Here's one from , told by a Norwegian immigrant bound for Chicago: Our luggage came ashore, and had to be opened for custom inspection. Next both we and our luggage were put on a ferry and taken to Ellis Island. Getting off, we lined up two abreast, told to remove our hats and marched along a cement sidewalk up to the office building on the Island. On the way, a couple of doctors would look us over. They had a sort of tong, not unlike the curling irons women used to curl their hair with, before the unpermanent permanents came in style. With those they caught our upper eyelashes and turned up our eyelids.

They were really good, we didn't even have to stop as we paced slowly by them. If we were passed, no marks were put on us, if they felt we needed closer examination, a chalkmark was put on your coat or overcoat, if you wore one. Inside, the building had alleys and pens, almost like the stockyards; we would pass up the alley with here and there a desk with a man behind it, to examine our papers and ask questions. In the end we were given our railroad tickets and were considered ready to enter the Promised Land.

We got into a large assembly Hall with a counter along one sidewalk where we could buy eats and drinks, and also package lunch boxes to sustain us on the railroad trip to Chicago. Bob Godfrey , Mar 25, I've been researching at what time Titanic would have reached pier 59 in New York and how many miles it had left in its journey.

My best research has turned up that Titanic was expected to reach pier 59 the morning of Wednesday, April 17th. By the time she encountered the iceberg, she had covered approximately 1, miles, with approximately 1, miles left to go, but I honestly got those numbers by measuring her location on Google Earth. Is there some way to confirm this information? Jeffery , Aug 6, From Daunt Rock full away on passage to Noon April 14, she had covered a distance of about miles. A minute after impact, the patent log which was set at Noon , read It follows that she had covered a total distance of nautical miles when she stopped for good.

Therefore, Titanic had nautical miles left to steam at Midnight on April If she had averaged 22 knots from there, she would have beeen steaming for 48 hours 45 minutes. This means that she would have arrived too early so there is little doubt they would have slowed her down to arrive at daylight on the morning of April PS, if you log onto titanicinquiry. Jim Currie , Aug 6, Titanic was doing good speed and would have arrived at the evening of April 16th.

Olympic already arrived a few times Tuesday nights in New York. However unknown is if she had not hit the iceberg if she might have come into the ice field ahead and might have slow down or try to find another way round Maybe this one might help. Ioannis Georgiou , Aug 6, Took some time and did proper work on it. The Reeds Table distances are for a track 68 miles longer than the one followed by Titanic and Olympic.

The "If" scenario is as follows: We know from the planned clock change of 47 minutes between Noon April 14 to Noon April 15 that a speed trial was not contemplated before Noon April By calculation, using the reported speed of IF there had been nothing in front of Titanic, she would have had exactly If she had maintained her speed of Arrive New York in early hours of Wednesday 17 April.

How Long Was Titanic. It was supposed to arrive in New York on the morning of April 17th. Departure was on the 10th, so 7 days. It was trying to beat the record for travel to the US which was allegedly one of the factors in it's sinking.

How long was Titanic supposed to take to travel to the destination?

How long was the Titanic supposed to take to cross the Atlantic? How long does it take for sperm to travel to their destination? And when Julia has her epiphanies after being wrapped around the axle about the whole "meant to be" issue and the boys issue and the… Okay, she's a worrier. But I have felt some of the same things she's felt, so there were times when I was crying with her. Not TFiOS cries by any means, but I just… When you have felt those same things, it's like finding a new friend to confide in. It makes me want more from this author as soon as possible!

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Overall, this book was pretty freakin' spectacular. Holy wow, as Julia would say! If you're looking for a book that is along the lines of Anna and the French Kiss and Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, this is your book. Go get it November 13th! Love isn't perfect or predictable. Julia Lichtenstein has an educational trip to London. She's known as a nerd, disciplined and obedient. Then, she's partnered to a guy she hates the most in class, Jason Lippincott.

He's cocky, sarcastic, rule breaker and a funny guy. Definitely opposite to Julia's personality and it gets on her nerves. Sometimes it's fun to break some rules. Jason wants Julia to have fun. To escape all those nerdy, stressful things. They Love isn't perfect or predictable.

They broke some rules by sneaking out to the bar late at night and party all night. Afterwards, Julia starts receiving texts from a guy named Chris. Is Chris her soul mate? This book is simply adorable. It's sweet, romantic, funny and fast-paced. I finished it in one sitting on a rainy afternoon till midnight. The characters are lovable and I adore their embarrassing moments, and adventures in London.

