UEA International Student Ambassadors

In mid-January, I went to Paris with twenty ish Museology and Cultural Heritage students and it was tres chic, ma petite! We went to the Maison de la culture du Japon to attend the very interesting "Jômon, patrimoine mondial?" symposium and were treated to a sushi and sake buffet (in order to rejuvenate our intellectual capabilities). After that, we went halfway up the Eiffel Tower to gaze at Paris' bejewelled belly, the top half being shut to the public for repainting. We also went to the Louvre, the Musee de la quai Branly, the Natural History Museum and a very small zoo. Next stop, the Eternal City! Cheers, UEA Malaysian Ambassador

If you haven't already been to Norwich Castle Museum, now is a great time to go! There is a great exhibition on at the moment called the "Art of Faith" which will run till 23 January 2011. There are more than a hundred awesome artefacts to look at, including a mummified cat, textiles and a couple of torcs. The exhibition displays the history of the diversity of faiths in Norfolk, stretching back to three millenia ago. Don't forget to bring your student ID! It's worth your time signing up for a daily tour of the battlements or the dungeons and you can get discounted entry with it. There are also other galleries with permanent displays: - The Anglo Saxon and Viking Gallery - The Boudica Gallery - The Egyptian Gallery - The Natural History Gallery (I like the birds twittering away) - The Twining Teapot Gallery There's also a nice little cafe if you feel peckish after your little jaunt around the Castle Keep :) Check out the museum's website for more informati...

Just got back from a UEA-Sheffield University excursion for art historians and archaeologists to southern Spain! It was amazing - so much to see, so much to do, so much to learn in a very short period of time. One day it was 35 degrees and the next day, it was wind and torrential rain. We learnt about al-Andalus and looked at ongoing excavations as well as Roman mausoleums and various musuems, went to the Alhambra in Granada and the Great Mosque in Cordoba. I want to go back to Guadix to volunteer! Anyone wanna sponsor me? ;p About a dozen of us lived in a house as guests of Atarfe and were very warmly received. Four horses lived in a stable next to our garden - my breakfast companions. The front garden wall of the house was covered in honeysuckle, the sweet strong scent of which mingled with horse dung and was inhaled deeply by each of us at the end of the day when we returned after walking miles and miles under the blistering sun. Made lots of new friends and ate various tapas with e...