Monday, July 27, 2009Normandy, France We awoke to the complete silence of the French countryside. Indeed, it was so quiet that, as Llew remarked, not even the sound of the chirping of birds could be heard. From our bed, as we opened our eyes, to a glorious day, we saw the vast expanse of green…
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Sunday Service at the Church of St. Bartholomew the Less
Sunday, May 24, 2009London On a day that led to a crick in my neck from the hours I spent at my laptop, I only set out in the morning to get to Church spending the rest of the day catching up with my blog and French travelogue. A breakfast of skimmed milk and Waitrose…
‘Tons of Money’ in Richmond, A Piano Recital at the National Gallery and ‘Oliver’ at the West End
Wednesday, January 22, 2009London White I adore London for its long and colorful history, there is a downside to this aspect of its charm. Road works! Ever since I can remember taking possession of this flat at High Holborn, there have been ‘road works’ at some point or the other along its length from Chancery…
Last Classes, British Museum, Handel’s Messiah and British Comfort Food
Thursday, December 4, 2008London Hard to believe that we have reached the end of the semester. I arrived in class today with a heavy heart as it was the last time I would be meeting the students of the Fall semester 2008. This was my last class with them and in the Anglo-Indian seminar, I…
First Day of Classes and a Private Art Opening
Today was simply amazing! Not only did I awake excited because I was going back to teach after a four month long summer vacation but I had an unexpectedly lovely evening as well. I seem to have fallen into a wake-up routine with my body clock rousing me by 6 am.–how great it feels not…
Our Highland Fling–Travels in Scotland and Northern England
More Medieval Wonders in YorkshireWednesday, August 27, 2008, Yorkshire, England We awoke on our 14th wedding anniversary in Alan Bowyer’s B&B to partake of the last full English breakfast of the heart-clogging kind. Tomorrow, we will awake in our flat in High Holborn and will eat sensibly again. I took a turn around his lovely…