Friday, July 17, 2009Salisbury, Wiltshire The ancient town of Salisbury is in Wiltshire, west of London, an area filled with renowned tourist attractions such as Stonehenge, Stourhead Gardens, the Georgian city of Bath and Avebury. But somehow, I had simply not managed to get there even though its cathedral is definitely worth a visit. Awaking…
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Freud Museum, Regent’s Park Open Air Theater, Hounslow & Richmond
Thursday, July 16. 2009London Featuring prominently on my List of Things To-Do in London was the Freud Museum and I am amazed that I have waited so long to see it. Five years ago, this would probably have been my first stop in London as I was steeped in Freudian theories as I was researching…
Wessex and Winchester Cathedral
Friday, February 20, 2009 Winchester and Portsmouth Holborn was stirring slowly when I took the bus along Gray’s Inn Road to King’s Cross and found my way to NIDO, our student dorms on Pennington Road. Despite being told several times that our departure was scheduled for 7. 45, six of my students thought it was…
Stonehenge and The Golden Georgian City of Bath
Friday and Saturday, September 12 and 13, 2008Stonehenge and Bath In all my travels in the UK, I have never been to Stonehenge. Avebury many years ago, yes, Stonehenge never. So, it was with anticipation that I arrived at this ancient site of mammoth sarcen and blue stone hoping to grasp at some of the…