Higher Education
It's been a pretty slow weekend. Kirsten worked on Saturday and I have been laid up with some sort of chest congestion. While she worked I watched 3-4 episodes of The Unit and then Man U beat Portsmouth in the FA Cup 4th round behind 2 goals from the missing link, Wayne Rooney.We did go out to dinner last night in Notting Hill to celebrate 5 years together, nice low key meal in a cool gastro-pub.
Since this update is a bit weak, let me tell you about last Sunday when we went to Cambridge to get our culture on.
Cambridge is a town that has been around for a long time, as our tour guide said, it was there long before the university, which was founded in the 15th century. Cambridge University is actually comprised of 30+ colleges, each the result of a single donor. So if you have a spare 30 million+ quid lying around you can have your very own college at Cambridge, just think Hyde college (Essex represent), Walcutt College (for budding and bulging comedic actors) and the Aronson College (specialising in British linguistics of course!).
The King's College chapel was magnificent. It's ceiling is fan vaulted which is the latest example from the classic gothic period. The building as a whole is a mish mash of architectural styles, owing to the fact that each King would fund its development and some weren't as forthcoming with the cash - damn inflation. Another interesting fact about the chapel is that during WWII all the stained glass windows were removed to prevent their destruction by the Luftwaffe. It took 3 months to take each individual pane of glass out and bury it, and 3 years to put it all back together again after the war.
History lesson over. It was a bitter cold day up in Cambridge so after the 2 hour tour, the 2 hour tour, we found a pub and tucked in to watch Arsenal v. Man U. The Hennigan household is divided when it comes to football. The Mrs. supports the Gunners (Arsenal) and the Mr. supports the Red Devils (Manchester United). Unfortunately on this day the Mrs. and her squad would be smiled upon as Arsenal scored in the 83rd and 92nd minute to win 2-1.
That's it for now. Hope everyone is well.
posted by Brian and Kirsten Hennigan @ Sunday, January 28, 2007
1 Comments:
Burying them??? Why not sink the panes at the bottom of the ocean? That might have made it easier to recover them later.
(And for your information, I am slightly less bulging thanks to my new regimen of exercise and healthy eating. You couldn't tell from the way I looked at the Golden Globes, but I've dropped 20 lbs. (That's a whole stone, you limey bastards)).
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