My paper is for my class on castles and it’s about concentric defense–i.e. two walls around a castle or town.  I wish I could visit some of them, but most are in Wales.  The Tower of London was made into a concentric castle by King Edward I, though; I saw that one!  The picture below is of Harlech Castle.

It’s been more quiet than usual in my apartment complex. I guess everyone is studying or has gone home. It’s been raining sporadically here (Rule #1: Never leave without a raincoat) but we got a gorgeous double rainbow out of it last night at least.

I keep looking at the weather reports for Sorrento, Italy, and it’s supposed to be sunny and in the 70s! The forecast for Paris, France, is not so optimistic. But I’m very excited for both trips! Now, just to get this castles paper out of the way…