In addition to being St. George's Day, today was also the birthday of our favorite Bard. Naturally, the Globe theatre wasn't going to ignore that, so they held a party in a unique theatre style, and let everyone in free.

( Shakespeare's birthday, with Romans )

Date: Saturday, 18 March, 2006 ( Read more... )

I have a huge backlog of pictures to post, so I'll just start at the beginning and go through them in order. These are from several weeks ago, on my first excursion with my BritRail pass. There are some things you just have to do in England, and seeing Stonehenge is one of them. I happen to like ancient history, though, so I had a great time ( Read more... )

After a long and bitter struggle, a three-way peace treaty has been reached between my camera, this computer, and myself. The result? I have pictures. Lots and lots of pictures from the past several weeks. I'll start with the most recent, from this past weekend.

( Group trip to St. Ives )

Yes, Americans do indeed do things backwards. (Shock! Surprise!) Let me explain how I found this out ( Read more... )

You know that list of books I have that I need to read sometime in my life? I don't know if anyone else has a similar list, but if you do, you need to put The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay on it. Although I should warn you, it's not the sort of book everyone would enjoy. Personally, I think it's one of the most beautiful, breathtaking ( Read more... )

( Harry wouldn't have noticed it was there. The people hurrying by didn't glance at it. Their eyes slid from the big book shop on one side to the record shop on the other as if they couldn't see the Leaky Cauldron at all. )

The gypsy curse of doubles has either spread or transferred. Yesterday Rebecca and I got dressed at completely different times, yet both put on red sweaters. We might be in trouble here.

As promised...pictures! You don't want to know how long it took me to upload these.

( Architecture and tourism )

So, let's try for a coherent update this time, now that I've had sleep and am more or less organized. I'll just give you some highlights from the past few days ( Read more... )

I haven't really slept for about 22 hours, but I am in London! Huzzah! I've done a bit of exploring in the neighborhood, and at some later date I'll tell you about it and share quite a few pictures I've taken of random architectural features. Even the view across the street from my window is interesting...and just now that view included a horse- ( Read more... )