{"id":201,"date":"2018-08-07T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-10-15T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T21:52:20","slug":"live-your-best-travel-life-through-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/live-your-best-travel-life-through-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Your Best Travel Life Through Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Read it or live it. Why not both?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have all taken a class and had expectations for it. Sometimes we will think the professor will be great or that the class will talk about what we\u2019re interested in and it backfires.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are meant to prepare us for something in the future. For London, we read and analyzed many, many texts to have a backstory and information about London before we got there.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, not everyone obtained information. We immediately forgot almost everything. And by \u201cwe,\u201d I mean me.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t truly appreciate a place or history just by reading. I need to see, experience, and touch things and be in those places in order to comprehend their realness. Books don\u2019t always tell us what we need to know and they definitely can\u2019t tell us how it will make us feel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, one of the oldest and most important churches in the original city of London, is a huge deal. The stairs of St. Paul\u2019s is where the Queen of England is welcomed into the city by the Lord Mayor of London, where he ceremoniously gives her a sword as an honor to the monarch and brief relinquishing of power.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-201 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5554.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London Travel Study\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5554.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5554-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5554-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-203'>\n\t\t\t\tFront view of St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, featuring a random bride taking her wedding photos in front of it.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hearing this story from our tour guide the other day made London a real place to me, even though it has existed and thrived for over 2,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>While I wasn\u2019t able to go into St. Paul\u2019s myself, seeing it from the outside and knowing its history made it real and worthwhile. I was able to understand that things that happened or were built in the past in London, are still part of the culture and city today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Importance of History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buildings weren\u2019t just built willy-nilly. There was a rhyme and reason for most buildings that were constructed. After the Romans were thrown from power in London, the remains of their buildings stayed beneath the city and continue to live under the high rises that have taken their place today. Fires blazed throughout London multiple times during its history, and buildings were rebuilt to replace the old ones that had been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>While these old things are \u201ccool,\u201d they deserve to be respected and recognized for the history they add to the city. I love looking at cool stuff as much as the next guy, but why would we keep these things around if it wasn\u2019t important? I need a reason to look at buildings and artifacts other than \u201cthey look cool\u201d (even though I\u2019ve definitely done my fair share of just wandering and looking at cool stuff just because I liked how it looked on this trip).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve found a giant bookcase of old and ancient manuscripts at the British Library as you\u2019ll see in the next photo, but I\u2019ve also found buildings and stories like Westminster Abbey, which is absolutely breathtaking with it\u2019s intricate designs and calming atmosphere. And while Westminster Abbey has a lot of history, I\u2019ve also found buildings that were just fun to look at. Like a building we found in a neighborhood that houses a media company, but changed colors as you walked past it and had a living garden sticking out of the side of the building, which I hadn\u2019t seen before and it was awesome.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-201 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5815.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"London Travel Study\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5815.jpg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5815-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5815-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/08\/IMG_5815-835x1024.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-205'>\n\t\t\t\tSelfie I took with fellow traveler Nicole in the British Library and their giant case of old texts and manuscripts that we both nerded out about and thought were amazing!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While all of the monuments throughout the city are beautiful and wonderful to look at, this is not why these places are special and continue to be appreciated. While it\u2019s nice to look at cool stuff, why keep it around if it doesn\u2019t have its own history or significance that is part of the city itself?<\/p>\n<p>Throughout our trip, we have found buildings and artifacts that show the city\u2019s constant change. We explored ancient buildings from the Roman era, in which the people of London overthrew them to take their city. We\u2019ve seen churches, like St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, that was repeatedly rebuilt to keep up the importance of faith and going to church in history. We\u2019ve also seen places that were meant for the people of London to enjoy, like the Tate Modern Museum; a modern art museum that is a former power station turned museum.<\/p>\n<p>Like going into a new class or semester, we don\u2019t know what will be important before we get to the next step or place in our lives, and in experiencing new places and traveling, we learn about the importance of other places, people, and history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">&#8211; Lauren Saner &#8217;19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read it or live it. Why not both? We have all taken a class and had expectations for it. Sometimes we will think the professor will be great or that the class will talk about what we\u2019re interested in and it backfires. Classes are meant to prepare us for something in the future. 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