Sorry it has been ages since I’ve written. Life’s hectic. Last week I turned in my big assessed essay (the only thing I am graded on this term) and since then I’ve just been celebrating and doing nothing. I finished the essay rather early. It was due last thursday and I finished last tuesday, which earned me death stares from all the other MA students. Anyway, we handed them in on thursday and then promptly went for wine to celebrate. Here’s a picture of my friend Chelsea and I out at this really cool wine bar called Gordon’s:

 

Chelsea's picture, not mine

Chelsea

Chelsea’s camera has a candlelight feature and we were trying it out. Gordon’s has an outside patio as well as an underground dungeon. I prefer the underground dungeon even though I can only sit in the outside seats because of my height. 

In other news, last wednesday my class went to Winchester. As a whole, the class has mixed feelings about Winchester. Some of the MA classes get to go on weeklong trips (like to Cuba) which are covered by tuition. We paid the same amount in tuition and my class got to go to Winchester, which is an hour outside of London, and we had to pay for the train ticket. Ridiculous. But we have to admit, it was a good time. The cathedral at Winchester is beautiful. It is an amalgamation of different styles, which is pretty cool because each part of the Cathedral looks a little different. Also, Jane Austen is buried under the floor. 

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Photo courtesy of Google Images

The whole point of us going to Winchester was to see the famous Winchester Bible. My professor is a true big wig in the Medievalist community and by agreeing to speak at the boys school in Winchester, he negotiated for us to have a look at the Bible. I think it was just as much about him seeing it as it was about us seeing it. The Bible exists in three volumes, which was common in medieval churches, and we took one volume out of the case to examine. It was the first time any of the volumes have been out of the case since 1993. The Bible is full o really cool initials, done in gold leaf and lapis lazuli. 

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Photo courtesy of Google Images. Sorry this picture is so small. 

Anyway, that was pretty cool. We were all total dorks about it, practically salivating on the Bible. Also, I’ve been knitting a lot. However, my camera is still broken, so nothing gets photographed until Christmas. But ti’s beautiful stuff, really.