We are Abby and Catie, two theatre students from Iowa who are going out to seek our fortune by studying for a year in England. Follow our adventures as we see the world.
Catie: 20, has always yearned to travel and write great books. And now she can. She writes, often and with great abandon. She is an actress by choice, which renders her bereft of any marketable skills. She reads pretentious leather-bound books and runs 6 miles a day for fun. She also bakes great masses of baked goods which she feeds to Abby.
Abby: 20, is a Theatre/Literature major who enjoys dressing up, parties, and chocolate chip cookie dough. Not only is she sarcastic, but she’s offensive too! Yaaaay. She has no idea what she wants to be when she grows up, but preferably not living on the streets in a cardboard box. Although it does sound intriguing. P.S., she doesn’t write as well as Catie so please do not be too annoyed by her disfunctional spelling and punctuation, it happens to the best of us.



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September 27, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Barbara
I’m a senior citizen so usually skip over the South of Twenty page, but when I saw Catie’s “Cheerio from the land of swerving cars” I read the column.
You are living the dream I had decades ago — which didn’t happen. I’ve made up for it since.
I too love GB; England, Scotland, Northern Ireland. I’m truly interested in your impressions of Liverpool. That city and Wales are on my radar. I’m gathering and filing plans for a future trip.
Your comments about becoming part of your host city, getting off the beaten track and appreciating every little thing so you can store up memories of things you may never see again really resonated. Those are obviously core feelings of the true Traveler. Yes, this was indeed the best life decision you two have made to date!
I am going to live vicariously through reading your charming report of a year (maybe more) abroad. Thanks for a perky start to my weekend. I wish you great happiness in building a life time of memories. Sidebar: I too live in Silvis, IL