Had a bit of a lie in today since I was up rather late last night – though I note to all that I was NOT up late drunk off my skirted behind at the sketchy clubs rabble rousing with the majority of the other students here, no! I, being the slightly more sensible and less dance party inclined, passed my time chatting up a few other like minded ladies in the common room of the dormitories (then proceeding to the kitchen as the snack attack hit) till the small hours bemoaning the inevitable and undoubtedly noisy return of our comrades. Then I called my sweetie and put myself to bed with a nice two-chapter dose of my comfort book.
Today we had lecture for almost two hours on the field trip program we’ll begin tomorrow with a trip to Gloucester Cathedral and Berkeley Castle. I am, of course, very excited about the upcoming trip and will be gone the entire day so please be patient for a blog update about the trip – I am 6 hours ahead of most of you (more or less) and so it shouldn’t be a tragically long wait.
No breakfast today as they aren’t serving on the weekends until term officially begins for the main buildings, which is fine because I had some breakfast bars I got at market which have real fruit in them – not paste like we have; that with some dried apricots and sparkling water provided a very healthy fare that didn’t require leaving my rooms in search of a café – a quest many others undertook with much grumbling. I have some errands already under my belt (got my Ethernet cable and stopped to pick up some post cards and a note book and such) and a few more yet to do: I would like to get some shoes as my Keds are starting to wear, but it is proving very difficult (as it does in the States) to find something for women that is practical and comfortable. I fear I may eventually be reduced to ordering online to save myself the walking search which is only degrading my current shoes the more.
I am going to fortify myself with some soup and then make a foray out to the pretty parts of town to see if I can get some pictures that will convey the grandeur of the area a bit better than views from the bus.
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