tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21564479079268042532024-03-14T12:24:02.470+00:00Lewis' BlogA recent graduate Animal Scientist and current 4th year vet student on the long road to becoming a vet! <br> Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.comBlogger469125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-57270962523574802312015-10-31T21:19:00.000+00:002016-06-29T23:23:57.013+01:00Small Mammals Practical - Blood sampling and nasolacrimal duct flushWe had our second Small Mammals practical this afternoon and learnt all about blood sampling in rodents and rabbits.<br>
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We were able to take blood from the medial and marginal ear veins and the saphenous vein in the back leg.<br>
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I got the ear vein straight away as we've done that quite a few times before but couldn't get the saphenous; the vet tried afterwards and he struggled too so I didn't feel too bad!<br>
The other rabbits saphenous was much more prominent and other people got that one fine.<br>
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We also did nasolacrimal duct flushes which is when you place a catheter in the nasolacrimal duct in the bottom eyelid. It is then flushed with saline which comes down the duct and out the nose to remove any blockages or pus.<br>
The flushed material can be collected and sent for microbiological culturing.Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-56959468225197419932015-10-06T15:36:00.000+01:002015-10-16T15:36:43.879+01:00Northern Goshawk necropsy; Aspergillosis and TrichomonasI saw a necropsy of a juvenile wild Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis gentilis) today, which sadly died after being brought into the clinic last week.<br />
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He had anklets put on his legs so that he could be perched and fed on the glove but was found collapsed on Sunday afternoon.<br />
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The bird died from chronic Aspergillosis seen as spores and large granulomas in the air sacs.<br />
They think the bird had been ill for several weeks as the granulomas were so big and that would coincide with his capture and being brought into the clinic.<br />
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He also had secondary Trichomonas gallinae parasites seen in the mouth which were probably elevated due to immunosuppression.<br />
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The Black Star developed a swollen face and bubbly eyes once we got her home. I suspected Mycoplasma (though they are vaccinated against one strain) so isolated her and contacted the supplier. She agreed to swap her straight away which we did for another Blacktail. </div>
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The following day one of the Blacktails laid her first egg, it's only tiny and known as a Pullet Egg but they do get bigger with age.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-50125490262707755032015-09-01T15:37:00.000+01:002015-10-16T15:37:52.030+01:00Poultry Dispatch, Pluck & Gut CourseI headed back to Wales this weekend to run another Poultry Dispatch, Pluck & Gut course. I started doing them about 5 years ago now after friends asked me to show them how to prepare excess cockerels for the table and it's grown from there.<br />
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We drove down on Sunday and stayed in an awesome little cottage - the previous tenant was a vet and the landlords dad was a vet, which was a nice little coincidence.</div>
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The course was held at <a href="http://www.denmarkfarm.org.uk/" target="_blank">Denmark Farm Conservation Centre</a> just outside Lampeter which was a great venue.</div>
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I had eleven attendees, so one of the biggest courses yet, who all dispatched two chickens, learnt how to dry and wet pluck, skin and joint a bird and then how to gut them. </div>
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They take the second bird home un-eviscerated to hang and practice the gutting process again.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-87579121028155587342015-08-30T15:38:00.000+01:002015-10-16T15:38:43.206+01:00Passed First Year of Vet SchoolI PASSED!<br />
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I've finally passed all my exams for my first year at vet school. It's been hard work but I've had a great time, met some amazing people and I'm already looking forward to next year.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-26929644258011791222015-08-10T18:03:00.000+01:002015-08-22T18:03:53.430+01:00GRIDS Akihabara Capsule Hostel TokyoWe arrived in Tokyo three days ago and after two nights in a great AirBnB the other side of town, we are now staying in the GRIDS Akihabara Capsule Hotel.<br />
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We're in a 30 bed room with loads of these self contained capsules, lockers and shared bathroom.</div>
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It's actually really nice, surprisingly private considering you share a room with 30 people and the bathroom is the nicest we've had since arriving in Japan.</div>
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There is a laundry room and shared common room upstairs, bar and cafe downstairs and the staff have been great.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-45434689582340262142015-08-05T18:04:00.000+01:002015-08-22T18:05:15.356+01:00Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery - Sri LankaTonight we went to the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery on Bentota beach in Sri Lanka. We arrived at 6:30pm as advised by Lonely Planet and we're not disappointed! We were the only people looking around the hatchery and had a great tour of the whole sanctuary.<br />
