Johnies and Bennies

Monday, 29th August

Eric took me on a tour of St. John's campus. We saw the old church (now the great hall), the new church, the monastery and some studenty buildings. It is a very nice campus. We also saw the ST. John's Bible (the first illustrated Bible for hundreds of years). We then took the bus to St. Ben's, where I met with Chelsey, Sam and Mattie for lunch. They then gave me a tour of St. Ben's campus. Afterwards I just wandered around St. Ben's before I met Hanna to go and help out in the Sisters' vegetable garden. We pulled up white carrots. Afterwards, we got to sample watermelons from the gardens (really tasty). We then went back to Hanna's apartment where they were cooking the fresh vegetables from the same garden at a little party. We ended the night by going to one of the other bars in town. This was very different from Sal's. It was very quiet, which was nicer (and they had better beers on tap).