Inside a greenhouse at Kew Gardens Today, we topped off a long week with a tour around Kew Gardens. Last night AHA, both the semester group and the quarter group, went to see/listen to the Apostles. It was the story of Jesus told through music using an orchestra, choir, and 6 soloists playing different parts (Jesus, Judas, Mary, etc.), and Martin was in the choir!! The program is really great for taking students out to do and see things.
Kew Gardens Peacock and someones little boy
Classes the past few days have been amazing. We get out of the class room and see different parts of London. For our British novel class we were able to go to the library and see original manuscripts of different works. I was able to see a copy of Ben Jonson's Volpone and I saw the Lindesfarne Gospel! The week ended though, with another group trip, this time to Kew Gardens (like I said before), it was a cold day for it though. It was still enjoyable to walk around in a natural place while still being in London. Inside the greenhouses were really amazing. Outside there wasn't much in bloom, so there wasn't a whole lot to look at for the casual observer, but the greenhouses had all sorts of flowers and plants, plus the houses themselves were astonishing. Three of the houses were from the Victorian era and were beautiful.
One of the Greenhouses
It's nice though that the weekend is tomorrow, it seems that all week we have been running around for classes and the program, and while it's all been fun and interesting it's also been very tiring.
The same greenhouse (taken from the tree top walk)
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