Trip to the UK—#6

My nephew Caleb Reed is marrying in England this week so I flew there to be part of the family celebrating. Here are the events of the different days.

Sunday, 4 AugustTravel to Vietnam and then the UK

Monday, 5 AugustFirst day in the UK

Tuesday, 6 August (morning) — Touring the city of London

Tuesday, 6 August (afternoon) — Touring the city of London

Wednesday, 7 AugustTravel to Manchester

Thursday, 8 AugustTravel to Lancaster

Trip to the UK—#5

My nephew Caleb Reed is marrying in England this week so I flew there to be part of the family celebrating. Here are the events of the different days.

Sunday, 4 AugustTravel to Vietnam and then the UK

Monday, 5 AugustFirst day in the UK

Tuesday, 6 August (morning) — Touring the city of London

Tuesday, 6 August (afternoon) — Touring the city of London

Wednesday, 7 AugustTravel to Manchester

A Familiar Shop

The foreigners in Cambodia (and probably in other countries) often get into patterns of going to the same stores, interacting with the same people, etc., as one way of acclimating to the different cultural settings we find ourselves in. This is Shop No. 41 in the Russian Market, with the proprietor and her daughter. I have been going there for maybe seventeen years to buy Cambodian goods to take to the US or other places as gifts or souvenirs. She knows me and gives me a good deal and I keep coming back and leading my visitors to her place. I was there this afternoon to buy some gifts to take to England on Sunday when I fly there for my nephew’s wedding.

Salesian Girls Graduation

Every year I attend the graduation of the Salesian Sisters’ girls schools: two of them in Phnom Penh and one in Battambang Province. I have mass every Friday morning at one of the schools so the students and the sisters know me.

Crowding together for a last round of selfies.
Finally it’s time to process into the auditorium for the last time.
There always must be a blessing dance to begin the ceremony.
The underclassmen sing a song for their graduating sisters.