tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70011823298582274342024-03-08T13:50:44.753-08:00My Literary PilgrimageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06746861437685994761noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-24229672589052659672010-08-31T21:23:00.000-07:002012-02-28T19:59:18.866-08:00So Long, Farewell....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it comes to this, my very last post on this blog. I'm almost teary-eyed. It's the last and final chapter in a piece of my unforgettable study abroad experience. Thankfully, it's not <em>the </em>very last piece. I'm planning to make a scrapbook about studying abroad, with all the little things I saved--it will be my first, so that will be an adventure in of itself. I've been asked to write about my experiences for a school publication as the first undergraduate of my program to study abroad, and that will be very exciting too (let the writer's block begin!).<br />
That's enough about the future for now. The last entry is when one should be waxing poetic, but I am unfortunately horrible with poetry--my only attempts (for school) have been safely locked away in a vault with other possible blackmail material. So instead I hope to wax whimsical, if such a thing is possible.<br />
What have I learned? Hmmm...<br />
-Always, always, always get a map <em>before</em> you get lost in a foreign city--or, at least know where one is located nearby with a nice big symbol that says "You Are Here."<br />
-Give me a map and I can find my way--at least by the third time around.<br />
-You don't always <em>want</em> to use a map when visiting a site, sometimes wandering around is just fine--especially if the map looks like a piece of mysterious modern art with no obvious connection to a discernible physical layout, as can happen at large significant cultural institutions.<br />
-Hydration is a very good thing--and by hydration, I mean drinking water, lots of it.<br />
-Not all civilized countries have air conditioning (and that's okay).<br />
-If a food stand is selling "jackets," they're referring to jacket <em>potatoes (</em>small baked potatoes).<br />
-"Cress" is alfalfa sprouts, but "watercress" is something else<br />
-Fries are chips, and chips are crisps.<br />
-An elevator is a lift, but a restroom is not the loo, it's a toilet.<br />
-It's not a movie theater, or even a film theat<em>re</em>, it's a cinema (I found this out while asking directions--went through about half a dozen synonyms before a lightbulb went off and the person said: "Oh, you mean a <em>cinema</em>...")<br />
-Free museums are awesome<br />
-British people like (or at least don't mind) nice young clueless Americans, and can be <em>very</em> kind to them<br />
-Americans are evidently considered a bit exotic by some<br />
-Only order fish 'n' chips when you're really hungry-- talk about generous portions!<br />
-You can tell how many tourists regularly eat at a restaurant or other food place by if they have ketchup, how much and where they keep it (do you have to ask for it?).<br />
-It's not just Southerners who use terms of endearment ("honey," "sugar," etc.) with strangers--UK natives just use different ones ("love" was the most common: "you just go down that road and turn left, love") <br />
-There's a thrill one can get only by seeing the real original<br />
-Don't be afraid to ask for directions--just find someone safe, official-looking and friendly to ask<br />
[Note: despite how many times I've mentioned asking for directions, I really did find my own way almost all of the time.]<br />
-"Cheers!" works for just about any method or mode of communication--thank you, goodbye, c'est la vie, you're welcome, <em>whatever.</em><br />
-Bring earplugs! If not for the airplane, then just in case you want to sleep when there's someone loudly coming in after midnight from pubbing/clubbing or you're near enough to the river that psychotic seagulls can wake you up shortly after the pubber/clubber scene settles.<br />
-Remember, whatever you buy you will also have to pack.<br />
-Smile and laugh as much as possible. Whatever happens, it's why we call it an adventure!<br />
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Well, I gave some money, a handful of sanity and a month of my life, and what did I get in return? A posse of friends whom I hope to always keep, 3 t-shirts, a couple of postcards, almost 900 pictures, a little elephant in a kilt, a dozen kooky stories to tell, a renewed sense of wonder in Providence, and a summer I'll never forget.<br />
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Thanks very much, I hopeall this was as enjoyable for you reading as it was for me writing.<br />
Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-36899862938107253442010-08-31T20:19:00.002-07:002010-08-31T20:19:38.631-07:00Around the Dorm (Last Picture Post)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I wanted to give you a small taste of my home away from home :)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Presenting a few small vignettes:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xazkhGeI/AAAAAAAABJ0/HPYu-9H_gGI/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xazkhGeI/AAAAAAAABJ0/HPYu-9H_gGI/s320/005.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>my room, from the window</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xlABFKkI/AAAAAAAABJ8/n7kRo4odkQg/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xlABFKkI/AAAAAAAABJ8/n7kRo4odkQg/s400/007.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>my room, from the door</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xta632XI/AAAAAAAABKE/UUqfp8YmSJw/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xta632XI/AAAAAAAABKE/UUqfp8YmSJw/s400/042.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>door to the flat--</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>note that the fire door is propped open with a fire extinguisher;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this was the only way for air to circulate at all,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and was banned as soon as it was noticed by responsible people who lived elsewhere</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xxHUHvlI/AAAAAAAABKM/y_dOjuwAWCI/s1600/367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2xxHUHvlI/AAAAAAAABKM/y_dOjuwAWCI/s400/367.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the dorm was a haven for such quiet birds as this one,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>as well as some not-so-quiet birds--</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>like the seagulls who started screaming at about 4:00 every morning.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2x-Dp4G5I/AAAAAAAABKU/0VltMfPjGvo/s1600/377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2x-Dp4G5I/AAAAAAAABKU/0VltMfPjGvo/s400/377.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>our front door, viewed from across the street</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2yIc3WJtI/AAAAAAAABKc/oYHOQYajh_0/s1600/471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2yIc3WJtI/AAAAAAAABKc/oYHOQYajh_0/s400/471.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>hanging out in the laundry room, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>affectionately known as "the dungeon" </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>for both its subterannean location and basic comfort level,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>which was in the same building as the dorms but accessed by a door down the street</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2yUZxtVVI/AAAAAAAABKk/ALhOW0MQisk/s1600/731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2yUZxtVVI/AAAAAAAABKk/ALhOW0MQisk/s400/731.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>housekeeping :)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ygRbbHII/AAAAAAAABKs/nSVwafz34vc/s1600/810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ygRbbHII/AAAAAAAABKs/nSVwafz34vc/s400/810.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>contents of my refridgerator during the last week:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>my daily fruit, a small stash of chocolate,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and a whole lot of water bottles (I actually had a couple more)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ysnsIT3I/AAAAAAAABK0/kKBhu_kJzUU/s1600/834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ysnsIT3I/AAAAAAAABK0/kKBhu_kJzUU/s400/834.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>these stairs led from the lobby area to the courtyard;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>we had the fun of rolling our suitcases down them at the beginning</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and hoisting luggage up them at the end of the month</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20ywr4QqI/AAAAAAAABMU/Z8uVj9CIWTQ/s1600/477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20ywr4QqI/AAAAAAAABMU/Z8uVj9CIWTQ/s400/477.