Its been a while since my last update – SORRY! I’m fully underway with school and Rotary so my schedule has dramatically doubled since I first got to Edinburgh. BUT enough excuses – on to Leicester!

I went to Leicester this past weekend for the RIBI (Rotary International Britain and Ireland) group, which hosted a LINK weekend for all of the scholars in-you guessed it-Britain and Ireland. I’m going to divide this into two posts so I’ll write about the first half of the trip on this one and the Rotary part on the next post.

Now for just Leicester and its wonderful amenities!

I stayed with a lovely Rotarian couple, Janice and Mike Quinn. We had a few hours to kill Saturday morning before the festivities started so Janice took me on a whirlwind tour of the area. For those of you not familiar with Leicester, which four days ago included myself – its right next to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. That’s right – I was in the area of my namesake ROBIN HOOD, well, I really wasn’t named after Robin Hood, but it would be cool if I were. I would have to step up my vigilante game.

The first place we went to was a Monastery. It was really, really peaceful and beautiful. Janice was telling me that some pop stars would come and stay here to relax and unwind. I was thinking it would be cool to have a meltdown myself so I could stay here with the Monks. We could all sit around a make ale, or I could scribe some old books and chant. Could be fun. Well lets get on to the part you guys are interested in – the pictures!
(I’ve just learned how to play with pics in iPhoto – so I may have gotten a little carried away, but I like it)

Christ Illuminated

Front View

View from the top

Rose Garden

After we left the Monastery we headed to a stately home. It looks JUST like Pride and Prejudice, and Janice and I had a ridiculously giddy conversation about Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy.

We ended my whirlwind tour at the town’s castle, well what was left of it anyway. We opted for the audio tour but there was so much annoying banter between the host and this other guy that we quickly turned it off and just walked around. So I have no idea what happened to the castle, why it is in ruins or what room is what. But I did walk through a cool tunnel!

Castle in Ruins

In Ruins...

long way down!

Servants Tunnel!

The next part of the day is filled with Rotary adventures so I’m going to save that for the next post. But to give you a hint of the excitement to come I have two words for you: storm troopers. Well, even if that isn’t that exciting, maybe its weird enough to keep you tuned in!

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