I thought this blog would be a good way to keep family and friends updated about my life, travels, and studies while at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. No promises, but I will try and update it once every fortnight!

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Summer Language Program!

Greetings! So, as you can tell, I've pretty much taken a break from this blog all summer.  But I've decided it's time for an update.  May and June were wedding season.  First was Andy and Christen's wedding, followed by Katie Mac and David's.  They were both soooo much fun! It was great seeing so many old friends all in the same place again.  And Perry got to come to Andy and Christen's, so I was able to introduce her to lots of new people.

Perry left for Nicaragua on June 1st and I started the Summer Language Program at the Divinity School.  So for the past two months, I've been studying German.  Officially, it's German for Reading Knowledge, so we're not learning to speak it.  We learn to translate it with the aid of a dictionary.  So basically, we've learned German grammar all summer, which is much different than spoken language.  I have my final on Thursday.  I've been doing well all summer, so I'm pretty sure I'll do fine on it.  So no worries there.

Today I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.  I got in free with my Harvard ID, so that saved me from the $20 student price -- Woo!  They had a special exhibit, Chihuly Through the Looking Glass.  Dale Chihuly specializes in glass sculpting with an organic feel.  It was really cool.  And though it has nothing to do with it, I did just finish reading Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. 


Check out some images. Pretty cool.

On Saturday, I'm flying to Memphis and will be back and forth between there and St. Louis until the end of August.  Then back to the books.  Tschüss!