Paul--

I don't know how much closer the exchange rate can get to $2 to
the Pound--at least not to the rate most of us ended up getting
stuck with. 

But it was well worth it!

Bill

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-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of paul courtney
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:36 PM
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Subject: Re: SHA 2005 York - CONGRATULATIONS

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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