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An uneventful week, supplemented by comments on the food here

Like the title says-- I went to classes, ran errands, the usual. I skipped out on some society meetings, but replaced them with fun things like going clubbing with the flatmates (never have I been so conscious of my age, but I make an excellent "Designated Walker"). On Wednesday I attempted to go for the traditional study at a coffeehouse-- first choice being Elephant House (of the Harry Potter fame), of course. But I arrived, only to discover that they close at 7! The girl pointed me in the direction of a different place-- the Forest Cafe, which turns out to be possibly the best coffeehouse I've been to. Cheap coffee, the required pasticcio of second-hand couches and tables. For the first half of the night, there was a guy playing vintage blues records, and then they had live blues music. It was rather nice, though perhaps a tiny bit too contrived. Still a very good place to study, though.
To update the Study-Group-of-Evil-transformed-to-Study-Group-of-Wonder situation, the new study group continues to be wonderful. Any time you spend an hour discussing stories about getting curry thrown in people's faces, and state that the poet is "playing us like a cheap fiddle," you know it's a good group. I also had Ceilidh class last night, where I was able to sign up for the Fresher's Weekend in the highlands-- thank god, because 1) it sounds like lots of fun, and 2) there were a few threats about dire consequences if I didn't go.
And that was my week. Perhaps boring, but now I will commence to ramble on about the culinary delights of this fair city. Of course, the big one that I had forgotten to mention when I went weeks ago was the chippy shop! Baskets of steak fries with brown sauce, eaten with tiny wooden forks. You just can't go wrong. I was also introduced to kebab pizza (pretty big here, apparently-- there are some blocks with two or three kebab places on them). It's decent-- but nothing special or exciting. My new personal favorite is bangers and mash (sausage and mashed potatoes). Monster Mash has a beautiful system-- chose one of each (also gravy) out of maybe three to five choices of each. It's just wonderful.
As an afterthought: Did I mention that our flat has a cleaner? How kind of the Uni, you may think, to provide this for us. However, it has just gotten to the point of silliness-- we've had problems (well, Natalie has) with running into him in pajamas or a towel, and at this particular moment I would really like to get some lunch, but he's mopping the floor. So not only is the floor wet, but now I just feel silly.
Right, well, off to plan this weekend (nothing's set yet, so I won't go into what I plan on doing, but let's say that all the flatmates will be gone, so I will be taking a weekend trip away somewhere)--
Over and out.

posted by Julia @ 4:31 AM