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Archive for April, 2008
Photos of Europe
Posted in 1 on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in 1 on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We arrived home last Wednesday, pretty exhausted after a 2 1/2 week trip. How can you take in London, the Cotswolds, Rome, Tuscany, and Venice in that short a time? I’ll be spending the last part of my sabbatical catching up with myself, getting ready to return to Grace on May 8th.
I was challenged by [...]
Tavarnelle Val Di Pesa
Posted in 1 on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve been here in the Chianti region of Tuscany since Monday, after spending last weekend in Rome. The scenery is the most abundantly beutiful I’ve ever seen. We’ve visited several hill towns and will return today for our second day in Firenze (Florence). On Monday we drive to Venice, then home on Wednesday. So much [...]
Providence in London
Posted in 1 on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rhea and I were lucky today to meet with Marc and Jen Viera, Grace parishioners living in London, for coffee this afternoon. Jen is here working on her master’s in English, to be followed by her PhD, concentrating on William Shakespeare. Marc is working in occupational therapy in a neurotherapeutic hospital. They joined Grace and [...]
A Royal Peculiar
Posted in 1 on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We returned to Westminster Abbey today for a 90 minute tour led by one of the vergers. It was fascinating. I’m not going to tell you what a royal peculiar is, only that Westminster Abbey is one. Look it up, and we’ll talk about why this exists here in Britain. Meanwhile, I’m sure the tours [...]
Snow in April
Posted in 1 on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We woke up yesterday to a snow storm, the first in 20 years here in London. The temperature was an unseasonably chilly 43 maximum (the star magnolia tree outside our window had already bloomed!) We went to church at Westminster Abbey, and were pleasantly surprised that the sermon was about Martin Luther King. It turns [...]
On the Road Again
Posted in 1 on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight we leave for London with our friends Bob and Dorothy Mahoney from Boston. Bob and I grew up together in Virginia. It’s a long story, but suffice it to say it’s good to have life-long friends. We’ll be staying in Rhea’s dad’s time share at Sloane Square (thanks, Gene and Barbara!) for a week, [...]