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the stairs also included the two bulletin boards that were our main source of information</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2y44Ufn8I/AAAAAAAABK8/orLr93m8Ar8/s1600/835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2y44Ufn8I/AAAAAAAABK8/orLr93m8Ar8/s400/835.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>posted hither and thither about the courtyard--</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>any sound could be heard by anyone in the inner ring of rooms</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20mXoMC0I/AAAAAAAABMM/16SfnKgStU8/s1600/439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20mXoMC0I/AAAAAAAABMM/16SfnKgStU8/s400/439.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>stairwell-- </em><em>the only way that you knew whether or not</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>you had reached your floor was </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>by </em><em>peeking around the corner towards the elevator!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zOYRvVJI/AAAAAAAABLM/p_nxCFHUvUk/s1600/836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zOYRvVJI/AAAAAAAABLM/p_nxCFHUvUk/s400/836.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zzz13xdI/AAAAAAAABLk/3PEU4ZnZqi8/s1600/837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zzz13xdI/AAAAAAAABLk/3PEU4ZnZqi8/s400/837.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20Mgeo55I/AAAAAAAABL8/yLmbXOp5Fd8/s1600/840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH20Mgeo55I/AAAAAAAABL8/yLmbXOp5Fd8/s400/840.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>keys, both traditional and card form</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(and the ring is a joke between me and my mom, not real)</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-9392679235295663982010-08-31T20:19:00.001-07:002010-08-31T20:19:26.335-07:00Sherlock Holmes Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH26rrBrHPI/AAAAAAAABMk/tRQPAMc5VmM/s1600/751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH26rrBrHPI/AAAAAAAABMk/tRQPAMc5VmM/s400/751.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Baker Street tube station was part of the World's First Underground Railway,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the London Tube. The original stations were dug </em>by hand<em>, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>as this was before any related machinery came to be.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH263_Jl_yI/AAAAAAAABMs/32I6FdIaCts/s1600/752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH263_Jl_yI/AAAAAAAABMs/32I6FdIaCts/s400/752.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Until recently, there was no 221B Baker Street address,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>which would explain why a fictional character lived there.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>However, the place now known as 221B </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>is an original boardinghouse of the time period </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>in which the Sherlock Holmes series is set.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27D1l4jXI/AAAAAAAABM0/buFpjmMfor0/s1600/753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27D1l4jXI/AAAAAAAABM0/buFpjmMfor0/s400/753.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>what you do while you wait in line to go inside...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>they also had a Watson bowler hat if there were two of you.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I could have done a better (less dorky and/or awkward) pose, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>but I'd seen far too many people put that pipe in their mouths! </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I was keeping it as far away as possible.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27OVQsK6I/AAAAAAAABM8/su6IuZCAORI/s1600/754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27OVQsK6I/AAAAAAAABM8/su6IuZCAORI/s400/754.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sherlock's laboratory and violin, in the parlor area</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27aogB13I/AAAAAAAABNE/6X4IICTUhyM/s1600/755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27aogB13I/AAAAAAAABNE/6X4IICTUhyM/s400/755.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>nerd's delight</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27ogUGc7I/AAAAAAAABNM/xRaTK6EXl_s/s1600/756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH27ogUGc7I/AAAAAAAABNM/xRaTK6EXl_s/s400/756.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the desk, and my elephant of the day</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(by the way, the books are of the series)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28I7vXP4I/AAAAAAAABNc/RDgt-w5rJDI/s1600/757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28I7vXP4I/AAAAAAAABNc/RDgt-w5rJDI/s400/757.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this is a </em>real<em> candle burning!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28eE0jgII/AAAAAAAABNs/K2HnzV2HzAk/s1600/758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28eE0jgII/AAAAAAAABNs/K2HnzV2HzAk/s400/758.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sherlock Holmes' bedside</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29AdpmcDI/AAAAAAAABOE/FKPH-K_XWFA/s1600/759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29AdpmcDI/AAAAAAAABOE/FKPH-K_XWFA/s400/759.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the man, the myth, the legend, the fictional character...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29hvoJ0zI/AAAAAAAABOk/IsFESniLGiw/s1600/760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29hvoJ0zI/AAAAAAAABOk/IsFESniLGiw/s400/760.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this made me laugh--salt and pepper shakers!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29_RyonfI/AAAAAAAABO0/4M1WSMKnpPA/s1600/762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29_RyonfI/AAAAAAAABO0/4M1WSMKnpPA/s400/762.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>there were also dummies demonstrating various dramatic scenes</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_4U2hccI/AAAAAAAABP0/d8S3Va7xADU/s1600/766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_4U2hccI/AAAAAAAABP0/d8S3Va7xADU/s400/766.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-ogpH6VI/AAAAAAAABPM/xoU2ytFwVLQ/s1600/763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-ogpH6VI/AAAAAAAABPM/xoU2ytFwVLQ/s400/763.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This contained a motion sensor, and sounded like a dinosaur roaring.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Or, rather, like a sound-effect of a dinosaur roaring.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AagVoAXI/AAAAAAAABQM/kelDrvlxsgI/s1600/767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AagVoAXI/AAAAAAAABQM/kelDrvlxsgI/s400/767.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Part of Baker Street tube station</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-49935746927111592912010-08-31T20:19:00.000-07:002010-08-31T20:19:11.844-07:00The Last Few Libraries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH272z6cOTI/AAAAAAAABNU/pTH7Ycro43c/s1600/744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH272z6cOTI/AAAAAAAABNU/pTH7Ycro43c/s320/744.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>we visited the Reading Room of the Royal Geographical Society </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>on Tuesday of the last week</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28QN1DLKI/AAAAAAAABNk/gKyQGq-4gYY/s1600/773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28QN1DLKI/AAAAAAAABNk/gKyQGq-4gYY/s400/773.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>On Thursday, we had our last visit:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Maughan Library of King's College</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28woGU4QI/AAAAAAAABN8/3GeeUxf-lrM/s1600/774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28woGU4QI/AAAAAAAABN8/3GeeUxf-lrM/s400/774.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3BALApytI/AAAAAAAABQs/OOjiLgBZwFw/s1600/776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3BALApytI/AAAAAAAABQs/OOjiLgBZwFw/s400/776.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3DtFNh0rI/AAAAAAAABRM/sw7R2re4Gzk/s1600/777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3DtFNh0rI/AAAAAAAABRM/sw7R2re4Gzk/s400/777.