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Fishermen collect eggs laid by the females on beaches and take them to the hatchery to receive 2,000 rupees (£10). They're collected as otherwise iguana, monitor lizards and mongoose dig up and eat the eggs.<br />
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The eggs are buried in nests in the hatchery, covered by fencing and netted over the top to keep predators and birds out.</div>
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The turtles hatch overnight as it's cooler and are looked over for deformities, blindness and sexed according to tail length; males go into one nursery pool and females are kept separate.</div>
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Males are kept for 3 days while they absorb the yolk sac and fed some fish food pellets before being released into the ocean at night. A much lower percentage of females hatch so they are kept for a few years to grow until they are bigger and stronger to give them a fighting chance at survival.</div>
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The hatchery had quite a few large females ready for release as well as some residents - two blind and four with deformities, from one missing fin to all four fins missing. These are all hand fed tuna and seaweed.</div>
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After being shown all around the hatchery we collected 15 three-day-old Green Turtle hatchlings and headed down to the beach.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-81090964776480624882015-07-23T18:04:00.000+01:002015-08-22T18:04:32.431+01:00Sri Lanka; Government Veterinary HospitalWe arrived in Kandy last night on day 8 of our tour of Sri Lanka.<br />
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My parents and brother went to the Botanical Gardens but I spotted the Government Veterinary Hospital while we were driving, so walked back to have a look.<br />
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As I was walking up I asked a man if I could take photos, he asked where I was from so I explained I was a vet student from the UK. He introduced me to the Chief Vet Surgeon who gave me a guided tour of the clinic, surgery rooms, pharmacy, dispensary and kennels!</div>
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They have four surgery tables which were all in closed rooms behind glass, I couldn't see any gas anaesthetic machines but it all looked very clean and well organised. Surgery instruments looked like they were kept in glass cabinets and autoclaved as needed.</div>
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There was a price list above the door; Farm animals are free, Small Animal consult 20-30 rupees (10-15 pence) and a Rabies vaccination costs 50 rupees (24p).</div>
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The clinician said they see a lot of skin conditions and parasites through the clinic which they manage quite well and mange, which I've seen a lot of when travelling the island.</div>
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A big German Shepherd type dog came in on the back of a Tuk Tuk collapsed which they had to immediately put on IV fluids, I didn't get chance to ask what was going on in the rush but it looked like heat stroke which I'm sure they just see a fair few patients for.<br />
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-15255768753557713032015-06-29T17:27:00.000+01:002015-07-02T17:28:20.996+01:00Glastonbury 2015I had an awesome time at Glastonbury this year and don't want it to be over.<br />
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I was working rather than visiting this year so was there for 9 days doing 12hour night shifts, 8pm-8am. </div>
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Even so, we managed to catch a few acts in the daytime and could just about hear the Pyramid stage from our shop.</div>
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It was Danny's 21st birthday so we had a BBQ and cake then headed to Arcadia bar for a few drinks.</div>
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Highlights have to be Jessie Ware, Lionel Richie and Alt J, we managed to catch the first showing of the new Amy Winehouse film which was really good... Overall concensis was that Kayne was a massive disappointment, his Bohemian Rhapsody was awful 😂</div>
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<br />Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-29773462567883477012015-03-07T12:36:00.000+00:002015-04-20T12:36:41.054+01:00Friends visiting Vet SchoolJasmine's photos from the week my friends and I visited Košice and Tatranska Lomnica.<br />
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Four friends from home flew into Košice on Friday, we went for lunch in Napoli and then got the train to the Tatras with six other friends from vet school.</div>
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As I'm a student under 26 I get free train travel in Slovakia, the others only had to pay €5 for the ticket, a 120km journey via Poprad.</div>
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We booked an apartment called <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1973195" target="_blank">Wili Tatry</a> which was a couple minutes walk from the train station and supermarket, with the ski lift less than a kilometres walk away.</div>
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We went out for food and drinks every night and on Saturday went to Humno Tatry, a club who's main selling point was that they had Madonna's Cadillac suspended from the roof, which ended up being a really good night.<br />
