sO, it's Wednesday evening. This is probably the last time I'll write from the Castle. In a way, that's sad, but maybe "sad" isn't the best way express the way I feel. Leaving here feels like putting down a book at the sound of a knock at the door. Of course, it's probably been obvious that I've been anxious to come home... and I am. I'm ( Read more... )

On Friday night, I left the computer lab, and on my way to my room I found Susie, Scott, Paul, James, Francis and Andrew Rostin drinking tea and playing monopoly in Sophie's. I didn't really want to think about money myself(not even pretend money), but it was a beautiful sight to behold. I mean, could the scene have been more wholesome? I wasn't ( Read more... )

I awoke from a dream and lay there in the dark. In a reverie ( Read more... )

So... I've been on the computer the entire day. I was looking through all digital photos that people had uploaded onto the server when I came across a picture of the moat. The moat was frozen over in the photo, and I thought to myself, "Wait, that must have been taken today. I scrolled down and found a picture of the computer lab. I realized ( Read more... )

#1. Congratulations to Matt(!) for being accepted to the CIRCUS ARTS PROGRAM in AUSTRALIA!!! We will miss him from January 2006- 2008, but that's the price you have to pay for having a friend living the oldest dream-- running away to join the circus. I'm so happy for you, MATT! Matt ( Read more... )

today susie and i paid a bewildering amount of money for a tour of the Tower of London, which for your information is 3 stories tall, and took a tour of the Globe theater. The Globe was a very vibrant, living place. I know I'll have to come back someday during the summer performance season. We're staying at a nice hostel tonight, but we don't ( Read more... )

Thank you for the music, Jonathan! I love you! off to london... feeling a little better...

During our time in Florence, I felt the castle group begin to coalesce. We were led around all day (for four days) looking at Renaissance art and architecture, but it felt different from the Amsterdam and Paris excursions when the big group felt embarrassing and obnoxious. I genuinely enjoy being led around unfamiliar places, so it was nice. But ( Read more... )

The first night I was in Rome, I decided to walk to the Flaminio Village Bungalow Park. You might ask yourself... um, why? Well, I don't know exactly. I heard they had cheap rooms and for some reason, the fact that the road Via Flaminio Nuovo was located at the very edge of my map wasn't daunting. I walked for four hours-- down swanky city- ( Read more... )

My pen moved its blue ink across the page, but my eyes seemed to be looking at the words from the bottom of a lake. I just kept breathing in my rising memories like the air that fogs a bathroom mirror and smells of hot soap and wet skin. Tears slipped down my silent face, calm and unhitched by the halting breath of a hurried traveler who is ( Read more... )