Is it really almost over? What to see before you leave London!

Boggling Blogging Black Out! Sorry for staying silent so long! It’s been a busy busy week, as any 3Ler would tell you. Oliver Bond wrapped up the morning lecture series today with a delightfully understandable 90 minutes on linguistic typology and universals, stressing the need for ‘fine-grained distinctions’ over generic labels.

With classes over, it looks like there’ll be a sad return home for many of us. Props to everyone in Tutorial Group 1!!!

I’ll admit freely that I couldn’t get much out of the Grammar Writing class in the afternoon this week–I’m not sure the class covered what I expected at all… Though the Nominative/Ergative/Split -Intransitivity and nasal harmony lectures in the Amazonian Languages class were fascinating. Anyone care to share their opinions? I wish I had taken the documenting sign language class in the last period…

But onto the more important stuff: Where to go before leaving London! If you haven’t been before, hop out of the Tube at Embankment and scurry up the road to stumble on Gordon’s Wine Bar–The oldest wine bar in all of London. Even if you don’t drink (wine), I highly encourage it, since they have olives and cheese plates galore. As soon as you’re down the narrow staircase, you’ll see what i’m talking about. Have a go! I’ve posted the link below the photo.

http://www.gordonswinebar.com/