Finally crawled through my front door at 4am Monday morning after a long and draining day of travel. Wonderful holiday, though. Crammed a lot in and, although I’d have liked to have taken in a bit more medieval stuff, it was all good crack. Will post some selected highlights at a later date. Below is [...]
Archive for July, 2008
And back again…
Posted in Personal, Travel, tagged Amalfi, Definition, Italy, Latin, Naples, Norman, Sorrento, Travel on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Lucky Coincidence…
Posted in Personal, Studies, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Amalfi, Italy, Medieval, Naples, Norman, Sicily, Sorrento, Travel on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Second post! Aren’t we doing well!
Tomorrow I fly to Naples to be met (hopefully) by an Italian man holding up a sign bearing my surname. Wonderful. It’s that time again, you see; the yearly pilgrimage to some gorgeous corner of the earth otherwise known as the ‘family holiday’. A glorious week in the sun where [...]
A Brief Introduction…
Posted in Academia, Personal, tagged Academia, Medieval, Middle Ages, Personal on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re often told by tutors not to worry about introductions until we’ve got our teeth into the body of the essay, but I’m not sure how regularly I will be updating this blog for the time-being so a brief contextual bookend might be the best you can hope for…
Perhaps the best place to start would [...]