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This weekend we had our Matriculation Ball which I guess it's the equivalent to a Freshers Ball in the UK.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-12165954231361456532014-11-21T12:38:00.000+00:002015-04-20T12:39:19.942+01:00PCGB National Poultry Show 2014Had a great weekend at Telford International Conference centre for the Poultry Club of Great Britain's National Poultry Show.<br />
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I flew into Luton on Saturday where I met a friend and travelled up to the show.</div>
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Supreme Show Champion was a Rosecomb (Mr Taylor) and Reserve Show Champion a Yellow Dutch (Mr S Yorks):</div>
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We've been for the last 3 years and they usually have a really good auction followed by a live band or disco.</div>
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In previous years the auction prizes have been art commissions, expensive metal chicken statues, rare antique books, poultry cigarette cards, egg skelters, coop covers, peck a blocks etc; this year they had 5 pairs of shoes, a new book and a couple of feeders.</div>
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In the past we've been out on tables and mingled with 'strangers' but this year people stayed in their groups and didn't chat.</div>
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We did have a speech from the Championship Judge Andrew Sheppy which was interesting, if a little long!</div>
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He did leave us with this, which I might start living my life by... "If you have a nice one, get it out and show it, I might like it."</div>
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They had little hatching trays with different types of dividers so separate eggs by colour, parents or breed etc which was clever; I've seen people make their own but not seen them manufactured to fit the incubator trays before.</div>
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Will be a few years saving before I can afford one of his originals, but I bought another of his calendars ready for next year.</div>
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There has been a lot of bickering and political unrest in the club over the last few months with new members getting onto council and some members being stuck in their ways rather than moving with the times, but everyone came together and put on a fantastic show.</div>
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The Poultry Club, it's committee and all the volunteers clearly worked so hard to get to where the show is today, a massive improvement on the cattle sheds at Stoneleigh a few years ago; let's hope 2015 is even bigger and better.</div>
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We met at Uni at 7am and got a coach with the rest of Falconry club from vet school to a hotel in Dargov about 40 minutes away from Kosice.<br />
There the Falconers lined up with their birds and had an opening ceremony. We didn't understand what was said but the birds looked amazing; Golden Eagles, Harris Hawks, Peregrine Falcons and even a little Kestrel!</div>
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From there they separate into groups and go off hunting. We didn't have cars and the bus couldn't take us so we tried our best to speak to people and jump in cars and get a lift with them.<br />
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I went off with the Eagles with Sian, Lucy and Niamh while others spent the day with Hawks or Falcons.<br />
We had nine Golden Eagles with us from all over Europe - Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary - so it was really interesting seeing the falconers speak to one another, mostly in German and English as their common languages, though they all knew a few words of each language.<br />
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We spread out along the boundary of one field in a straight line 10 metres apart from each other with two people between every Eagle, the idea being that we flush the field as we walk across it in a line and the eagle closest to the prey or quarry is flown.<br />
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Being November everyone layered up expecting winter weather but we had glorious sunshine all day and walking all day everyone was roasting! We stopped at midday to give the birds and everyone else a rest. The birds all sat there good as gold, some of them not even hooded without stressing or trying to bait off the glove so they really were a credit to their trainers.</div>
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After lunch we carried on as as the weather cooled down a bit the birds were flying better and had a lot more successful catches.</div>
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We saw pheasants, hare and deer but only caught hares - Eagles don't go after pheasants and the deer were a bit too far away for the falconer to run after them and get there should there be a problem.</div>
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After the hunt we returned to the hotel for drinks and to talk to people then everyone sat down for a four course meal of soup, chicken with roasties, goulash (which everyone went mad for) and then cake!<br />
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I'm so glad we went and it was an incredible experience.</div>
Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-81561235171339329292014-11-08T12:39:00.000+00:002015-04-20T12:40:16.568+01:00International Falconry MeetToday we went to an International Falconry Meet near Košice and had an amazing time.<br />
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We met at 7 and got a coach with the rest of Falconry club to a hotel in Dargov about 40 minutes away from Kosice.<br />
