Monday, January 24, 2005


Jeremy, piping in the haggis for Burns Night. The tradition is a piper enters, followed by a pousy nancy (Katie, behind Jeremy), the chef and then the host (barely visible, behind Jeremy). The host was Professor Gordon Sparks, who organized the whole night. The night is one of Scottish celebration.


For the dance, members of the Scottish dancing community were invited into our ballroom. Most of the people from the community were older than the students, so we had a mix of half-students and half-community. It was good fun. The last dance was a circular dance, while we sang "Auld Lang Syne". Here are the people I ws across from, most of whom were wearing their family's tartan.


Burns Night - Jeremy and I are trying to figure out the steps. Oh dear.


Justin, practicing before he did his rendition of "Green Grow the Rashes O' " and "The Star O' Robbie Burns"

Sunday, January 23, 2005


Stonehenge. It's first rocks were placed around 5000 years ago to mark the Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice. Other rocks were added in the familiar circular formation over the next 800 years, very slowly with rocks from all over Great Britain.


Oooh, old rocks.


The Cathedral in Salisbury, home of Europe's tallest spire. But, unfortunately, the spire is crooked. Inside the cathedral is one of 4 surviving original copies of the Magna Carta.


Juan, Ryan, Justin, Eveline, Jeremy and I. Hanging out in "downtown" Salisbury, complete with Starbucks... ah, globalization. Jocelyn, I'm sure you're proud of me getting Starbucks around the world!