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>in the stacks</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3D6Jc1pfI/AAAAAAAABRU/JxswL-X5T1g/s1600/778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3D6Jc1pfI/AAAAAAAABRU/JxswL-X5T1g/s400/778.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Circle Reading Room</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-33234390123830101042010-08-31T20:06:00.000-07:002010-08-31T20:06:54.736-07:00Sauntering Down the South Bank<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>These photos are from my last Friday abroad, some of my last visits and things.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28nvewqVI/AAAAAAAABN0/4FJgNznaKtc/s1600/784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH28nvewqVI/AAAAAAAABN0/4FJgNznaKtc/s320/784.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Laurence Olivier</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29F-_O0GI/AAAAAAAABOM/J98YR31In7E/s1600/785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29F-_O0GI/AAAAAAAABOM/J98YR31In7E/s320/785.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>South Bank</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29bxdTrUI/AAAAAAAABOc/sq8rn5pHjaM/s1600/787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29bxdTrUI/AAAAAAAABOc/sq8rn5pHjaM/s400/787.JPG" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>seagulls in the UK are something else</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29xLo8P-I/AAAAAAAABOs/Dq8r_0uIXus/s1600/789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH29xLo8P-I/AAAAAAAABOs/Dq8r_0uIXus/s400/789.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-C2eqglI/AAAAAAAABO8/QJnsyNIUO58/s1600/790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-C2eqglI/AAAAAAAABO8/QJnsyNIUO58/s400/790.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-NOwliqI/AAAAAAAABPE/0jv29jzfzL4/s1600/792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-NOwliqI/AAAAAAAABPE/0jv29jzfzL4/s400/792.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>my first destination</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-usdz9sI/AAAAAAAABPU/4zmXhzwywvs/s1600/793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2-usdz9sI/AAAAAAAABPU/4zmXhzwywvs/s400/793.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_FLlQW8I/AAAAAAAABPc/gG-XKiRQTJ0/s1600/794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_FLlQW8I/AAAAAAAABPc/gG-XKiRQTJ0/s400/794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_raIAb6I/AAAAAAAABPk/NWf6fhdCZNg/s1600/797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2_raIAb6I/AAAAAAAABPk/NWf6fhdCZNg/s400/797.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>at the Oxo Towers</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3ACNgaDZI/AAAAAAAABP8/IWoguKix9h8/s1600/799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3ACNgaDZI/AAAAAAAABP8/IWoguKix9h8/s400/799.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AG2rkIkI/AAAAAAAABQE/RHx5dqQLlc8/s1600/800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AG2rkIkI/AAAAAAAABQE/RHx5dqQLlc8/s400/800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a barge on the Thames</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3Ab6odrhI/AAAAAAAABQU/B-7AMv4hOyM/s1600/802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3Ab6odrhI/AAAAAAAABQU/B-7AMv4hOyM/s400/802.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AoN8x-xI/AAAAAAAABQc/tNnaXTmLSNs/s1600/806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3AoN8x-xI/AAAAAAAABQc/tNnaXTmLSNs/s400/806.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>next: the Tate Modern</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3A_vl0XaI/AAAAAAAABQk/znzhWYAfWrw/s1600/807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3A_vl0XaI/AAAAAAAABQk/znzhWYAfWrw/s400/807.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3BJnxsNeI/AAAAAAAABQ0/zOQc1YBFuxk/s1600/809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH3BJnxsNeI/AAAAAAAABQ0/zOQc1YBFuxk/s400/809.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Finally: Master's Super Fish!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'd heard about this place, first from my flight stwewardess,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>then from one of my guidebooks.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Finally found it on the last Friday,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>but it was definitely worth it.</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-48456539179249531392010-08-31T18:48:00.000-07:002010-08-31T19:33:10.550-07:00Around London<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>While all of these pictures are from various parts of London,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> they were not all taken around the same time.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I've got a little bit of everything thrown together in this one post:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>some from the first week, some from other weeks,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>even a few from the last day.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oICbgUiI/AAAAAAAABGE/JrVzWUkAR7Y/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oICbgUiI/AAAAAAAABGE/JrVzWUkAR7Y/s400/025.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Nelson at Trafalgar</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oDFxJt8I/AAAAAAAABF8/eVlWbwZu8Aw/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oDFxJt8I/AAAAAAAABF8/eVlWbwZu8Aw/s400/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oc0R4PWI/AAAAAAAABGU/K7kvmZxNvdA/s1600/732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oc0R4PWI/AAAAAAAABGU/K7kvmZxNvdA/s400/732.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>incoming tube</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2op8JOiaI/AAAAAAAABGc/GK4mq9tDiFw/s1600/734.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2op8JOiaI/AAAAAAAABGc/GK4mq9tDiFw/s400/734.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>live music at Covent Garden</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ouPDSh_I/AAAAAAAABGk/Nx0SAu2_-_0/s1600/735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ouPDSh_I/AAAAAAAABGk/Nx0SAu2_-_0/s400/735.JPG" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>that's a real person--</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>there were a few people posing as statues like this;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this one was my favorite</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2o6abmA8I/AAAAAAAABGs/cWsTWUF0bow/s1600/742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2o6abmA8I/AAAAAAAABGs/cWsTWUF0bow/s400/742.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Royal Albert Hall,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>where the BBC Proms festival is held</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pB7RGt4I/AAAAAAAABG0/ETiluISgd4I/s1600/743.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pB7RGt4I/AAAAAAAABG0/ETiluISgd4I/s400/743.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pJq7wCmI/AAAAAAAABG8/aYCJ0BGlp-g/s1600/745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pJq7wCmI/AAAAAAAABG8/aYCJ0BGlp-g/s400/745.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Harrod's</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Admittedly, I did not shop there. Just gawked.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pVyAqXAI/AAAAAAAABHE/cgUCS1nCGo0/s1600/746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pVyAqXAI/AAAAAAAABHE/cgUCS1nCGo0/s400/746.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>from one of the tube stations</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pmLhwe3I/AAAAAAAABHM/WmV8wtkE0bk/s1600/747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pmLhwe3I/AAAAAAAABHM/WmV8wtkE0bk/s400/747.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this is how they tell tourists which way to look for oncoming traffic!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pyLCoyTI/AAAAAAAABHU/fHyfUPh-jVw/s1600/749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2pyLCoyTI/AAAAAAAABHU/fHyfUPh-jVw/s400/749.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the original Twinings tea store;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>they have been in this location for over 300 years!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2p-RyqDVI/AAAAAAAABHc/xlZ9LLA_EAM/s1600/750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2p-RyqDVI/AAAAAAAABHc/xlZ9LLA_EAM/s400/750.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>another tube station,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>one of the rare ones with more than a single rail in view</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qEqeqo4I/AAAAAAAABHk/E6evQWgyIpk/s1600/779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qEqeqo4I/AAAAAAAABHk/E6evQWgyIpk/s400/779.