Photos and words about what we've been up to
My week in Canterbury was one of the most unique and special trips I've ever been on. I don't think that I'd spent so much uninterrupted 'grandparent time' since I was a kid, and as a kid I rarely saw the adults being anything other than a caretaker/entertainer for me.Having this one-on-one time was really the best, because…
Continue reading ➞ Final thoughts and photos from my lovely trip to Canterbury
Thursday (2 weeks ago) was my last full day in Canterbury, and it was a good one. After sleeping in a bit, Nana Ev and I set off to see a site that neither she nor anyone else in my family had seen. It was a site of church ruins that had been closed and…
Continue reading ➞ Imagining history at St Augustine’s Abbey
Remember when we tried to go to Dover Castle? When we took a bus, walked up and down hills, and walked across the town of Dover to get a bus back to Canterbury? Yeah, that was only the first half of our adventures that day. Once we arrived back in Canterbury, it was time for…
Continue reading ➞ The wall around Canterbury and the old castle
On Friday, I arrived in Canterbury. I emailed my family a photo of Nana and I together, letting them know I'd arrived safely. Everyone responded quickly with well wishes, and suggestions for all the things I should do while there (context: this is the third year that Nana Ev has come to stay in Canterbury…
Did you know that the romans used to have a giant empire? And did you know that it included a sizeable chunk of the present-day UK? Here's a map: The earliest history of Canterbury actually goes back even further than the Romans, but they seem to have left the largest footprint. Here's what Wikipedia has…
Canterbury Cathedral is arguably the most famous thing in Canterbury. When Nana Ev and I sit in her apartment and drink tea in the afternoon and the evening (that’s in addition to the tea we have in a local cafe - this is Britain, people!), we can see the cathedral as it towards above the…
the stories that I'm telling. 