Blog entry #2, reporting from Greatham, England
Living in a manor house reminiscent of Professor Kirke's in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is just as enchanting as it sounds. There are towering staircases, secret passageways, and fireplaces in nearly every room. Outside, we are surrounded by 3 small gardens, an ancient cemetery, a courtyard, and luscious green pastures stretching for miles. The house itself is brick, complete with ivy entangling the windows and lattices.
There are so many people from all over the world here, it is really diverse. From Germany to Sweden, to Florida to Michigan, to Scotland and Ireland, it has been a great experience making cross cultural connections, and of course, my accent is getting quite good.
The rest of England is just as, if not more, beautiful than I imagined. Took a lovely day trip to Brighton (Capitol Hill meets England) where I pierced my nose and saw actor Jonathon Groff outside a vintage mall and briefly talked to him! (Jesse, from Glee!) In London I saw Les Miserables, which was brilliant, as to be expected. Buckingham Palace may have been the biggest let down as it is situated right next to a large traffic circle and Stone Henge is just as stony and a little more hengy than I expected, it rocks.
The English pubs are wonderful and as romantic as you would expect. I learned the embarrassing way that you do not tip the bartenders here...I must say that the English lads are rather enamored with the young American girl smoking her pipe though. Keepin' it real, Seattle.
I miss you all dearly, and I wish that each of you could be here to enjoy this time with me. It is truly wonderful to be here and I have lots of time and space to think about life and to reflect and ponder its mysteries.
(if you want to check out some of the things I am working on in my spare time, I will be posting creative writing pieces as usual. Thanks to each of my faithful readers, you know who you are, mom and dad. haha. Off to kiss some English men, after all, I'm Irish. signing off....)
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Your description of Stone Henge--"just as stony and a little more hengy than I expected, it rocks." had me laughing and snorting!! I love reading and re-reading this clever summary of your time over there. So great. MISS YOU!!! LOVE YOU!!!
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That manor house must be fascinating, and the mysteries you have stumbled upon in this journey I must simply wonder about. It is truly a misfortune that Buckingham was not up to your expectations, but enjoy living in the world of past and present clashing splendidly.
ReplyDeletei miss you and your clever witticisms.
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ReplyDeleteI love that when I read this I hear your voice in my head with your lovely seattle-attle accent! your English accent, I have to confirm, is pretty good but I hope you are working on your Scottish one!
looking forward to reading some creative writing on here!
blessings
xxx
ahhhh....let's trade :) sounds a bit more romantic than amman!
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