As for last night's frivolity over my "studying for England," I walked right into it, didn't I?
No, dear DRs John G and TCB, I am not studying the language! The Nashotah House professors who are mentoring us on this tour have sent some fairly scholarly readings on church history. As an auditor, I don't feel compelled to read quite so heavily but I'm at least scanning some of their recommendations. One of my book group friends gave me her copy of Sarah Vowell's The Wordy Shipmates, which is about the Puritans. And I'm about to add the first 2 installments of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy onto my Kindle for airplane reading.
Then there's Rick Steves and the Eyewitness travel guides...