so the play last night was ridiculous. first of all, being in ACTUAL stratford-upon-avon, rather than fake canada stratford, was amazing in itself. but we saw a play performed by england's best acting group. it was a great experience. richard ii was a real "chuffer", so one of our program leader's told me, which i think means gay...
TODAY: i took the train into oxford again, had a shakespeare class with an oxford graduate who recently got his ph.d, had lunch served to us in the dining hall of regent's park college, walked the streets of oxford, had tea with the principal of regent's, took the train back, had a meeting at the baptist church in charlbury, shopped for dinner, made dinner, read oedipus rex with 6 others, and now i'm back at the baptist church using the internet.
this is the first breath of air i have had in 4 days. we literally have had no time to ourselves since we have arrived, with outrageous amounts of work already, and no end in sight, at least until our first unplanned and unpacked day on saturday. it's really great, though, i'm having too much fun probably, but i'm not sleeping right yet, so it's hard to get through the day without falling asleep these past few days.
i took some pictures of my killer house today so i should be able to load them up tommorow, but for now i'm putting up some random (and far from extraordinary) pictures i've taken so far. but the weather has been somewhat grey, so i will most likely supplement when the sun shines again (it did yesterday for a bit but not today).
anyways for now, i'm still getting used to the crazy people who drive on the wrong side of the road, the endless cups of tea (that i now drink without sugar, only milk), toast for breakfast, sounding like an uncouth monster next to the locals, surviving on few hours of sleep, grey skies, buildings that are hundreds of years old, and somewhat crazy teeth.....
oh and ps. for those of you who have seen love actually, i had a moment on the plane that killed me for about the rest of the trip. you know when natalie's mom first meets the prime minister and says, "hello, david"... well we had a few male flight attendants on the plane, and one of them said to the other as he went up to his cart, "hello, david", in the same voice as natalie's mom. i died.
cheers.
2 comments:
very cool pictures laura - where are you in that big chair and is the picture with the laneway and cottages where you are staying? its beautiful despite the weather - hope you sleep well luv, & let me know if you need a new plug thingy cuz i will mail you one! LOVE AND MISS YOU!
wait a minute, the male flight attendant sounded like natalie's mom? perhaps he was a "chuffer"?
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