Washington National Cathedral
Designed as a "house of prayer for all people” and “a great church for national purposes”

104 Valley Road My home in the District

I visited Philadelphia with Erin and Cameron










National Constitution Center


"Ben Franklin is buried here"!



Looking to City Hall from the
steps of the Art Gallery (aka
the steps Rocky ran up)


Elfreth’s Alley, the oldest
residential street in the US

Fireworks over the Washington Monument

The Capitol from the Mall

Jefferson Memorial

Washington, D.C. on and around the Fourth of July

I travelled with San Francisco with Susan. We ate in Chinatown, saw the sights, roasted in the sun and shivered in the fog.


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Ian came down from Pollock Pines and spent time with us.

After Los Angeles we headed back to Santa Barbara where we went horseriding with Erin and Cameron:

Following the end of term I travelled with my friend Susan.
First to Los Angeles:

LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Santa Monica Beach

Hollywood


Magic Mountain Theme Park

My term finished on the 16th June.
It's been a wonderful year and there were many sad goodbyes:

to the citylooking towards Santa Barbara from the Pier


to academic staff who've taken an interest in my progress
with Professors Couclelis and Thomas


and to all my friends and housematesCienega House night-out

Over the Memorial Day* Weekend I went, with Erin, to the I Madonnari Italian chalk-drawing festival by the Santa Barbara Mission.

















* From wikipedia.org
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (most recently observed May 29, 2006). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. One of the longest standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911.

For Maura's birthday she held a Euro-trash Party. I had to explain, to many people, on several occasions, that despite being from Europe I do not normally dress this way...