Tag: United Kingdom

  • Stories from Westminster

    Stories from Westminster

    A big shout out to our friends Cathy and Morgan from Ottawa, Canada. Twenty years ago we were invited to a long weekend BBQ at their place in Ottawa.  There were a number of people there who participated in a water fight (Oliver and I lost big time!).  Anyways, when we blogged that we were…

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  • A Marvelous Musical

    A Marvelous Musical

    Last night, my family and I went to see Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London to have fun. The play is based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. Matilda is a fun musical about a five year old girl named Matilda Wormwood (at our show Matilda was played by Lottie Sicilia) who…

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  • “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your Ears….”

    “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend me your Ears….”

      Last year at school, we studied the Renaissance period and also performed the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. During this unit, some of my classmates did a project on the Globe Theatre which was the theatre where Shakespeare performed his plays. I was interested to see it in person while we were in…

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  • My Future University

    My Future University

    Today, we drove to Oxford – my future university. We went on two tours to learn about the city’s history and see where I’ll be going to class. In the city, I learned about the flag.  The flag looks like an ox crossing a river or a ford.  If you put “ox” and “ford” together you…

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  • The Magical City of Glastonbury

    The Magical City of Glastonbury

    I really liked visiting the city of Glastonbury because it’s the most magical city that I have ever seen. It wasn’t even just a feeling in your bones; it was everywhere. The first site we went to was Glastonbury Abbey. Since the Abbey was destroyed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries during Henry the 8th’s…

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