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this made me think of the Inception trailer</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qRe8TsUI/AAAAAAAABHs/H1AlSdD_Zos/s1600/780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qRe8TsUI/AAAAAAAABHs/H1AlSdD_Zos/s400/780.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this made me feel a little claustrophobic</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qYd5SvZI/AAAAAAAABH0/kuIDT5yysPc/s1600/781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qYd5SvZI/AAAAAAAABH0/kuIDT5yysPc/s400/781.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the ship-in-a-bottle at Trafalgar</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qmEc8ZzI/AAAAAAAABH8/5qWfM7t4EG0/s1600/782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qmEc8ZzI/AAAAAAAABH8/5qWfM7t4EG0/s400/782.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>an Agatha Christie murder mystery play,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>where the ending is different every performance!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qyYoSt2I/AAAAAAAABIE/gcSYAr0oVMg/s1600/784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2qyYoSt2I/AAAAAAAABIE/gcSYAr0oVMg/s400/784.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Laurence Olivier statue on the South Bank,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>near the National Theatre</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2q-lef0nI/AAAAAAAABIM/RbZchQxFVDo/s1600/813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2q-lef0nI/AAAAAAAABIM/RbZchQxFVDo/s400/813.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Leicester Square Odeon,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>where all the movie premieres are held</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2rMvMrHKI/AAAAAAAABIU/PSx7C_s1EbY/s1600/815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2rMvMrHKI/AAAAAAAABIU/PSx7C_s1EbY/s400/815.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...<em>it's also where handprints occur.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2rcil4eFI/AAAAAAAABIc/tIJOEuBb7o8/s1600/816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2rcil4eFI/AAAAAAAABIc/tIJOEuBb7o8/s400/816.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ro1F_CuI/AAAAAAAABIk/Ir0cXA3p4Ug/s1600/817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ro1F_CuI/AAAAAAAABIk/Ir0cXA3p4Ug/s400/817.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2r2ejdKSI/AAAAAAAABIs/Oo1L4DQXk-E/s1600/819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2r2ejdKSI/AAAAAAAABIs/Oo1L4DQXk-E/s400/819.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The National Gallery</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2r9libm-I/AAAAAAAABI0/OJkjT1uUrRg/s1600/820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2r9libm-I/AAAAAAAABI0/OJkjT1uUrRg/s400/820.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Trafalgar Square</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sFOcrgyI/AAAAAAAABI8/gNI9cpY5Rkk/s1600/823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sFOcrgyI/AAAAAAAABI8/gNI9cpY5Rkk/s400/823.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>near Leicester and Trafalgar Squares</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sRZsWrxI/AAAAAAAABJE/_fMy4yuGBFo/s1600/824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sRZsWrxI/AAAAAAAABJE/_fMy4yuGBFo/s400/824.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Near Leicester Square;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>we were always tempted to go in and see what their accent was.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sd2wYwfI/AAAAAAAABJU/5_Ri6czgHDQ/s1600/827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sd2wYwfI/AAAAAAAABJU/5_Ri6czgHDQ/s400/827.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Leicester Square tube stop</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sVt0tXUI/AAAAAAAABJM/aJrOVkZ5kzY/s1600/826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sVt0tXUI/AAAAAAAABJM/aJrOVkZ5kzY/s400/826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>pigeon</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sqIhQBlI/AAAAAAAABJc/-7CloHNguyw/s1600/830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2sqIhQBlI/AAAAAAAABJc/-7CloHNguyw/s400/830.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>tube ad for the London Eye</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2tCYB9oPI/AAAAAAAABJs/CgsCxWU9qUE/s1600/841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2tCYB9oPI/AAAAAAAABJs/CgsCxWU9qUE/s400/841.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Pedestrian traffic center</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2s2cjQWpI/AAAAAAAABJk/6AwERI8yJSE/s1600/831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2s2cjQWpI/AAAAAAAABJk/6AwERI8yJSE/s400/831.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a typical tube stop</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oRB5c2II/AAAAAAAABGM/QQywxhNsmbM/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2oRB5c2II/AAAAAAAABGM/QQywxhNsmbM/s400/031.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Big Ben</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zFvVDwvI/AAAAAAAABLE/aMgjOEpPpkc/s1600/370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zFvVDwvI/AAAAAAAABLE/aMgjOEpPpkc/s320/370.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>one of my favorite advertisements, featuring the "A Team"</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH23h4wSDBI/AAAAAAAABMc/AXkkCYVxqvo/s1600/476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH23h4wSDBI/AAAAAAAABMc/AXkkCYVxqvo/s320/476.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a designated "busking" spot in the tube,</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>where musicians would set up and play to earn money.</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The poster reads, "Let Music Transport You"</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zzIkpsTI/AAAAAAAABLc/W0edeKz2wgE/s1600/475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zzIkpsTI/AAAAAAAABLc/W0edeKz2wgE/s400/475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zX5_vhiI/AAAAAAAABLU/l5Gv9ecJs9k/s1600/474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2zX5_vhiI/AAAAAAAABLU/l5Gv9ecJs9k/s400/474.JPG" width="372" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-36847969652891758992010-08-31T18:08:00.000-07:002010-08-31T18:08:49.291-07:00Oxford University's Museum of Natural History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2a30DMw7I/AAAAAAAABCU/ZkiLWaX-UDk/s1600/694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2a30DMw7I/AAAAAAAABCU/ZkiLWaX-UDk/s400/694.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bAvU0SYI/AAAAAAAABCc/efopOKlnwho/s1600/695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bAvU0SYI/AAAAAAAABCc/efopOKlnwho/s400/695.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bNf9O3TI/AAAAAAAABCk/W2YXXgiYTfk/s1600/696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bNf9O3TI/AAAAAAAABCk/W2YXXgiYTfk/s400/696.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bXrLWsBI/AAAAAAAABCs/hv_FbKIub5U/s1600/697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bXrLWsBI/AAAAAAAABCs/hv_FbKIub5U/s400/697.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bkhQVkmI/AAAAAAAABC0/CCKXVaV_da4/s1600/698.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bkhQVkmI/AAAAAAAABC0/CCKXVaV_da4/s400/698.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a </em>hare<em>, not a rabbit</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bw-sVAqI/AAAAAAAABC8/zZU_Dgj2Sd0/s1600/700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2bw-sVAqI/AAAAAAAABC8/zZU_Dgj2Sd0/s400/700.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2b7in1U5I/AAAAAAAABDE/eOVQCOx4GSs/s1600/701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2b7in1U5I/AAAAAAAABDE/eOVQCOx4GSs/s400/701.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cIAMNI7I/AAAAAAAABDM/lmJyNxU9MZs/s1600/702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cIAMNI7I/AAAAAAAABDM/lmJyNxU9MZs/s400/702.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cVb1seaI/AAAAAAAABDU/UvTF978fO-c/s1600/704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cVb1seaI/AAAAAAAABDU/UvTF978fO-c/s400/704.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ciyEurqI/AAAAAAAABDc/9fD2_Z2fseo/s1600/705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2ciyEurqI/AAAAAAAABDc/9fD2_Z2fseo/s400/705.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cteNe6gI/AAAAAAAABDk/ylrmk9ithi0/s1600/706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2cteNe6gI/AAAAAAAABDk/ylrmk9ithi0/s400/706.