Sandhurst Laure, My, My! You and I DEFINITELY have a lot to talk about. I absolutely LOVE Brit literature, especially the old ones. Am sort of a prisoner of the past. Need to update myself on the current stuff - perhaps you can help me. I would love to visit all the other places you mention. And unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to watch the Bard's plays. I was on a tight schedule. But I was shamelessly gushing with joy to be there at all. People were shocked to see me ecstatic as I roamed the Globe! ;-) Daffodils was my favorite poem as a child and strangely enough I still remember it perfectly well. It was so thrilling to see you quote the first line although it's more like "I wandered lonely as a cloud" ... :-) You may think me insane for not finding Colin Firth's pond seen hot n sexy as others do. He's ok there :P .... But he steals my heart every time I see his proposal to Elizabeth when he says, "From the very early moments of our acquaintance I have come to feel a passionate admiration and regard for you which despite all my struggles have overcome me. I therefore beg you, most fervently, to relieve me of my suffering and consent to be my wife" (Sigh) I fall for D'arcy (or maybe Firth) EVERY time I watch this scene! :P I recently saw the BBC version of David Copperfield with young Daniel Radcliff looking so cute as Davy. Uria Heep was pretty scary I tell you. Also viewed Nicholas Nickleby (forgot the production house) few weeks ago. I like returning to the classics whenever I can. Another writer I love is Thomas Hardy and his wild Wessex country. Saw an adaptation of Tess with Peter Firth -- didn't like it so much. And Mayor of Casterbridge with the formidable Ciaran Hinds. I think he's a brilliant actor. After hearing so much about Samrat Upadhyay, I picked up his "Arresting God in Kathmandu" at the Pokhara airport last year. Not bad, though some of the themes were all too familiar for Nepalis I guess. I forget the titles of the stories but there was one about a Mr. Mishra and his secretary that I liked very much. I can't stop talking about literature, esp Brit lit, though I love some American, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, Kenyan ... the list goes on. I really think I should stop now before I have a heart attack! :-P