I thoroughly agree with Robert. After being a member of SHA for two
decades it was especially nice not to have a 7 hour flight, go through
the mill of US customs and have a 5 hour connection wait to get to SHA
and have little or no change out of a £1000. I enjoyed both tours and as
an English medievalist by training and excavator of a Cistercian Abbey
(well a bit of it) I was also impressed by the American tour guides- it
says something for the Cente of Medieval Studies at York. Thanks Harold,
Kate, Jon and others. I just hope the exchange rate gets closer to 2
dollars to the pound for Jan 2007.

paul courtney



Robert L. Schuyler wrote:

> SHA 2005 York, England
>
> I would like to one of the first to congratulate Harold Mytum and our
> many
> other English colleagues for organizing and
> bringing off such a successful annual meeting in York.  Although northern
> England had some of the worst weather in
> over 40 years (rain and wind gusts up to 60-90 mph) oddly none of the
> conference events were disrupted. The Ouse
> River did overflow and start to creep around the hotel = the name, York
> Moat House Hotel.
>
> The sessions went fine and the hotel primary setting worked well,
> especially for those of us who used it as a base to
> do our own touring of the City. York is historic indeed and I was very
> lucky to get two sunny days both of which I
> was in the Minster for its stained glass.
>
> The tours were great with excellent guides. I found it a bit odd that our
> guides on two bus day tours were Americans
> (PhD students at the U of York) but they were very knowledgeable. We also
> had a very impressive guide (Name?),
> the Archaeologist for the Minister, for our Walking Tour of the
> cathedral.
>
> Special events went very well with a  well arranged Awards Ceremony
> (thanks
> to Mary Beaudry) and a very
> moving life-story for Marcel Moussette.
>
> CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved in SHA 2005.
>
>                                                                 Robert L.
> Schuyler*
>
> *(also know as "Touring Bob" who saw the Minster
>         at least four times)
>
> Robert L. Schuyler
> University of Pennsylvania Museum
> 3260 South Street
> Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
>
> Tel: (215) 898-6965
> Fax: (215) 898-0657
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