I'm home!   Back in the Great White North (although it thankfully wasn't white when I arrived; if it had been snowing in mid-July I would have gone back to England and the rain).  Hello everyone!  After saying goodbye to the people in Exeter, I met my mum in London and we started our whirlwind tour of Britain. It was the same sort of tour as the ( Read more... )

I'm back from the land of the "Kamikaze motor scooters," otherwise known as Italy.  I also went to Paris, but there I didn't have a tour guide giving it a funny name.  It was fabulous and if people ask me about it I'll probably talk their ears off, so be warned.  A frantic list of places visited, some only for a short time, is Paris-Rome-Sorrento- ( Read more... )

This is going to be long, sorry!  It's mostly for me.

Yesterday was my first solo daytrip, and I didn't even die get lost.  I went to Salisbury (in southern Wiltshire) and from there visited the cathedral, Stonehenge, and Old Sarum.  It involved catching an eight-thirty train during my reading week, but I'll survive.  Especially since I live thirty ( Read more... )

Well, I’m back after a long sojourn. In fact, I’m back from New York City! Mum, Dad, Emily, and I were in New York from Monday to yesterday (well, New York State anyway: we spent Monday night in Albany before taking the train to NYC). I'll just summarize here ( Read more... )

I officially love Quebec City. Okay, that was established years ago, but this weekend reinforced my love for it. Mmm, cobblestones and hills and old stone buildings. And the store that sold medieval clothes! I would have bought a dress if only I had a few hundred extra dollars kicking around and a place to wear it. We performed in this old ( Read more... )