November 4, 2003 - page 3



that have fallen over but are still in one piece have just been piled on top of one another close to the area where that person is buried. One of the odd things I noticed is the way family monuments are decorated. Usually you see gravestones decorated with angels and crosses and other religious symbols. There were some, though, that had skeletons and gruesome faces carved into them. It was just something that I didn’t expect since you usually don’t see that in the U.S.

While I do enjoy Reading, I was honestly quite sad when we boarded the bus back to England. I am now thinking about

looking into graduate programs at the University of Edinburgh.

Note: Ryan Reynolds wants it mentioned that he never said he was “a silly American” as quoted in one of the past entries.