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>an aardvark, in the flesh</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2c4lXcEII/AAAAAAAABDs/E_lfAm2TF1U/s1600/707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2c4lXcEII/AAAAAAAABDs/E_lfAm2TF1U/s400/707.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dEiGduZI/AAAAAAAABD0/na_kBARRNeo/s1600/708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dEiGduZI/AAAAAAAABD0/na_kBARRNeo/s400/708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dPqwaOdI/AAAAAAAABD8/Vwmr1tohD5c/s1600/709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dPqwaOdI/AAAAAAAABD8/Vwmr1tohD5c/s400/709.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>kiwi bird</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dcclvIBI/AAAAAAAABEE/OcPzaXqeRZQ/s1600/710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dcclvIBI/AAAAAAAABEE/OcPzaXqeRZQ/s400/710.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>to put it in perspective, the guy on the right is really tall</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dmilpT_I/AAAAAAAABEM/5Sl-Zq--FHk/s1600/711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dmilpT_I/AAAAAAAABEM/5Sl-Zq--FHk/s400/711.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>looking for the Oxford Dodo...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>not finding it in the downstairs section, I made my way up</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2dy9spKcI/AAAAAAAABEU/-SXSZtygZeg/s400/712.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...<em>and simply found a bird's eye view of the bird section I had just left</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eAccVyiI/AAAAAAAABEc/v9Ok3RlxX3s/s1600/713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eAccVyiI/AAAAAAAABEc/v9Ok3RlxX3s/s400/713.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>...as well as the other areas I had walked through</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(anyone spot the dodo?)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eNLrRhDI/AAAAAAAABEk/rvcSHDRGZIM/s1600/714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eNLrRhDI/AAAAAAAABEk/rvcSHDRGZIM/s400/714.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eafza10I/AAAAAAAABEs/drYv1BsQWwQ/s1600/715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2eafza10I/AAAAAAAABEs/drYv1BsQWwQ/s400/715.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>while I enjoyed the view,</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>it was closing time and I had yet to find the Dodo.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So I went back downstairs and asked.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2em9bMk0I/AAAAAAAABE0/tI6lg4WKgSE/s1600/716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2em9bMk0I/AAAAAAAABE0/tI6lg4WKgSE/s400/716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>voila! turns out it was in the middle of the fossils section, not the birds</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the head all the way to the right on the shelf </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and the feet near the top left corner are all that remains of the original Oxford Dodo,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the only one brought alive to Oxford.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2mezgmNAI/AAAAAAAABF0/R_O2jGJ5rvA/s1600/717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2mezgmNAI/AAAAAAAABF0/R_O2jGJ5rvA/s400/717.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>thankfully, they also have a cool skeleton</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2e-l6i4GI/AAAAAAAABFE/GFlSCbcYPMc/s1600/718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2e-l6i4GI/AAAAAAAABFE/GFlSCbcYPMc/s400/718.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>evil White Rabbit?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fMuj0ryI/AAAAAAAABFM/qkZSQl_ukbs/s1600/719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fMuj0ryI/AAAAAAAABFM/qkZSQl_ukbs/s400/719.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>an entire display on Lewis Carroll's </em>Alice<em>, featuring animals from the narrative</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fZhfGeYI/AAAAAAAABFU/swzS_bZyegQ/s1600/720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fZhfGeYI/AAAAAAAABFU/swzS_bZyegQ/s400/720.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fmNGonPI/AAAAAAAABFc/BEdEeJ1940w/s1600/721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2fmNGonPI/AAAAAAAABFc/BEdEeJ1940w/s400/721.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>see the hedgehog?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2f2DLG68I/AAAAAAAABFk/HTUeD-Y-Yao/s1600/722.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2f2DLG68I/AAAAAAAABFk/HTUeD-Y-Yao/s400/722.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>these footprints are from the local area!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2gHIgW77I/AAAAAAAABFs/8ZFYRSL9b0M/s1600/723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2gHIgW77I/AAAAAAAABFs/8ZFYRSL9b0M/s400/723.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span id="goog_385944774"></span><span id="goog_385944775"></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-55231234676062905442010-08-31T17:09:00.000-07:002010-08-31T17:09:19.746-07:00The Ashmolean Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz5vVXheMI/AAAAAAAAA_E/vIZS3M2xtGc/s1600/650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz5vVXheMI/AAAAAAAAA_E/vIZS3M2xtGc/s400/650.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz54vt-cdI/AAAAAAAAA_M/JF31e67Q25M/s1600/655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz54vt-cdI/AAAAAAAAA_M/JF31e67Q25M/s400/655.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and this is a side door, </em>not<em> the main door!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz6-QhBnVI/AAAAAAAAA_c/c_Jyu4v-yqM/s1600/657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz6-QhBnVI/AAAAAAAAA_c/c_Jyu4v-yqM/s400/657.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>demonstrating the fit of ancient horse tackle</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7IBq-7TI/AAAAAAAAA_k/6SNkbdX1ILo/s1600/658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7IBq-7TI/AAAAAAAAA_k/6SNkbdX1ILo/s400/658.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7UpEowHI/AAAAAAAAA_s/ZG7AfbQhKlI/s1600/659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7UpEowHI/AAAAAAAAA_s/ZG7AfbQhKlI/s400/659.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>these are usually what you see in books!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1_c8sW26I/AAAAAAAABBs/eYOVIX0vk_M/s1600/656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1_c8sW26I/AAAAAAAABBs/eYOVIX0vk_M/s400/656.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>AMAZING :)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7g3h9b6I/AAAAAAAAA_0/KqNgthJwsK0/s1600/661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7g3h9b6I/AAAAAAAAA_0/KqNgthJwsK0/s400/661.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>looking through the entire museum in a single glance</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7r2zGRPI/AAAAAAAAA_8/M1a7SBxgV38/s1600/662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz7r2zGRPI/AAAAAAAAA_8/M1a7SBxgV38/s400/662.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz74I7j38I/AAAAAAAABAE/z8W83N8jScM/s1600/663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz74I7j38I/AAAAAAAABAE/z8W83N8jScM/s400/663.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>another neat view across multiple levels and exhibits of the museum</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz8FOMGEEI/AAAAAAAABAM/RGpHP9x28WA/s1600/665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz8FOMGEEI/AAAAAAAABAM/RGpHP9x28WA/s400/665.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this may look like an Asian language...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz8Ryo46cI/AAAAAAAABAU/AQxFIBTRm0c/s1600/666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz8Ryo46cI/AAAAAAAABAU/AQxFIBTRm0c/s400/666.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>...but it's really English written in box form-- see some familiar words?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1_lK7J-yI/AAAAAAAABB0/h8r09pLr670/s1600/671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1_lK7J-yI/AAAAAAAABB0/h8r09pLr670/s400/671.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>There was an entire gallery of elephants!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH0FRmYy79I/AAAAAAAABAk/0tqb7zTbJJs/s1600/669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH0FRmYy79I/AAAAAAAABAk/0tqb7zTbJJs/s400/669.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-Kj6BONI/AAAAAAAABAs/K6mcOsQsYHM/s1600/674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-Kj6BONI/AAAAAAAABAs/K6mcOsQsYHM/s400/674.