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Hey all,

You can now find all my photos at:
My Flickr site.

So far, photos from my 21st and some from my trip to SE Asia last year are there, but I'll add more once exams are over on Wed.

Best of luck to all of you with exams!

Cheers!

So here it is, the final plan for July & August.

It's taken a long time to get here, and much deliberation over cheap flights/trains, but it's looking good. If you are going to be anywhere near me during this part of my trip, let me know!

Here goes...

• July 2-5: Singapore, Singapore.
• July 6-11: Warrington: Manchester/Liverpool/York, England
• July 11-15: Renfrew: Glasgow/Edinburgh, Scotland
• July 16-22: Orkney Islands, Scotland
• July 23-29: London, England
• July 29-Aug 1: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Aug 1-3: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
• Aug 4-6: Paris, France
• Aug 6-9: Koln (Cologne)/Bonn, Germany
• Aug 9-13: Munchen (Munich), Germany
• Aug 13-16: Prague, Czech Republic
• Aug 16-18: Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
• Aug 18-22: Kopenhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark
• Aug 22-26: Berlin, Germany
• Aug 26-28: Berlin-Glasgow-Frankfurt (because of my Round-the-world flight I have to leave from Frankfurt & pick up my luggage from Glasgow– really annoying!)
• Aug 28-29: Frankfurt, Germany
• Aug 29-Dec 20: Vancouver, Canada!
  

Today I decided on one of my things to do in each country I visit - record how they spell my name!

Seems simple, but you'd be surprised how many people can't spell 'Tristan'. Granted it's not a common name, but with the movie and all now, you'd think people would learn! Haha, seems not, and it's never been something I'd get annoyed over, so for a laugh, here goes:

Sydney (Starbucks, Circular Quay): Christin.

(I'll add to this as I travel around).

I've just spent the last 2 hours going through all the possible subjects I can study at UBC next semester, and it ain't pretty

I was expecting to have a wide selection from which to choose, which technically I do, however there are a few limitations:
1) I can only take subjects offered next 'term' (UBC's word for semester)
2) I can't take 6-credit units, as these are year-long courses.
3) I really should only take 300-level courses (i.e. 3rd-year ones).

This cuts out all the Canadian History units (6-credits each), all the interesting History units (all 400-level) and most of the Political Science units (either offered in Term 2 or 6-credits).

Ah well, it's all slowly coming together, and it looks like I'll be studying:

• POLI321A - Chinese Government & Politics
• POLI370A - International Law & the Politics of Military Force
• HIST402 - Diplomacy and the Origins of Wars or HIST252 - Modern Carribean History.
• ANTH220 - First Nations of BC or CDST350A - Canadian Cultural Studies
  

So it's not all bad!

On the plus side, there are seemingly many people going away next semester. So far, I know of:
Emily - Japan
Alex - China
Jade - Texas
Jehan - Chile
Pat - The Netherlands
Bec - France
Stas - North Carolina
and me - Canada.

Pretty crazy huh, especially considering there are usually only 70-100 people a semester going abroad.

Ciao!