La Vie en Paris...

One day in Paris meant that I had a whole day of visiting schools and was only left with 2.5 hours to see one of the greatest cities in the world! I did manage to walk from the Parc Trocadero all the way to Notre Dame and back. It was a blistering pace to do that, see all the sights I wanted and get back to my hotel in time to get my suitcase and then take a taxi to the airport for a 7pm flight. Mid walk I got a wonderful downpour which made the journey a little bit more difficult. In the end I made it back with 5 minutes to spare, although I did have to skip le Arc de Triomphe to make it in that amount of time. I got to see the Eifel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame and all the other usual sights. It was quick trip to the city of lights and I definitely felt my marathon walk through the city for a day or two after!

BeNeLux...Minus the Lux

So for my next stop I visited schools in Amsterdam and then spent my weekend in Brussels. So I accomplished Be and Ne, but didn't get Luxembourg in, maybe next time! It was great weather but I caught a bit of a cold while I was there so it took a bit away from my time there. Even so, it was great spending the weekend in the EU capital!

Swiss Mist

The next stop on my journey was to Switzerland! It was quite an adventure driving in Europe for the first time, with a crazy focus diesel wagon, in the swiss mountains! It was a bit nerve racking since my Tom-Tom guided me up a wonderful 1 lane rode through a mountain pass... a great way to start my adventures in Geneva. I did make it through the week and visited a bunch of different schools and got to meet some great kids along the way. It was such a beautiful place and next time I will have to figure out how to get there when there is snow in order to take advantage of the mountains and go snowboarding!

London Calling!

Greetings from London! I flew in from Orlando to Atlanta and then to Gatwick. I got a chance to see my family before I headed out of the country which is always nice. I had a great time in a wonderful city. It was so nice to be able to use public transport rather than driving from place to place. I also got to see two of my friends from high school which was a really nice thing since I had seen neither of them in a few years.

My visits around the city were good and I did get a chance to meet with some great kids who will hopefully find Rollins as a potential home in next couple of years. After my visits, I headed on Saturday to Oxford to see another friend of mine from Rollins whom I had not seen since he left for their 2 years ago.

Overall it was a great visit and I was very happy to get back after 4 years away.

The Child Returns to Dry Land

Today I went to see my sister return from her Semester at Sea! She had a great time and I certainly am glad to have her back, but am jealous of all of her travels to continents that I haven't been! To see her come in this morning at dawn was pretty cool and everybody looked to be happy to be getting back to the real world. I am pretty sure that in my next life I will be happy to be able to circumnavigate the world and visit all these places with very few worries and all the while take a few classes. Its a great option for students and I'm glad to say that Rollins made it very easy for her to be able to register for it and for everything to transfer.



In addition to that, I cannot beleive that I am heading to Europe in 4
days! I'm getting a bit stressed since it is so soon, but I know that
it will be happy to be there when I finally am!

Spring Craziness

Another May 1 has come and gone, which means that it is about time to start thinking about the Class of 2013! We are excited to be able to have a great group of students joining us this Fall from all over the country and the world! For most of April I have spent my time up in New England doing various recruiting activities for next years class. Even though I've been busy, I did make time to go to a Red Sox game up here in Boston. I also spent opening day sitting across from Fenway watching the game on TV, which can only be bested by spending next year inside Fenway (anyone know where I can get tickets for it next year??). Another great thing about spending a lot of time up here is that I got time to attend a local National Foxday Event. I got a chance to see some guys who I played hockey with at Rollins as well as other people who I knew when I was at Rollins. It was my first one of these events and it helped to show me how well the Rollins community functions away from campus.

To start off my International travels for the year, I will be visiting Europe starting in the middle of May. I will be making school visits in London, Geneva, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Paris, and Istanbul. Also on my weekends I will be making a few visits around places I have not been before in Europe including Oxford, Belgium (Brussels and Bruges) and Munich. This will be a great chance to start making sure that we will have a great class of International students starting in 2009. If you have any questions about what schools I will be visiting, you can e-mail me at mlmoore@rollins.edu.

I apologize for the long delay in posting, but life has been pretty crazy both on and off campus trying to get all the decisions made for all the students to make their tough college choices. I will hopefully be able to post more often now that things are slowing down a bit. I hope everyone has made the difficult choices and hopefully a lot have chosen Rollins!! Hope to see some of you in the fall...