On Wednesday, Jamie arranged for a guest speaker from Bethlem Hospital (psychiatric), nicknamed Bedlam (the hospital, not the speaker). Caroline was marvelous and I really enjoyed the talk especially the case studies and before/after photos of patients from the late 1800's.
Today, Thanksgiving, was an odd day. It's my first time out of the country for this, my favorite, holiday. I don't teach on Thursdays, so Chuck & I headed out to Greenwich where the prime meridian is (longitude 0 0 00). We took the #188 bus from Russell Square which wandered about the city for a good 90 minutes before reaching Greenwich. In a car, it would have taken us about 20 minutes ... It was fun to see the neighborhoods and expand our understanding of London's geography, but on the way back we got off at a tube stop for the Northern Line which took us to Old Street in 1/3rd the time.
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is up a steep hill with a gorgeous park in front. The view of London from the top is spectacular!! We got our photo taken in front of the meridian -- each in a different hemisphere. There were telescopes, clocks, and lots of interesting views of the surrounding landscape.
Tonight, CAPA arranged for a Thanksgiving dinner with the American students in London. There were speeches, silly hats, drinks, turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie for dessert. Just needed some American football on the TV to make the evening complete. Happy Thanksgiving one and all!
Happy Thanksgiving, Terri and Chuck!
ReplyDeleteWe're also enjoying my favorite holiday weekend - my girls are home; my mom is here; and we've done nothing but eat, drink, and watch wall to wall football! What could be better?
Miss you both!