Tuesday marked our second trip outside the constant rumble of central London.  This time our destinations were Avebury and Salisbury, about 2 hours due west of London.
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This week marks our last full week in London. ::cue tears here::

But the good thing is, this is the time when each of us spend the majority of our free time working on independant projects that can only be done in London. Mine is on the wonderful British painter of light, JMW Turner.   » Read more…

During Shakespeare’s day people out on the city with acute artistic hunger had many genres and venues to choose. Some would see a comedy or tragedy at the Globe, others would go to the Rose theatre, and still others would wave their hands at impeccable plays and instead watch bear bating at the local arena.   » Read more…

Its been a little too long since the last posting.  Sadly, (well, not sadly at all actually) we’re off shortly to hear the London Symphony Orchestra so I’ll have to keep this brief.

I occasionally wonder… If there was a way to plot on a map all of our daily journeys to and from multiple venues and galleries and shows and concert halls, what the spiderweb would look like.   » Read more…

Last Wednesday we went to Coventry Cathedral and Stratford-upon-Avon on our very first day-trip.  It was wonderful to get out into the countryside after a week of busy London. Those who managed to stay awake during the early morning coach ride were treated to glorious views of the English countryside, complete with fluffy sheep and neat hedgerows.   » Read more…

This morning our group of transient Goshenites  traveled en masse to  Westminster Abbey.   » Read more…

Today was the first official class session for us Arts in Londoners (which means climbing 4 flights of stairs, sitting in a hot room for a couple of hours trying to hear the lecture over the traffic noise, and taking an ‘interval’ for some delicious British ‘digestives’).  The lecture was to prepare us for the day that awaits us tomorrow – a service at Westminster Abbey.   » Read more…

13.5 hours of sleep does a body real good!  So does a large english breakfast, which consists of bacon, egg, a stange (but good) sausage, beans, cooked tomato, toast, and tea or coffee.  After that amazing start to the day, we got to work burnning off those Calories with another, larger tour of the city.  Today’s tour got us used to the London Underground (the subway system), and we visited many of the venues and sites that we’ll ned to find later for mandatory performances.   » Read more…

That’s exactly what it felt like yesterday. After arriving in London at 7 a.m. (2 a.m. our time) we proceded to our hotel around 10 a.m. Upon unpacking and getting situated, we then left for a five hour walk around the our area of the city where we will be living the next three weeks.   » Read more…