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| Looking out to the Elizabethan garden from the staircase up to Nina's office |
It's been great so far- a lot of it is very similar to things that I have done before purely for fun (looking up destination info)! It's mostly been researching: "this class is going to London and has free time in Kensington, make them a handout of attractions and restaurants they can visit with opening times, prices, and walking directions"; "find some good cafes near the hostel in Brussels where the law students will be staying"; "write a handout guide for the students about how to get around London using public transport" etc etc etc.
One of my bigger projects that I mentioned previously was working on the wishlist of field studies for the Travel Writing field school: today I finished that and made an Excel budget for it, which was fun and easier than I expected.
Nina's office is very small (I can't get in or out of my seat at my desk when the door is open) and I am encouraged (though do anyways by default) to sit in on all of Nina's meetings. It's been really fun listening to her planning sessions with various professors (including my former art history prof), and hearing all the questions that students ask her about planning their own travels or requesting special accommodations of any sort on preplanned field studies. Sometimes I can help answer- one student today was asking about planning an independent trip to Bath, and since I've done that (not alone, but independent from the castle; with 5 friends in 2011) and been there twice, I was able to give her some advice.
Here are some photos I've taken over the last few days:
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| Sunset and Bader Hall |
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| Morning view from my window |
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| in the castle courtyard |
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| heading to the library |
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| plants for sale on a cart outside the garden entrance |
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| Elizabethan garden |
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| Elizabethan garden |
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| standing in the Shakespeare garden |
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| visitor centre |
Oh WOW - what beautiful surroundings! It all looks so peaceful. Your photos are awesome - thanks for sharing, Hanna.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad for you that everything is going so well and you sound so comfortable with all your tasks so far! I agree with Mary Ellen - everything looks so peaceful! I find it interesting the contrast between the view out your bedroom window (lovely - but flat and featureless) and the endless details and intricacies of your photos inside the castle grounds. Particularly loved the tulip photos, and of course, being one who can never pass a plant sale, I had to double click and enlarge the plant cart photo to see if I could see what was for sale!
ReplyDeleteThose are indeed some very pretty photos Hanna ! I especially like your composition in the "castle courtyard" photo. Unlike Gillian who was trying to see the flower details, I was trying to see the Visitor Centre details :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for sharing these photos with us !
XOX
Love, Mom