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Favorite Places and Spaces: An 8 Hour Layover in Copenhagen
I recently had an unexpected 8 hour layover in Copenhagen. It shouldn’t have been unexpected – my flight left Spain at 11am and didn’t get to Iceland until midnight, 2am Spain time, so it obviously should have been a long layover. But I hadn’t realized just how long it would…
Favorite Places and Spaces: Iceland
I’m switching up my blogging schedule – normally on Wednesdays I do my Writing about Reading bit, but right now I’m sitting on a plane on the way to Newark from Reykjavik, Iceland, and I want to tell you about the past three days. It’s my blog, so I can…
Favorite Places and Spaces – Cirencester
So let me tell you about my trip to the UK last week. It was full of excitement (ie meeting with one of my idols, the early music expert David Skinner, to interview him for my podcast), and peace (long train journeys criss crossing the country, listening to my music…
Favorite Places in England: Getting chased by wild dogs in Cornwall
So let me tell you a story about a weekend in Cornwall in 2000. I had just moved to the UK about 4 months before, and one of my dear friends was having a party in Cornwall. He rented out a farmhouse, and was going to have a massive end-of-summer…
Favorite Places in England: Chichester
The church I go to is called St. Richard’s of Chichester, and so on one of my trips to the UK I felt compelled to spend some time getting to know St. Richard, and his town. Fortunately for me, it’s a nice place to visit, and I was also able…
Favorite Places in England: Bournemouth
Let me tell you about a weekend trip I had to Bournemouth a few years ago, which has made it become one of my Favorite Places in England. I was ridiculously behind on work, and I wanted to get out of London and go somewhere quiet where I could catch…
Favorite Places in England: Not Drowning in Scaroborough
When I lived in the UK when I was in my early 20’s post-college figuring-life-out phase (which I never really grew out of), I used to go to random tourist places based on British folk songs, or throwing darts at maps. Or showing up at the train station and picking…
Favorite places in England: The Golden Cap
I regularly read Dorset Life on my ipad. It’s a local magazine all about Dorset, which I first picked up on a trip to Bournemouth a few years ago. Completely opposite to men who read Playboy “for the articles,” I freely admit to reading Dorset Life for the pictures. In…
Glastonbury in the winter
I lived for several years in the UK, and it’s still one of my favorite places where I spend much of my time. Some of my dearest friends are in London, along with some of the most special and meaningful spots for me. One of those places is Glastonbury, which…
Petrarch the Mountain Climber
The Italian poet Petrarch, who is often credited as the father of Humanism (and as such, the Renaissance), was, when he wasn’t inventing sonnets and writing poetry about his unrequited love for Laura, also was an extensive traveler. In fact, in addition to being the father of the Renaissance, he is…
Renaissance English Trade with Russia
So one of the things I do in my “free <cough, ahem> time” is a podcast on Renaissance English History. I’ve been doing it in spurts for several years, and it’s a chance to learn new things as I research topics and episodes. On my Bucket List is getting three…
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