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>each item made by a patron represents something in the museum's collections;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>each of the stand's levels stands for a floor or level of the museum</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-QZy16GI/AAAAAAAABA0/UsK0k062_ZE/s1600/675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-QZy16GI/AAAAAAAABA0/UsK0k062_ZE/s400/675.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>looking up the middle of the museum</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-cyZOpRI/AAAAAAAABA8/qpLHReEdYX8/s1600/676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-cyZOpRI/AAAAAAAABA8/qpLHReEdYX8/s400/676.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-pZz06bI/AAAAAAAABBE/wtpOD29-Eco/s1600/677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-pZz06bI/AAAAAAAABBE/wtpOD29-Eco/s400/677.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>one of the few Greek/Roman statues of a non-deity,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>"The Old Fisherman"</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-2nc0OsI/AAAAAAAABBM/iInL3V0EgtU/s1600/678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-2nc0OsI/AAAAAAAABBM/iInL3V0EgtU/s400/678.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The number is a count of how many times the left side has been touched.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I had to poke it a couple of times to test it.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It also climbed up a bit as I watched without touching, though,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>so it's not entirely accurate.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It's still a good illustration of the wear and tear from touching.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-__MpjqI/AAAAAAAABBU/Ko6dEZzGdNE/s1600/682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH1-__MpjqI/AAAAAAAABBU/Ko6dEZzGdNE/s400/682.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Powhatan's Cloak!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/TH2AoZb_zkI/AAAAAAAABB8/I8hDCKtr_lA/s1600/673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0HgpFF9I/AAAAAAAAA80/C1krsIz36mU/s1600/648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0HgpFF9I/AAAAAAAAA80/C1krsIz36mU/s400/648.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The bus stop at Victoria Station for the Oxford Tube,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a 24/7 bus service between London and Oxford</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0QTLlk6I/AAAAAAAAA88/z3ULxc1EabM/s1600/649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0QTLlk6I/AAAAAAAAA88/z3ULxc1EabM/s400/649.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Someone put little silhouttes like this all over town.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0ckAdhMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/Vjsyv1ipt9k/s1600/650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0ckAdhMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/Vjsyv1ipt9k/s400/650.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Ashmolean Museum--which merits its own post, and will have it in a moment</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0qtQ-2tI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Yk_sY3ZzfCg/s1600/653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0qtQ-2tI/AAAAAAAAA9M/Yk_sY3ZzfCg/s400/653.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Eagle and Child, or Bird and Baby, Pub</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Where the Inklings (including C.S. Lewis and Tolkien) met</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz03-vGOJI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Cjj0uqVRP2Q/s400/654.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I roamed around inside and saw the Rabbit Room, where the Inklings met,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>but there was no room to be had, so I ate lunch elsewhere</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0_3ZnGbI/AAAAAAAAA9c/i_iY1h8xtzU/s1600/685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz0_3ZnGbI/AAAAAAAAA9c/i_iY1h8xtzU/s400/685.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>looking down busy Cornmarket Street</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz15pqUR8I/AAAAAAAAA98/WEct40hI5XI/s1600/690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz15pqUR8I/AAAAAAAAA98/WEct40hI5XI/s400/690.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This made me laugh, as did most attempts at Tex Mex</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2DTRWXiI/AAAAAAAAA-E/rsFT5FSmbmY/s1600/691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2DTRWXiI/AAAAAAAAA-E/rsFT5FSmbmY/s400/691.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2P_6q1CI/AAAAAAAAA-M/EcGinmlHJoc/s1600/693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2P_6q1CI/AAAAAAAAA-M/EcGinmlHJoc/s400/693.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2aUbLE9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/49AaSTFp41s/s1600/694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2aUbLE9I/AAAAAAAAA-U/49AaSTFp41s/s400/694.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Oxford University's Natural History Museum,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>which also will have its own post</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2m6tN7yI/AAAAAAAAA-c/STmwpheva18/s1600/724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THz2m6tN7yI/AAAAAAAAA-c/STmwpheva18/s400/724.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<em>and view the chambers and belongings of Mary Queen of Scots,</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>then promenade through the remains of the old Abbey</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>and the lovely gardens as well. </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Admittedly, you are only allowed to use your camera outside of the palace, </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>in the Abbey or the grounds.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THzskzYGxbI/AAAAAAAAA6k/3tfe_BdIPqE/s1600/629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THzskzYGxbI/AAAAAAAAA6k/3tfe_BdIPqE/s400/629.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxots_tk0I/AAAAAAAAA6E/En-e3I2pQNo/s400/616.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>where they used to deliver the latest news and edicts from London</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(secretly equipped with stairs and tunnels to Parlaiment, just in case the news was not well recieved)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxo2KtWTCI/AAAAAAAAA6M/EjqOjJDsM2s/s1600/618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxo2KtWTCI/AAAAAAAAA6M/EjqOjJDsM2s/s400/618.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxpJXPYlsI/AAAAAAAAA6c/e-UdLitikPo/s1600/606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxpJXPYlsI/AAAAAAAAA6c/e-UdLitikPo/s400/606.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>they used to always place stairwells outside, to use up as little space as possible</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxo-eZyZoI/AAAAAAAAA6U/-8EG7ifpcQE/s1600/619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxo-eZyZoI/AAAAAAAAA6U/-8EG7ifpcQE/s400/619.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the perfect ending to a long, rainy day: a double rainbow!</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-51083516429380925022010-08-30T19:26:00.000-07:002010-08-30T19:26:04.956-07:00In Dalkeith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxniaGoJeI/AAAAAAAAA48/tEhpZ8QOP8s/s400/512.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>for some reason, this almost always amuses me!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxnp2MaL0I/AAAAAAAAA5E/SMn841ln4Yo/s400/624.JPG" width="372" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>A snail on the path to Dalkeith Palace.</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-64900459170588578092010-08-30T19:17:00.000-07:002010-08-30T19:17:42.810-07:00National Archives of Scotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxlfJA9CcI/AAAAAAAAA4M/n8jOi8VAgeE/s1600/597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THufs6dOcoI/AAAAAAAAAw0/A32eCq60ARc/s1600/506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THufs6dOcoI/AAAAAAAAAw0/A32eCq60ARc/s400/506.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-38777445468442441062010-08-29T19:39:00.000-07:002010-08-30T19:28:17.094-07:00Around Edinburgh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsV40G6_mI/AAAAAAAAAu0/XRaQgLW0UwM/s1600/490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsV40G6_mI/AAAAAAAAAu0/XRaQgLW0UwM/s320/490.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>UK seagulls are crazy!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWEvoCQLI/AAAAAAAAAu8/FZ46ijsGbI4/s400/495.