>Stratford, home of Shakespeare
>We went to Henry IV Part I at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford on Avon. Good play. I like going to plays. I wish I liked ballets but I dont think I do. I ...
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>Alot on Coventry, the Reconciliation Church
>Yesterday I went with one of my professors to Coventry Cathedral. That is where Lady Godiva rode naked on her horse through the city streets. She threatened...
>Russian Girl
>The diversity of people here is crazy. People come here to learn English from all over the world- especially during the summer months because the Universiti...
>Harry’s Cafe
>Tonight I went to an International Students Ministry in town. There were like 30 students there! They come here for the summer to learn English and this Chr...
>Welcome to Scotland. We stole the tune to their national anthem. “my country tis of the…LET FREEDOM RING.” Theirs say’s “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.”
>10 hour bus ride. We stopped in Haworth, England, where the Bronte sisters grew up on the way up. (authors of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights). The town was...
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...
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 ...