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The writing style is great and made me instantly hooked. I am interested on reading Lauren Morrill's other books. Apr 25, Maggie rated it it was ok Shelves: The main character summed up in a gif: Full review to come. Even if it doesn't feel okay for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be okay again, everything works out in the end. How's that EVEN possible? I don't call this love, I call this having a crush on somebody. It made me feel like Lauren Morrill, Rating: It made me feel like Lauren Morrill, the author, didn't quit understand the mind of a feminine reader.

I think a lot of people can agree with me: We're not stupid girls who fall in love with every guy how treats her well. I really disliked this part of the book, I'm sorry but for me, the character of Julia was just a lot of crap. Also, I couldn't care if she got hurt, if she got her true love, if anything. I didn't care at all for her, which isn't really how you're supposed to feel about the main character, right?

Oh, and also, she's so slooooow like come on! After a whole damn book, she's like "Oh wait, am I actually in love with Jason? Sorry, I just hate her so much. And by the way, Julia, could you please stop pretending like you're better than everyone else? Oh my god I loved him so much, he's just so much fun, he's ridiculous yet adorable yet annoying yet amazing. I really loved him as a character and for me, he was the one who made the book enjoyable. It's a city I've been to when I was young so I don't remember anything about it, but it's somewhere I really want to go back.

I think Lauren Morrill did a very good job at describing the city, you can see that she made a lot of effort by searching information about museums, about every places she mentions in the book really. Jason helps her flirt, while the two of them reluctantly experience London together. This was a really fun and cute book. Julia is a smart and sassy character and I loved the dynamic between her and Jason. London is a great location for a school trip story like this, and the vivid descriptions of the city made me want to go back so badly.

This book made me smile a ton, even after I was finished reading. Nov 25, Sophia. I bet that Jason guy is the one sending the texts. Sep 04, Dawnie rated it liked it Shelves: This book is a bit of a contradiction to me. Its cute buts also its literary every romance cliche in existence stuffed into a book.

Its a good plot, but SO predictable with everything that happens. It has nice characters, but at the same time they are so overdone. The pacing was good, but at the same time there was always something missing. Its actually pretty good. But it could be so much better if the author wouldn't have tried so very, very hard to try to be funny at every turn. I mean you can only tumble, stumble or fall into stuff so often before it just gets annoying.

And since i am already talking about her, lets continue on with her. I loved that she was so organised. That she loved to read. To experience something she might never get another chance to do. I love that she plans out everything, that she loves guide books and maps and plans and informational templets! I love that she organises everything a specific way. She loves rules and tries to follow them as best as she can because Sadly not even three chapters into the book that side of the character kind of just We got very small little mentioned two or three times through the rest most of the book but that specific version of this character we where introduced to at the start?

Why give me this great character and than just Make her into something so different that it makes no real sense at all? I don't understand the complete and very, very strange and unexplained and unexplainable switch she went through. How can you love plans and schedules and the next second you have no problem with doing everything spontaneous?

Even if someone that really does love plans lets them drop for a little while, lets face it planners will always get back to what they know and love! I didn't like how Morrill made a great and different female main character only to completely change her so specific characteristics after just a handful of pages. Why even start her out like that than????

Maybe he has some kind of bewitching odor that makes every female go crazy! He is describe to run around in ripped jeans, old t-shirts and baseball cap. And while i personally don't have anything against that look i also don't necessary look after guys that run around like that I didn't get it but okay. I really didn't like the complete idiotic romantic notions in this book and how the romance was build up in this book. I HATED that the main female -lets remember the well planed out and logical and rational person from the first few pages! There were just a good amount of completely frustrating moments in this book that made me actual and really angry.

Can't explain it really. But the mixture of stupidly behaving hormonally driving teenagers and overused cliches just didn't sit that great with me. Still overall this book isn't bad. Its just not what i wanted it to be. And sadly i saw a lot of potential but it just felt way too forced in so many ways, too overdone and just way to much like trying too hard to be something it just wasn't that it wasn't better than an "okay i read that For the first time in her life, Julia started breaking rules and maybe, along the way, she would finally find her MTB.

