Ten on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Things that are Red
I love red -- I really, really do -- so I thought when I saw this week's Ten on Tuesday topic, that this would be an easy one. Hmmm . . . not the slam dunk I thought it would be!1. Strawberries -- I love them on their own, dipped in chocolate, on shortcake with...
Ten on Tuesday: “I am . . . “
Starting this week, I'll be joining a group of bloggers who post on the same topic every Tuesday. The overall title of this project is "Ten on Tuesday"; typically the assignment is to list 10 somethings-or-others -- whatever fits the assignment. This week is a bit...
A Rainy — Very Rainy — Day in London
This past Friday brought our first excursion to London. I opened the blinds early that morning to gray skies and rain, walked to our meeting point in the rain, rode all the way to London in . . . . well, I think you get the picture. Things did change a bit after...
Roman Baths and a Magnificent Abbey
We spent the night at a Holiday Express just on the edge of Oxford and travelled through fairly hard rain to Bath, where we enjoyed touring the Roman baths at our own leisure using individual audio devices. I'm sure Roman ruins are not everyone's cup of tea, but I...
A Beautiful University and a Historical Gathering Place
Saturday morning found me boarding yet another bus, this time with about 30 students, the Illinois mentor, and a tour guide -- all of us bound for Oxford to visit Oxford University. Our tour guide was wonderful. Throughout our journey, she shared interesting facts...
A Gorgeous Seaside Village . . .
Originally, I had planned to write about the entire past weekend in one post, but I simply couldn't get the post short enough to make that feasible; my internal editor couldn't convince the writer in me to cut much of anything. Instead, I'll be sharing via 3 posts...
The Prince and the Pea
I am not stiff-necked, and I don't mind apologizing when I have wronged someone. So here you go, Rich. I apologize for inwardly doubting you.Let me explain. Rich is one of my colleagues (from another of my college's four campuses), and he served as the Canterbury...
Introducing the ????? Ten . . . “My” Canterbury Group
As I explained in an earlier post (or 2 -- I tend to repeat myself), I am here in Canterbury as the mentor to 10 students who come from either the community college at which I teach or the community college in a neighbouring city. I made a conscious decision before...
Living with Less . . . and Living Well
44 - 9 = 35.That equation indicates the number of pounds -- 35 -- of stuff (other than my laptop and ipad) I brought with me to England for a 3-month stay. The airline allows one checked bag of no more than 50 pounds; to play it safe, and because I don't like to...
A Castle, a Fort, and the Largest 2nd-hand Bookstore in England
We ventured out on our first group excursion on Friday with a trip to Rochester, Kent, a town (formerly, a city, but more on that later) about 3o miles this side of London (northwest of Canterbury, southeast of London).A little background information about these...