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Elizabeth & Susan in Edinburgh
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- Elizabeth at the station, with lunch, waiting for the train to Oxford.
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- Susan on her first afternoon in the UK, waiting for the train.
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- Hee hee, a sandwich shop in Edinburgh with the same name as a topless bar in Reading. Why yes we can be quite immature.
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- A view of some impressive building in Edinburgh, taken from a lovely point just off the Lawnmarket.
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- From the same vantage point, a hill with exciting old buildings on it.
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- The Elizabeth in her natural resting state, watching TV, surrounded by books and clothes.
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- Susan in front of the touristy place where we had dinner the first night in Edinburgh. Deacon Brodie was a man who led two lives – look him up on Wikipedia!
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- Our first morning in Edinburgh. This is a view of Edinburgh Castle’s main lines of defense, the outer bailey, I think. Also, it’s on top of an extinct volcano, how cool is that!
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- View from Edinburgh Castle. Look! Water!
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- Another view from Edinburgh Castle. With lots of big important buildings in there.
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- Another view from Edinburgh Castle. This view looks roughly down the Royal Mile. The big black spire is St. Giles. Also, views of the Old Town and Arthur’s Seat.
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- The soldiers stationed at Edinburgh Castle in the 1800s loved their dogs, and had a little cemetery for them.
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- The other end of the Royal Mile, Holyrood Palace. We were only able to go into the Queen’s Gallery because the Palace was closed.
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- Elizabeth next to a statue of a dog.
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- A view of Edinburgh Castle from the Old Town.
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- What it says on the packet. Very nice small gallery with lots of mediocre Scottish artists.
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- View from the Gallery’s plaza.
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- Susan in Princes Street Garden, with the Castle behind her.
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- The two of us.
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- The only bagpiper we saw in Scotland! Playing ‘Amazing Grace’, what a surprise.
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- Susan ready for our birthday dinner.
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- Elizabeth ready for our birthday dinner.
Adventures in the Back of Beyond
Night out in Reading at the Back of Beyond and the Purple Turtle.
The Wedding of James Paul Schlackman and Elizabeth Anne Cole
Elizabeth Anne Cole and James Paul Schlackman were married at St Mary’s Church, Over, Cambridgeshire, England, at 2pm on the 17th April 2004.
R-MWC Graduation 2003
The Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Daisy Chain ceremony is an ornate and colourful affair involving silly hats and a lot of badges (or ‘buttons’ as these crazy Americans call them) mounted on a stole. The stole itself varies from the college standard only if you have been initiated into an Honour Society, or in the case of Elizabeth, Susan, and Kaye, if you are an alumna of the Reading University international programme.
The highlight of Daisy Chain is of course the daisy chain itself. Accompanied by a lot of singing, possibly the world’s longest daisy chain is paraded around for about half an hour. This small section is carried by Clare Marie, Addela, Elizabeth, and Ali.
Stacia’s Guinness Hat dominated her costume, while Ann looked like she would fit in better at Ascot than in some crazy graduation ritual.
After 4 years, Elizabeth and Susan prepare for their imminent graduation ceremony. Elizabeth received a BA in International Studies and Susan received a BA in Classical Languages.
Somebody please remind me to buy Elizabeth some sort of blotter for her lipstick…
