Cooking Class views

Here's the chef making soup,
followed by students making cookies.

The center picture includes the younger brother of a good friend of mine--
I had no idea he was on study abroad here.
The world is a small place!

Friends at Kalamazoo

These are friends from UConn days who I met up with at Kalamazoo:
Christine, Betsy, Wendy
(Wendy on the right is actually very pretty but she pulls Camera Faces a lot so this doesn't do her justice.)

Betsy at the Book Fair with her book:

Me, Kara and Heather (Heather is expecting in September):

Kara and Heather working between sessions:

Augsburg Market

Augsburg has a great Stadtmarket.
There are multiple booths with all sorts of fresh produce, everything from flowers to fish to feta cheese.
Below: Sabine and Simon at one of the booths.

There are covered halls, too, with hot wurst stands and refrigerated butcher stands.

Here is the butcher stand.
We bought organic steaks to cook for Sunday lunch.

Vegetable stand: yum!

Charlotte in York

Kara, Valja (above) and I (above) all went to the Roman Baths Museum.

Afternoon tea at Betty's:
L side of the table: Robin, Valja, Shannon, Joel, Josie
R side of the table: Charlotte, Andrea, Judith (obscured) and Mickey

A Great Conference

Okay, so my recent roamings 'round the East/South/Midwest/Southwest states have been mostly for pleasure.
But they also served to get me out to the Kalamazoo Medieval Conference.
It was a terrific conference: great papers to listen to, a chance to connect with friends and colleagues, a chance to present my own paper and get feedback, and of course, the wonderful Book Fair.
Every evening was crammed with things to do and people to visit.
Here is our group who went out to dinner on Thursday night of the conference, for very good Indian food.
Left to Right:
Paul Bruhn, Dr. Heather McCune Bruhn, ME, Dr. M. Wendy Hennequin, Dr. Kara Morrow.
Paul and Heather I know from Penn State days.
Wendy is an old friend from UConn, now in Nashville, TN.
Kara is a new friend who will be participating with me in the York NEH program.

Family and Friends!

I got to visit a lot of folks on this trip!
Above, Tristan and Catherine Jolivette, with their daughter Rebecca and their dogs Libby (left) and Vic (right.)
Below: Wendy Hennequin (at Nashville's Parthenon.)

It was great to see family!
Above: Cousin Jill Carpenter in her band Bazzania (she's the third from the left).
Below: Peter, Christie, their two younger daughters Chandra and Annalissa, and Aunt Katherine.