The Tower of London and a bit on Democrats
>I was in London the second time yesterday. We went to the Tower of London first. The white tower in the middle was the palace before Hampton Court before Bu...
Month: July 2007
Monks in a Pub
>After that, we ran down to Piccadilly Circus at night time- that was pretty. It is like New York’s Time Square but not quite. Fancy bright lights and ...
THE TEXAS EMBASSY!
>So England was the only country in the world to recognize Texas as a country back when we were independent. So there was a Texas Embassy in London. Now, it ...
My favorite stained glass window ever
I was reading in a chapel of Michaelhouse in Cambridge, England and the sun was pouring perfectly directly through a big stained glass window with assorted craz...
John’s Class Notes from Professor C.S. Lewis
I wrote before about John, the adorable elderly man from my Bible study group whom I bring Latin notes to because he loves translating it with me and he was on ...
I’m the Spiderman Punter
>We went punting today! The river is pretty shallow near town so instead of gondolas, Cambridge has punts. About 6 people can ride in each long flat boat and...
Shakespeare in the college gardens
>We just went to see Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in St. John’s College garden. Okay so that was amazing! (Kiss Me Kate an...
Lances and Steering Wheels and the Sherriff of Cambridge
> Drivers drive on the Left side of the road in UK, Australia, and Japan. FUN FACT: The reason is that when knights jousted, they held the lance in the right...
Tree Climbing, Building Scaling, and a Rowing Tournament!
>The other night about four of us illegally played in some flat boats on the river. oops. No, they were tied to the dock- we didn’t do anything that ba...
Ultimate Frisbee and a Red Double Decker Bus
>Yesterday I played Ultimate Frisbee on Jesus Greene. This town was basically built on an island in the middle of a swamp and the town expanded before they f...
More London
>The Globe at night time. So I have a thing for Big Ben- I really like it. People say it’s under-rated but I beg to differ. When I look at it, I think ...
Stained Glass Windows and Cathedral Roof Walks
>Today a friend and I took a train out to Ely, a little town nearby- only £3.50 ticket. There is a Cathedral there built in 1081 and it is extra-ordinary! Th...
The Ely Pictures I Promised
> So this is Ely Cathedral. Queen Ethelreda first had a church built here in 673 A.D. and the building as it is now was completed in 1081 except for The Lant...
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> The whole entry hall ceiling has paintings from creation of Adam to Christ’s birth and him seated at the throne in heaven. Sad story, the man who too...
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> I have a thing about doors- I think they’re cute. Alright, these pictures are taken FROM THE ROOF! I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT! A guide took us u...
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> and here are the rafters holding the Lantern together. The trees are the talles in england they were at least 1000 years old when they put them up in 1321 ...
Church This Morning
>Well, today 5 of us from my school decided to go to “C3,” Cambridge Community Church in the suburbs. The congregation was probably about 500 and...
Stained Glass and Cathedral Roofs
>Today a friend and I took a train out to Ely, a little town nearby- only £3.50 ticket. There is a Cathedral there built in 1081 and it is extra-ordinary! Th...
Library
>“Tons of books! Miles of books! Cascades of books!” -Lumiere and Cogsworth (the candle and the clock in beauty and the beast). I really do feel ...
The Market
> I would rather tell you about these places and then let you imagine them. Book are always better than movies and pictures dont do reality justice. But anyw...
More Michaelhouse
>Here are some more pictures of Michaelhouse. Oh guess what- I found a coffee house ministry for international students learning English! They do conversatio...
My Room
> This is the hobbit hole of a door leading to the two story stone spiral staircase leading up to my bedroom. Then my bedroom window and view from my bedroom...
Merry Old London
>We took a day trip to London. It is only one hour away. I don’t like the idea of being a tourist. I would rather blend in as a local. Since I am a stu...
Firework Spectacular
>sitting in the library in a cocktail dress right now because we just finished a banquet and I lingered in my dress because i feel pretty. I heard loud booms...
Properiety is Dull
> Look I can do this £ and this € on my keyboard! A correction to a previous post, the sun rises at 5am and sets at 10:45 because we are so far north. I went...
o’clock
>The toilets here use so much more water than do the ones in the United States. Every hour, from our courtyard, I can hear all at once SIX clocktower bells r...