Monthly Archives: March 2011
I am attending university here, you know.
And yes, it’s called “university.” Not “college,” and most definitely not “school.” School is for children only in the UK. Even more confusing is college. Your first two years of secondary school (what we would call high school) are in … Continue reading
Huh. Seeing lots of plays.
So, there are three types of theatre I go to, here in Londontown. First, there are shows I see for my Theatre in London class. Those are about once a week (give-or-take) and tend to be things I never have … Continue reading
Bits
Sorry I haven’t been posting as often as I would like. I got back from Cardiff and had my first midterm the next day, and then Purim, and now I’m really in the swing of midterms. Plus, I’m unhappy with … Continue reading
Video Experiment!
I’m experimenting with my video player! Dasi Makes Challah and Our Kitchen Bread developments: Dasi had discovered a fantastic bread recipe, honey whole-wheat or something like that, and I might have insisted she make it since, because just this once … Continue reading
Two Shabbatot Ago, in Short. And Last Shabbos, Even Shorter.
I mentioned that I had been trying to get together with my friend Rachel in England, but we kept having conflicts. So I called her up and asked about shabbos! She lives in Stanmore, at the end of the Jubilee … Continue reading
A Week of Theatre!
I’m still playing catch up, so this isn’t about this past week, but the week before. In brief, I spent a lot of the week trying to arrange a meet-up with Rachel, a friend from midrasha, before giving up an … Continue reading
Shabbos at College! What a Concept!
Or rather, as this is England, I went to shabbos at Uni. University of Cambridge in fact. Yes, that Cambridge. Becky (the friend I stayed with two posts ago) sympathized with my desire to GO EVERYWHERE AND SEE EVERYTHING and … Continue reading