I have mixed and tempestuous feelings towards this book. I have cringed sporadically as I went through this story that I could not believe I was able to finish it and give it this pretty decent rating. The characters were very immature, acting like seven-year olds. Julia was self-centered and thought that almost everyone else was just ridiculous and annoying. She was craving her own happy ending and her expectations were so unrealistic. Jason was like a kid who swallowed a sack of sugar.

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What made this book less awful was how informative it was through the trivia about London speckling its pages. Now with regards to the ending, I honestly do not understand how view spoiler [Julia and Jason ended up with each other. I did not expect it! That was a good one.


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It got better in the end. View all 3 comments. Dec 01, Darkshadow rated it it was ok Shelves: Dec 20, Saoirse rated it it was ok Shelves: Well, there goes my patience. I simply cannot understand the hype these days. The painful reality is this book could have been a lot of fun. Sure, there are some points where the MC Julia tries to make an inside joke and corny lines. The idea was there but most of the time I find it impossibly hard to find a certain situation funny. I could not relate at all. This book tries so hard to be sweet and fluffy—the perfect combo for a cotton candy in a carnival.

But blech, it was excruciatingly gray for me. The more I dug in deeper into the story, the more I blink back tears whilst fighting against my heavy eyelids. So for the most part, I was just skimming all throughout. That is, until her English teacher started pairing the class and ended up with her long time nemesis, Jason. Oh and he calls her Book Licker. They live in different time zones and different poles.

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Julia does go to the party, partly because Jason has a point but what conflicts me is the way she freaking transform from this simple girl into Aphrodite overnight? I mean, will prep boys be all over me just by wearing four-inched heels and a hitched-up far too skimpy mini skirt? Will that make me a supermodel too, Tyra?

And as far as the book goes, it has been nothing but ultimate snores. It was so boring. I want to chuck this out of the window and hit a skunk. They had some leads but the author kept diverting them in different directions. The thing is, I get why that has to take place. I get that the hate-love relationship has to develop at some point by letting Jason and Julia play two-by-two.

But the way the author put it is nothing exciting. There was no chemistry. There was nothing interesting in their relationship.

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It was empty, completely devoid of any giggle-worthy moments. Did I also mention the believability factor for this book? Julia apparently is still crushing on with this kid she wed herself to at age six. His name is Mark, by the way. MTB is a girl thing. And anyway, if you think crushing on someone for so long hardly changes a thing, boy, do tell me how to keep it longer. Trust me, it never does. Regardless if the two of you are constantly together at all costs.

Jason suddenly ignores Julia view spoiler [after some shit happened between them i. Guess who shows up at the right time? Who am I kidding? This is where I left off, unfortunately, after suffering from a series of eye rolls this book got from me. There is nothing special here. I most certainly had wanted a cute, swoony romance. Originally posted on Super Space Chick: The story follows Julia and her high school class who are traveling to London for a week during the year to absorb the culture but sadly her be Originally posted on Super Space Chick: The story follows Julia and her high school class who are traveling to London for a week during the year to absorb the culture but sadly her best friend is unable to attend.

She gets stuck being paired with an obnoxious and immature classmate named Jason and from the moment they get on the plane until the very end, hilarity ensues. Julia is such a rigid rule follower that a free spirit like Jason often clashes with her in most situations.

The one thing I found slightly unbelievable were all of the awkward moments Julia found herself in. It just seemed like too much to happen to one person but despite all of her faults, I found myself rooting for her. My favorite part of this book was exploring London with Julia and Jason.

Julia modeled her dream relationship off that of her parents and I loved that comparison throughout the story. Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill is a darling contemporary novel perfect for anyone looking to lose themselves in a slow burn romance. June 22nd, 12 23 Jun 26, Meant to Be - Group Read Jan. YA Book where girl hates boy and school trip!! New YA Contemporary [s] 7 43 Feb 14, Meant to Be 1 4 Feb 02, Lauren Elizabeth Morrill is many things, including, but not limited to, a writer, an educator, a badass roller derby skater, a former band nerd, an aggressive driver, and a die-hard Mac person.

She also watches a lot of TV, eats a lot of junk food, and drinks a lot of Coke. It's a wonder her brain and teeth haven't rotted out of her head. Lauren is the author of Meant to Be, Being Sloane Jacobs, Th Lauren Elizabeth Morrill is many things, including, but not limited to, a writer, an educator, a badass roller derby skater, a former band nerd, an aggressive driver, and a die-hard Mac person. Books by Lauren Morrill. Trivia About Meant to Be.

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