There the Falconers lined up with their birds and had an opening ceremony. We didn't understand what was said but the birds looked amazing; Golden Eagles, Harris Hawks, Peregrine Falcons and even a little Kestrel!</div>
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From there they separate into groups and go off hunting. We didn't have cars and the bus couldn't take us so we tried our best to speak to people and jump in cars and get a lift with them.<br />
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I went off with the Eagles with Sian, Lucy and Niamh while others spent the day with Hawks or Falcons.<br />
We had nine Golden Eagles with us from all over Europe - Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary - so it was really interesting seeing the falconers speak to one another, mostly in German and English as their common languages, though they all knew a few words of each language.<br />
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We spread out along the boundary of one field in a straight line 10 metres apart from each other with two people between every Eagle, the idea being that we flush the field as we walk across it in a line and the eagle closest to the prey or quarry is flown.<br />
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Being November everyone layered up expecting winter weather but we had glorious sunshine all day and walking all day everyone was roasting! We stopped at midday to give the birds and everyone else a rest. The birds all sat there good as gold, some of them not even hooded without stressing or trying to bait off the glove so they really were a credit to their trainers.</div>
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We saw pheasants, hare and deer but only caught hares - Eagles don't go after pheasants and the deer were a bit too far away for the falconer to run after them and get there should there be a problem.</div>
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After the hunt we returned to the hotel for drinks and to talk to people then everyone sat down for a four course meal of soup, chicken with roasties, goulash (which everyone went mad for) and then cake!<br />
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I'm so glad we went and it was an incredible experience.</div>
Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-78470397446403475562014-11-03T13:55:00.000+00:002014-11-09T13:55:42.761+00:00Weekend with FamilyWe've had a really nice weekend with family and am already sad that it's over; my mom and brother came over to Slovakia on Friday with Sian's parents and we dropped them back at the airport this morning.<br />
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We met them at the airport on Friday and went straight from the airport to town for food which was a slight disaster...</div>
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In the afternoon showed them around town and Uni then took them to fly the falcons:</div>
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Everyone was pretty tired so after dinner we separated and got an early night.</div>
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We missed out loads of things when we went last time so was nice to go again - the zebra, some of the birds and monkeys weren't on exhibit, I guess because it was so cold, but we saw the bears this time.<br />
It's a really nice zoo, the only criticism I have is the big cats - they don't have enough room or enrichment so not great to see. They're in good condition but the tiger was pacing in a figure of eight obviously waiting for food and he didn't have ponds, balls, swings, logs etc like the enrichment they'd have in UK zoos.<br />
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Yesterday we did our own things with our families so we went shopping to AuPark and met up late afternoon. We went to look at food in M&S and there was a sale on so I got two pairs of jeans which should have been €40 each, one pair was €7.99 and the other €3.99!<br />
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We met up later for coffee in a really nice place, Cafe Frei, and decided to take them to Steel Arena to watch the Ice Hockey!</div>
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Košice were playing MHC Martin and tickets were only €5 (cheapest were €3!) which is awesome value for a night out.</div>
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Košice won, obviously, 3-2 but there were something like 35 and 22 goal attempts so was exciting to watch.</div>
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We dropped them off at the airport early this morning and I'll be home in less than 2 weeks! :)</div>
Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-51589558881897016082014-11-03T12:40:00.000+00:002015-04-20T12:40:55.360+01:00Weekend with FamilyWe've had a really nice weekend with family and am already sad that it's over; my mom and brother came over on Friday with Sian's parents and we dropped them back at the airport this morning.<br />
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Wierd nutty paste pancakes, pasta with jam and chopped up pasta with poppy seeds, spinach balls... You get the idea.</div>
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Everyone was pretty tired so after dinner we separated and got an early night.</div>
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We missed out loads of things when we went last time so was nice to go again - the zebra, some of the birds and monkeys weren't on exhibit, I guess because it was so cold, but we saw the bears this time.<br />
It's a really nice zoo, the only criticism I have is the big cats - they don't have enough room or enrichment so not great to see. They're in good condition but the tiger was pacing in a figure of eight obviously waiting for food and he didn't have ponds, balls, swings, logs etc like the enrichment they'd have in UK zoos.<br />
