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A visit from the crazy Americans

A mere two days after I returned from London, Emily and Shauna came in to visit!
Unfortunately, instead of allowing themselves to become jet-lagged, they became nocturnal, which meant, of course, that I was nocturnal.
We did the usual exploration of the city-- the Royal Mile, Princes Street. The very best part was the German Christmas Fair-- little booths selling mulled wine, or crafts, or, more importantly, chocolate. We befriended Jesse, the chocolate man, and spent hours at the booth, as he gave us a continuous stream of free chocolate samples and banter. I don't know if I'll ever get into another Shakespearian quote war, replacing key words with chocolate-themed ones.
We also made it down to the Calton Cemetery on a nice evening, and up to Calton Hill-- the cemetery was suitably beautiful and creepy, and the monument on the hill gave some spectacular views of the city.
Sadly, they were only around for an extended weekend, and soon life returned to normal. I went to Boxwars with a friend from my poetry class-- a concert where, for the last band, people put on costumes made of cardboard boxes they'd made. It was quite amusing to watch-- people certainly went all out for it.
It's been tame here-- finals are looming (already have one essay finished, one more, plus an exam), and after that, it's home. The usual freak-out about going everywhere and doing everything has come and gone.
Sixteen days left until I get home-- can that even be right?

posted by Julia @ 7:10 AM