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Bangers and Grits: An adventure of castle-tastic proportions.
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Saturday, February 14, 2009. An adventure of castle-tastic proportions. To preserve or excavate the most important bits before they can proceed with the build. I guess that's what happens when a society exists for thousands of years on one island - the deeper you go, the more layers of history you encounter, kind of like a big English onion. Or not. Castle, this one). Once the Zouch family line ended, the castle changed hands many times. Often (much more fre...
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Bangers and Grits: September 2008
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Monday, September 29, 2008. Canal boats and castles and Lord Mayors (oh my! This Wednesday, October 1st, I have my very first class as a graduate student. Luckily for me (pictured here with my first pint in the UK as a graduate student), out of the nearly two thousand pages of "recommended" reading, only about 32 are required. Nonetheless, I imagine I'm going to be making a lot of space in my brain for all those words. wish me luck! St Mary's Church (built in 11...
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Bangers and Grits: September 2009
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Saturday, September 19, 2009. Highlights Reel (Part I - March). Okay, for one, I've been attempting to complete an entire masters thesis in less than 3 months (ALMOST DONE! And two, I've also. Been attempting to squeeze in copious amounts of fun and see as much of and visit as many people in England/Scotland/Ireland/ Europe as time has allowed this summer between bouts of said thesis. The end result? We also explored many historic things, such as this famous pub...
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Bangers and Grits: February 2009
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Saturday, February 14, 2009. An adventure of castle-tastic proportions. To preserve or excavate the most important bits before they can proceed with the build. I guess that's what happens when a society exists for thousands of years on one island - the deeper you go, the more layers of history you encounter, kind of like a big English onion. Or not. Castle, this one). Once the Zouch family line ended, the castle changed hands many times. Often (much more fre...
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Bangers and Grits: No time for faffing...
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Sunday, May 3, 2009. No time for faffing. So in my last post, I forgot to include my absolute FAVO(U)RITE new word. Faffing. As in, I spent all day faffing about and accomplished nothing. Faffing really does encompass so many wonderful things. You can faff in the kitchen, in a park, on the internet. anywhere, really. Endless applications! And it goes so well with 'procrastinating,' which is another of my favo(u)rite words (and pastime activities). This Californi...
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Bangers and Grits: May 2009
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Sunday, May 3, 2009. No time for faffing. So in my last post, I forgot to include my absolute FAVO(U)RITE new word. Faffing. As in, I spent all day faffing about and accomplished nothing. Faffing really does encompass so many wonderful things. You can faff in the kitchen, in a park, on the internet. anywhere, really. Endless applications! And it goes so well with 'procrastinating,' which is another of my favo(u)rite words (and pastime activities). This Californi...
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Bangers and Grits: Highlights Reel (Part I - March)
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Saturday, September 19, 2009. Highlights Reel (Part I - March). Okay, for one, I've been attempting to complete an entire masters thesis in less than 3 months (ALMOST DONE! And two, I've also. Been attempting to squeeze in copious amounts of fun and see as much of and visit as many people in England/Scotland/Ireland/ Europe as time has allowed this summer between bouts of said thesis. The end result? We also explored many historic things, such as this famous pub...
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Bangers and Grits: October 2008
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One southerner's sojourn in the old world. Tuesday, October 21, 2008. And speaking of stereotypes of British vs. American culture and humo(u)r. Thanks to my friend Laura (who is studying about 12 miles away at Lloughborough University) for forwarding this to me. I got a chuckle out of it. A (fictional, obviously) letter from the Queen:. To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 3 July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 4 You will learn to r...