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>view from the backroom of Elephant House--see Edinburgh Castle in the distance?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWSXw19lI/AAAAAAAAAvE/S3iKBofhb9w/s1600/496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWSXw19lI/AAAAAAAAAvE/S3iKBofhb9w/s400/496.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Strolling around Edinburgh</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWaw9q1xI/AAAAAAAAAvM/-Ec_KQc4w8M/s1600/499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWaw9q1xI/AAAAAAAAAvM/-Ec_KQc4w8M/s400/499.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWyC1pkOI/AAAAAAAAAvU/vWEQRenktYQ/s1600/588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsWyC1pkOI/AAAAAAAAAvU/vWEQRenktYQ/s400/588.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Stalking us while we had a picnic lunch</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsW9-tcrWI/AAAAAAAAAvc/su7W-hOEJzE/s1600/590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsW9-tcrWI/AAAAAAAAAvc/su7W-hOEJzE/s400/590.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYeOs0nNI/AAAAAAAAAvs/fKAhOiPnvYc/s1600/595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYeOs0nNI/AAAAAAAAAvs/fKAhOiPnvYc/s400/595.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYlcrTrbI/AAAAAAAAAv0/WOZ8RdwYmlo/s1600/601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYlcrTrbI/AAAAAAAAAv0/WOZ8RdwYmlo/s400/601.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYrZUXYZI/AAAAAAAAAv8/DS-kI2PKo4c/s1600/602.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYrZUXYZI/AAAAAAAAAv8/DS-kI2PKo4c/s400/602.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYy7EHIgI/AAAAAAAAAwE/cMzdgcXPJxA/s1600/603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsYy7EHIgI/AAAAAAAAAwE/cMzdgcXPJxA/s400/603.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsY_CvqH7I/AAAAAAAAAwM/h9GaJQMyIMg/s1600/593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsY_CvqH7I/AAAAAAAAAwM/h9GaJQMyIMg/s400/593.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THuiNudTKFI/AAAAAAAAAxc/dG96r8h6xhM/s1600/510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THuiNudTKFI/AAAAAAAAAxc/dG96r8h6xhM/s400/510.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I finally got to use my raincoat and umbrella!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxol6NHg9I/AAAAAAAAA58/iDTCLxzq24Y/s1600/628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THxol6NHg9I/AAAAAAAAA58/iDTCLxzq24Y/s400/628.JPG" width="372" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-16628401545593452112010-08-29T19:19:00.000-07:002010-08-29T19:19:04.096-07:00Libraries in Edinburgh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsSwF_rwgI/AAAAAAAAAuk/DLG2kyo2qDo/s1600/498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsSwF_rwgI/AAAAAAAAAuk/DLG2kyo2qDo/s400/498.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Central Library of Edinburgh</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsSkFh53wI/AAAAAAAAAuc/Nf_4SH3XV1E/s1600/497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsSkFh53wI/AAAAAAAAAuc/Nf_4SH3XV1E/s400/497.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The National Library of Scotland</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsPhnYHyGI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5zYEDoy5AdI/s1600/491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsPhnYHyGI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5zYEDoy5AdI/s400/491.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>they kept the exhibit area pretty dim</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsP6nSok3I/AAAAAAAAAuM/9NQl0TZZiyE/s400/493.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the "Publishing Machine" game</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsPuKPSRoI/AAAAAAAAAuE/ZOtIMbtukV0/s400/492.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>playing around with the Publishing Machine</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsS3ngjjYI/AAAAAAAAAus/kiviLOCVl2c/s1600/494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsS3ngjjYI/AAAAAAAAAus/kiviLOCVl2c/s400/494.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Jane Austen's pod</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-2772313147677326212010-08-29T18:49:00.000-07:002010-08-29T18:49:30.405-07:00Dalkeith Palace, aka "Wisconsin in Scotland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIwQxkTBI/AAAAAAAAAs0/wF5VgRArR8U/s1600/513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIwQxkTBI/AAAAAAAAAs0/wF5VgRArR8U/s400/513.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The late Dalkeith Palace is inside the country park </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(it's now called Wisconsin in Scotland)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsLL3fXqRI/AAAAAAAAAt0/D_dKCEGaMIE/s1600/515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsLL3fXqRI/AAAAAAAAAt0/D_dKCEGaMIE/s400/515.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>front of the house</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsHlv8I5NI/AAAAAAAAAr8/20Vy5X2IiFc/s1600/483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsHlv8I5NI/AAAAAAAAAr8/20Vy5X2IiFc/s400/483.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>my hallway</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsHwaxHH_I/AAAAAAAAAsE/4-ryt7Av0PI/s1600/484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsHwaxHH_I/AAAAAAAAAsE/4-ryt7Av0PI/s400/484.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>another hallway on my floor</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsH6tkxygI/AAAAAAAAAsM/EU8D56U-aFY/s1600/485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsH6tkxygI/AAAAAAAAAsM/EU8D56U-aFY/s400/485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>yes, that is a skull on the windowsill.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>My guess is that it formerly belonged to a sheep.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIdJWkF4I/AAAAAAAAAsk/mdzhtPcvRO8/s1600/488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIdJWkF4I/AAAAAAAAAsk/mdzhtPcvRO8/s400/488.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a sign of former glory</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsK_HN5_-I/AAAAAAAAAts/zW0tTTlZIo0/s1600/627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsK_HN5_-I/AAAAAAAAAts/zW0tTTlZIo0/s400/627.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a view from down what could be called either a road or a really long driveway</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKEfFD8VI/AAAAAAAAAtE/lZe9foBIHCk/s1600/620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKEfFD8VI/AAAAAAAAAtE/lZe9foBIHCk/s400/620.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>interior shots</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKQwwrcaI/AAAAAAAAAtM/yTeBQjocPTs/s1600/621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKQwwrcaI/AAAAAAAAAtM/yTeBQjocPTs/s400/621.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKdTIaxcI/AAAAAAAAAtU/kZviN4X4PG8/s1600/622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKdTIaxcI/AAAAAAAAAtU/kZviN4X4PG8/s400/622.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKl7hDAuI/AAAAAAAAAtc/cGchsn4PsrE/s1600/623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsKl7hDAuI/AAAAAAAAAtc/cGchsn4PsrE/s400/623.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>lots of old wardrobes scattered throughout</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIJLx54LI/AAAAAAAAAsU/bgurAnCU1PE/s1600/486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIJLx54LI/AAAAAAAAAsU/bgurAnCU1PE/s400/486.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the old servants' staircase;</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I enjoyed using it, until I noticed the spiders crawling along above my head</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIUEzQicI/AAAAAAAAAsc/3Q3W2-pXHos/s1600/487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsIUEzQicI/AAAAAAAAAsc/3Q3W2-pXHos/s400/487.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsInSHvmpI/AAAAAAAAAss/DpITBjmbnIw/s1600/489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsInSHvmpI/AAAAAAAAAss/DpITBjmbnIw/s400/489.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-50160089364485684402010-08-29T18:19:00.000-07:002010-08-29T18:19:48.482-07:00SCOTLAND!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>You could automatically tell when we'd crossed into Scotland--</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>everything was suddenly GREEN!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGEsUOtEI/AAAAAAAAArk/YiF3rfpQlgQ/s1600/478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGEsUOtEI/AAAAAAAAArk/YiF3rfpQlgQ/s400/478.