This post begins with a unicycle.... Rather many unicyles placed in Russell Square Gardens by a group called jackpotjoy dedicated to "spreading daft fun accross the country." Unfortunately, while the group successfully attained their goal, I on the other hand will have to continue to practice my unicyle skills. The day following my failed attempt at unicycling, the Florida connection arrived in London- Aunt Linda, Uncle Lui, and Carmen. After a long day of sh...

The lovely month of May has brought many more adventures, traveling, and visitors. Showers from the beginning of the month produced a double rainbow in the middle of Bloomsbury and scores of brightly colored flowers including a display of daffodils in Greenwich. Adventures around the city have included excursions to Kensington Gardens and Palace (where we walked the "wobbly walk"), a Mexican style birthday dinner, and paying respects to at Lady Thatcher's ...

After conspiring with the Mercyhurst contingency in Ireland, I booked tickets to Dublin with faith that I would be able to meet up with their group in the terminal. Luckily for me, it was easy to find them upon arrival and thus began my five day reprieve in Ireland. From the Dublin Airport I was transported via coach to the lovely costal town of Dungarvan in Waterford county. Having the afternoon to settle in, I was taken around town by my fabulous tourguide, ...

Between academics, museum projects, music, and adventuring March has been a manic month! The first few days of March kicked off the month with a course trip to 19 Princelet Street, a sporadically open historic building in Spitalfields, more time in Greenwich, and involvement in the BBC Symphony Orchestra's "Come and Play" event, a day long workshop held at Maida Vale Studios to celebrate the beginning of their programme Baroque Spring. Music was sent to instrume...

After four years of surviving winter weather in Erie, PA the mild London seasons hardly seem notable. Granted, there have been a few days of bitter gusts of wind and flurries of snow which have caught Londoners unprepared. I have discovered that the British do not keep "calm and carry on" in even remotely extreme weather. Despite the sporadic weather induced inconveniences to public transport, getting out and about has been frequent and successful. These outings ...