Thursday, April 2, 2009Rome The Vatican Museum:I had been looking forward to this day in Rome for a very long while. This was the day I had devoted to a perusal of the Vatican Museums and after fortifying ourselves with a good breakfast at our hotel, we set out to the entrance of the museum…
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Mother’s Day in Essex
Sunday, March 22, 2009Bishop Stortford, Essex I awoke to another glorious day–this time in Essex. It is Mother’s Day here in the UK and Rosa’s mother Margaret from Manchester was with her at her place. We sat down to breakfast that included toasted Hot Cross Buns from the poem (usually seen around Lent) and then…
Lunching with MPs and Of Ghosts and Greasepaint
Tuesday, March 10, 2009London Awaking at 6 am is late for me these days!!! I had always imagined that when I came to live alone in London, I would have daily lazy lie-ins, never dreaming that I’d awake long before the first rays of light reached my window blinds. Still, I’m not complaining. I do…
In Search of Eden and Camelot: The Eden Project and Tintagel
Saturday, March 7, 2009 Cornwall I slept well last night despite being a little chilly. The double comforter helped—I folded it in half since I was using only one side of my double bed. Waking at 6. 40 am, I was able to write my blog for a bit, then shower and dress and get…
Pausing in Portsmouth
Friday, February 21, 2009Winchester and Portsmouth The Hampshire landscape still looked rather autumnal–a blanket woven of beige and sandy hues–as we made the half hour drive from Winchester to Portsmouth. I was a little surprised at how large Portsmouth is–I guess I expected another little dinky town like Winchester! But, of course, I was aware…
A Very Busy Day!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009London I was up again at the crack of dawn–at 6. 30 am–but did not have the time to do any reading in bed as I had to head out within an hour for my Physiotherapy session at UCL with Claire Curtin. I was early for my 8. 30 am appointment but…
An Uneventful Day…Except for Travel Planning
Monday, February 16, 2009London Today was a fairly uneventful day. But for the fact that I taught two Writing classes, met with one student during my lunch break during which time I also squeezed in a meeting to sort out the details of our proposed trip to Suffolk, nothing much happened. I did visit the…
Culture-Vulture Me! Twelfth Night with Derek Jacobi.
Posted on Author rochellesroost_bkfoqdPosted in Daily Musings, France, Italy, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tuesday, February 3, 2009London After the worst snowstorm in two decades, London limped slowly back to normal today. Red buses were plying again and the ice on the sidewalks had started to melt. There actually were signs of life on the streets as I had my breakfast and finished captioning our Scotland album. Actually, it…
Spring Classes Begin and Seeing an NHS Physiotherapist
Monday, January 19, 2009London Rain poured down at dawn on the first day of classes as I showered and breakfasted and left my flat early to take the bus to get to Bedford Square. The idea was to beat every other faculty member to the basement copy machines. I needn’t have worried. No one else…
Just Another Soggy Sunday!
Sunday, November 30, 2008London Winter has arrived with a vengeance. It is cold and it is soggy. And that’s the thing about English rain…it’s never really a proper downpour. It’s always just a light spritz, a gentle drizzle, sometimes just the finest spray! Like Hawaii, in many ways, except that in Hawaii that spray lasts…