Today we went out and toured a Norman Castle. It was pretty cool.
The castle is called Canterbury Castle, the town prison. Apparently, they once kept a Saracen prisoner there (as the security guards at Uni tell me). A few days ago we got lost and had to consult the security guards at Uni where they gave us an impromptu history lesson about Canterbury. We learned about the castle and about some place along the river where they used to drown "witches." If the woman drowned, she was innocent, she was guilty (in which case the punishment was death by drowning). One of the guards informed us that "my missus passed the test." They were both quite charming. He said that there was a nice river walk near the spot where they kept the same cage they drowned the witches in. We plan to do more exploring tomorrow.
We also had Afternoon Tea today at Tiny Tim's Tearoom. Expensive, but charming. The meal was VERY filling. I won't have to eat dinner. We had cucumber sandwiches, smoked salmon sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, ham sandwiches, scones (like, HUGE scones), some sort of currant biscuit, a chocolate thing, a lemon thing, and a cupcake. And tea, of course. I tried Tiny Tim's special blend. It was very tasty.
We also visited The Canterbury Tales Museum which has figures act out the stories from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It was very charming.
So far, I haven't been homesick. Dorm life takes a little getting used to. There are a few things I find annoying (such as the people who get drunk, get their keys stolen, and pound on the door at 2 AM *cough, cough*). Other than that, I'm quite enjoying myself but just wait until I have to turn in an assignment :).
Cheers!
--Mary
The castle is called Canterbury Castle, the town prison. Apparently, they once kept a Saracen prisoner there (as the security guards at Uni tell me). A few days ago we got lost and had to consult the security guards at Uni where they gave us an impromptu history lesson about Canterbury. We learned about the castle and about some place along the river where they used to drown "witches." If the woman drowned, she was innocent, she was guilty (in which case the punishment was death by drowning). One of the guards informed us that "my missus passed the test." They were both quite charming. He said that there was a nice river walk near the spot where they kept the same cage they drowned the witches in. We plan to do more exploring tomorrow.
We also had Afternoon Tea today at Tiny Tim's Tearoom. Expensive, but charming. The meal was VERY filling. I won't have to eat dinner. We had cucumber sandwiches, smoked salmon sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, ham sandwiches, scones (like, HUGE scones), some sort of currant biscuit, a chocolate thing, a lemon thing, and a cupcake. And tea, of course. I tried Tiny Tim's special blend. It was very tasty.
We also visited The Canterbury Tales Museum which has figures act out the stories from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It was very charming. So far, I haven't been homesick. Dorm life takes a little getting used to. There are a few things I find annoying (such as the people who get drunk, get their keys stolen, and pound on the door at 2 AM *cough, cough*). Other than that, I'm quite enjoying myself but just wait until I have to turn in an assignment :).
Cheers!
--Mary
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1 comment:
I like your description of the desserts: chocolate thing and lemon thing... using all your fancy vocab, huh?
But thank you for posting... :)
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