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Yesterday we did our own things with our families so we went shopping to AuPark and met up late afternoon. We went to look at food in M&S and there was a sale on so I got two pairs of jeans which should have been €40 each, one pair was €7.99 and the other €3.99!<br />
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We met up later for coffee in a really nice place, Cafe Frei, and decided to take them to Steel Arena to watch the Ice Hockey!</div>
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Košice were playing MHC Martin and tickets were only €5 (cheapest were €3!) which is awesome value for a night out.</div>
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Košice won, obviously, 3-2 but there were something like 35 and 22 goal attempts so was exciting to watch.</div>
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We dropped them off at the airport early this morning and I'll be home in less than 2 weeks! :)</div>
Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-62046024118932804582014-11-01T12:41:00.000+00:002015-04-20T12:41:29.215+01:00Visitors!Mom and my brother Nat have come to visit me in Slovakia for 4 days!<br />
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We had Friday off Uni (Rectors Day) so taking advantage of the long weekend and spending it with family.</div>
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Sian's parents are also visiting so we met them at the airport, came back to town and gave them the guided tour. We showed them round Uni, even though most of it was closed, then came back to Dorms.</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-76086493124010861402014-10-10T13:56:00.000+01:002014-11-09T13:57:59.490+00:00Meet Gizmo...Meet Gizmo, my new roommate...<br />
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He was on the streets yesterday but a local lady took him to a charity so I'm fostering him until Christmas or a home can be found for him... whichever comes first.</div>
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This is him and Simba, Roxie's foster kitten, who is a few weeks older - they only met each other for the first time today!</div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-5081239307794338752014-09-19T13:58:00.000+01:002015-02-05T23:41:44.054+00:00First week of Vet SchoolThe first week at vet school has flown by and although it wasn't what I expected, I think it was better.<br />
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I can't get over or express how nice the years above have been in looking after us, getting us settled in and sharing stories.<br />
When we were at the airport they sorted out taxi's for us, they've shown us cclassrooms, where to go for cheap printing/photocopying and every few hours on the UVM Facebook there's offers of books, notes and revision material being given away for various modules.<br />
So many people have invited us in for a chat, brew, to give us notes on a memory stick - someone even gave me a set of laptop speakers for free so we can watch films 'cos they had 2 pairs!</div>
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It's strange going back to the classroom environment after a year out and lectures are all 2 hours but apart from having to get up for 7am lectures twice a week I'm enjoying it!</div>
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Our Genetics lecturer is German so quite heavily accented and speaks quietly so we had to concentrate on hearing him as well as understanding what he was trying to get across but all other lecturers have been really good.</div>
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The Anatomy lecturer has great spoken English and really knows her subject so that was interesting and that lecture flew past - it helped that we have a 2 hour Anatomy practical straight after the lecture so it's all fresh in our minds and we can apply it to real bones etc and anything we didn't understand in the lecture we can recap in the practical.</div>
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We found cheap flights a few weeks ago, via Bucharest on the way there and via Sofia, Bulgaria on the way back, so decided to book it and go!</div>
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The flights were £300 return - the Dubai to Sofia was only €20! - and the 4* hotel was £60 each for 6 nights so pretty good deal!</div>
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It was 41oC during the day so too hot to stay outside and even at night it didn't drop below 34oC at 3 or 4am!</div>
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The first day was a bit of a culture shock with the massive clear divide between wealth and poverty; 5 star gold and marble hotels next to falling down apartment blocks and exploitation of Indian workers doing manual labour in blazing sunshine...</div>
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The Dubai Mall was like nothing I've seen even compared to New York and America - there's a 10 million litre aquarium, Sega World theme park and Ice rink just dotted around the mall! </div>
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Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05733844188938181510noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156447907926804253.post-23333573838283727812014-05-05T21:19:00.001+01:002014-09-06T12:25:28.706+01:00Marrakech PhotosHad the best week ever in Marrakech!<br />
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We spent 3 days on an excursion to the Sahara desert.</div>
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Drove to the town on the edge of the desert and then trekked on camels for a couple hours into the desert and camped there under the stars</div>
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