"October Plenty"
Today is Sunday and it started out a little rough. The students still didn't have water early this morning, so we decided to have a devotional here in our flat instead of going to Wembley this morning. We thought that it would be hard to get ready if everyone was using our showers and we decided not to try. The water actually came back on right as our devotional started up so things are back to normal. We crammed all 24 students, four faculty and Ian into our tiny living area. Keri got pillows off the beds for people to sit on and it actually worked out. The songs were great and I think the students really appreciated it. I did miss the people at Wembley however. They certainly have welcomed us into their midst.
Following the devotional, Keri, Ian and I headed out to Southwark for the "October Plenty" celebration. It began at The Globe with a "Corn Queen" and a "Green Man" representing different English traditions. The procession wound through Southwark and ended up at Borough Market for a traditional "morality play" with many of the traditional English characters. There were musicians, actors, dancers, merchants at the stalls and wandering through the crowd, and a traditional English apple tasting table. These are English apples that are not commercially produced but have been saved from dying out. There really were some excellent varieties. Ian even liked some of them. I was really proud of him because he tried them all. I had a fresh picked field mushroom soup with Turkish Delight for dessert. 
I must admit that I understand why the younger brother sided with the witch in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for one more taste of enchanted Turkish Delight. This may have not been enchanted, but it sure was good. We tried to get the students to go, and one actually made it. A number more tried to find it but received wrong directions somewhere along the way and finally turned around and headed home. It really was a fun afternoon.
Tonight we had class and I had to lecture for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, classes get in the way of all we want to do. Such is life!
Following the devotional, Keri, Ian and I headed out to Southwark for the "October Plenty" celebration. It began at The Globe with a "Corn Queen" and a "Green Man" representing different English traditions. The procession wound through Southwark and ended up at Borough Market for a traditional "morality play" with many of the traditional English characters. There were musicians, actors, dancers, merchants at the stalls and wandering through the crowd, and a traditional English apple tasting table. These are English apples that are not commercially produced but have been saved from dying out. There really were some excellent varieties. Ian even liked some of them. I was really proud of him because he tried them all. I had a fresh picked field mushroom soup with Turkish Delight for dessert. 
I must admit that I understand why the younger brother sided with the witch in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for one more taste of enchanted Turkish Delight. This may have not been enchanted, but it sure was good. We tried to get the students to go, and one actually made it. A number more tried to find it but received wrong directions somewhere along the way and finally turned around and headed home. It really was a fun afternoon.Tonight we had class and I had to lecture for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, classes get in the way of all we want to do. Such is life!
posted by DCT | Sunday, October 28, 2007
1 Comments:
i totally want to head to borough market!! its on my list.
have you seen the giant NFL football player in Trafalgar Square?
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