked to cadets cake with Genevieve's birthday double strength punch little RAF cadet wanted to take lots of selfies flight sim and shooting

Tuesday
Llangollen Steam Railway
Saw Thomas tank engine and warehouse with lots of old trains and even a calender with girls on it
Saw train conducting station with heavy levers and tried them.
Went on train had scones with butter jelly and cream and tea

Wednesday
Free time until eleven
Went to RAF Cranwell for couple of days
Dinner
Saw Sheffield vs Newcastle
Newcastle won bought a pie

Thursday
Went to Cambridge walked around and saw the buildings
Bought Cambridge magnet and a stupid hat
Went to fudge shop
Went to American War Memorial

Friday
Went to Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Shopping in Lincoln, visited the Cathedral
Formal Dinner at RAF Cranwell

Saturday
Shopping at Trafford Centre, lots of cool decorations and a food court with a large screen
Formal Dinner at RAF Shawbury

Sunday

Archery shooting shotguns at clay birds and air rifles
Gun dog show where he taught us how he trained his gun dogs (cost of 10,000 and 3,000 pounds)
Falconry show where he taught us how he trained the falcons and how they use the wind to conserve energy or attack prey. Some of the cadets go to hold one and Josh got to outrun one.

Monday
Visit atc and hangar with planes
Flew in griffin heli
Did simulators
Visited 1119 Squadron, gave gifts to Hannah, Stephen and John
Received big bag full of swag and some uniform items from the squadron.

Tuesday
Visited Museum

Wednesday
Everyone started leaving
USA
Turkey and South Korea
US

Met the US ppl at the airport and said bye


Dances learned:

Virginia reel
One two three four five six seven eight
Bow/curtsy, right, left, dosedo, all partners, bridge

Cha Cha
Front step Cha Cha Cha back step Cha Cha cha

Single step
Rock step step step
East coast swing
Or rock step triple step triple step

Ballroom
Waltz
Front two step back two step
Turn, front two step, right left together, left right together

Polka
Triple step turn, triple step turn

Samba
Step backstep step backstep

Foxtrot
Slow slow stepstep slow stepstep back stepstep

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