17 May
2014
17 May
'14
12:16 p.m.
On 17/05/2014 19:44, Tony Duell wrote:
My eldest
Son attended Oxford and played in Merton College Big Band who
play in Merton College Chapel. This apparently dates from the 1280's and
so is older than Machu Picchu from whence I have recently returned. It
doesn't feel right! (also not a good venue for Big Band, too long an echo).
More than a
few Europeans live in 500 year old _houses_, and 1000 year
old cities. So yes, that's probably the difference in perception.
This reminds
me of a little sotry...
Oxford and Cambridge Universities have some beautiful old buildigns which
attract tourists. Alas a number of tourists seem to thing that thsi is
something like a film set, rather than an acutal university with studends
studying. And this can get rather annoying...
Anyway a couple fo such toruists, who happend to be American, wandered
into one of the old colleges, went up to the porter, and said 'Is this
college pre-war?' [ARGH!!]. The porter replied 'Sir, this college is
pre-America' :-)
Incidietnaly, I've visitied old churches here, and had the amazing
feeling that I am walking where people have walked for over 700 years.
-tony
Dave
G4UGM