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGKwGrq1I/AAAAAAAAArs/t9XC88CP1FY/s1600/479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGKwGrq1I/AAAAAAAAArs/t9XC88CP1FY/s400/479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>and rainy, which is probably why everything was so green.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGXBUtUZI/AAAAAAAAAr0/fK-jRZCI5jQ/s1600/482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsGXBUtUZI/AAAAAAAAAr0/fK-jRZCI5jQ/s400/482.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>very scenic views.</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-38368552226171132782010-08-29T18:10:00.000-07:002010-08-29T18:13:11.831-07:00Laundry Party!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Without any previous planning, a good number of us all happened to have the same thought of getting our laundry done before the rush started. We all braved the dungeon together and had a blast. 'Cause that's how we roll ;)</em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsDtroia0I/AAAAAAAAArM/fyz_p3Hp3WE/s1600/471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsDtroia0I/AAAAAAAAArM/fyz_p3Hp3WE/s400/471.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsEIqvg5rI/AAAAAAAAArc/gaG6hrXNPyg/s1600/473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsEIqvg5rI/AAAAAAAAArc/gaG6hrXNPyg/s400/473.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-17655911813178760802010-08-29T18:03:00.000-07:002010-08-29T18:03:20.566-07:00Class Daytrip to Oxford<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>On the way to the Bodleian Library:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAFfukIlI/AAAAAAAAAps/6I5R2zxo_0s/s1600/454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAFfukIlI/AAAAAAAAAps/6I5R2zxo_0s/s400/454.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAL9d7CFI/AAAAAAAAAp0/gmejaDPTE68/s1600/453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAL9d7CFI/AAAAAAAAAp0/gmejaDPTE68/s400/453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsArN2RpLI/AAAAAAAAAqM/oBOjnVApscg/s400/457.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Bodleian Library! I was so excited.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAh-RWlMI/AAAAAAAAAqE/-4KIB01VGj4/s1600/456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsAh-RWlMI/AAAAAAAAAqE/-4KIB01VGj4/s400/456.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>one of the smaller entrances of the Bodleian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsA28giCyI/AAAAAAAAAqU/WDOvecR9Gf4/s1600/458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsA28giCyI/AAAAAAAAAqU/WDOvecR9Gf4/s400/458.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the main entrance to the Bodleian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBCoWeTEI/AAAAAAAAAqc/NzjaULzJU7s/s1600/459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBCoWeTEI/AAAAAAAAAqc/NzjaULzJU7s/s400/459.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>tour group photo</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBOo6FH9I/AAAAAAAAAqk/iU6LlZwkPUc/s400/460.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the old Theology School, one of the first buildings of Oxford University.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Every single piece of the ceiling has meaning, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>our guide said he could spend hours just to begin to explain it all</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBZfPmfEI/AAAAAAAAAqs/iik2UUPHB8Y/s400/461.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the tunnels underneath the Bodleian, now closed for a few years of renovation</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBi6mM-CI/AAAAAAAAAq0/5VnRaj1jK7M/s1600/466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBi6mM-CI/AAAAAAAAAq0/5VnRaj1jK7M/s400/466.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>in the stacks of the Bodleian</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBunjsZOI/AAAAAAAAAq8/8a-uNvoxsCc/s1600/467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsBunjsZOI/AAAAAAAAAq8/8a-uNvoxsCc/s400/467.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsB1MWyWqI/AAAAAAAAArE/NK5CWphfyTg/s1600/468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THsB1MWyWqI/AAAAAAAAArE/NK5CWphfyTg/s400/468.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>this is what you have to read and swear to recieve a reader's card for the Bodleian.</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-57135406949012080232010-08-29T17:47:00.000-07:002010-08-29T17:47:40.314-07:00Paddington Station<div align="center"><em>Paddington Station is where we left from and then returned to on our daytrip to Oxford.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmv_v6uIXI/AAAAAAAAApM/D1ir890wmBU/s1600/451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmv_v6uIXI/AAAAAAAAApM/D1ir890wmBU/s400/451.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Such a neat mixture of ornate old and sleek modern</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwJCak56I/AAAAAAAAApU/uWj__lVFVDQ/s1600/450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwJCak56I/AAAAAAAAApU/uWj__lVFVDQ/s400/450.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Paddington Bear's Stall at Paddington Station</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwVZeZcAI/AAAAAAAAApc/gqpNj9J-B68/s1600/452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwVZeZcAI/AAAAAAAAApc/gqpNj9J-B68/s320/452.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I love anything swirly, like the areas above the arches</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwfouw3lI/AAAAAAAAApk/fkRIFwywmN0/s1600/470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmwfouw3lI/AAAAAAAAApk/fkRIFwywmN0/s400/470.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Paddington Bear at Paddington Station</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001182329858227434.post-61193498337601673672010-08-28T17:50:00.000-07:002010-08-28T17:50:54.271-07:00the Victoria and Albert Museum of Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmpuaEw53I/AAAAAAAAAoE/rmFOrD8PWQU/s1600/441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmpuaEw53I/AAAAAAAAAoE/rmFOrD8PWQU/s400/441.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>the Victoria and Albert, aka the V&A, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>looks quite impressive, even from across the street</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmp5hrdcaI/AAAAAAAAAoM/7qatbog6CPk/s1600/442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmp5hrdcaI/AAAAAAAAAoM/7qatbog6CPk/s400/442.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Hanging from the middle of the entryway</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqGurevpI/AAAAAAAAAoU/mhi_MP2dOpU/s1600/443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqGurevpI/AAAAAAAAAoU/mhi_MP2dOpU/s400/443.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>From the gallery on stained glass and sacred silver</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqPpcVD6I/AAAAAAAAAoc/8-gm5VdEPUs/s1600/444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqPpcVD6I/AAAAAAAAAoc/8-gm5VdEPUs/s400/444.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>An original letter from Beatrix Potter to the son of her former governess,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>with a small story that she thought might amuse him while he was feeling under the weather.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>We know the story as the Tale of Peter Rabbit.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqhDXfyzI/AAAAAAAAAos/mulgprjeQY8/s1600/446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqhDXfyzI/AAAAAAAAAos/mulgprjeQY8/s400/446.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Beatrix also liked to illustrate scenes from her favorite books,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>such as Alice in Wonderland</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqqhB4yBI/AAAAAAAAAo0/8BIkVAdnyjY/s1600/447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmqqhB4yBI/AAAAAAAAAo0/8BIkVAdnyjY/s400/447.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Peter Rabbit in various languages</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmq2KOTOhI/AAAAAAAAAo8/foDKMlk-iHw/s1600/448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GwsUhiEW5ZY/THmq2KOTOhI/AAAAAAAAAo8/foDKMlk-iHw/s400/448.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>a book tower built in the curve of a stairway,</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>part of an exhibition on what architects can do with small spaces.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>You could climb up in it and look around a bit, </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>but since I could see it wiggle with each step I wasn't too particularly inclined to do so!</em></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0