July 8, 2012

• Abroad, Again

  Hi! I'm in England.  Started in York, visiting my friend, and now we're in Cornwall, in Trowan ("TROO-en") near St. Ives.  It's gorgeous, despite the highly variable weather that has given the UK as much rain in two days as they get in a month.

  Before we get too far, though, here's some pictures from Yorkshire, where I started.  It's Castle Howard, the manor house used in both version of Brideshead Revisited, one of my favorite books.  Evelyn Waugh was reputedly creating a pastiche when he created Brideshead, the home of the Catholic Marchmain family, but Castle Howard was a huge source of inspiration for him.  It's easy to see why.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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