You'll be happy to hear that I have actually done some school work this week. After nearly a month at university I finally got an assignment that was at first a relief and secondly a reminder of how much I loved summer. It's amazing how after nearly 5 months without any real school work, the idea of having to write a paper, even if it's only six or so pages, is quite daunting. With my impending trip to Prague I am determined to finish my first paper before departing. But don't worry, I haven't been so studious as to forget my social life!
Yesterday was choir day. Christmas carols in the afternoon and rock gospel in the evening, what a mix! Gospel choir had its first social of the year after rehearsal. We headed into town to grab a drink before hitting up the student night at Tru, one of the night clubs in town. It was great getting to meet people in choir in another capacity rather than choppy conversations between songs in rehearsal. Naturally we sang in the streets and pubs of York at the top of our lungs and surprisingly enough, in tune. Got back around the same time election results were pretty much solidified, I felt bad for not finding a pub showing election results though. I wasn't surprised that Obama won and it will be exciting to see what happens in the next few years. One of my favorite stories playing on ABC news is the debate over who will be the new first dog! I was also a bit upset to hear about Prop 8 passing but I'm confident and hopeful there will be another vote in the future that will swing it.
This morning I got up fairly early to meet Amanda for breakfast at Bettys, in town. Now Bettys is one of those places that you simply must experience when visiting York. That explains the prices and the constant queue outside. Bettys Tea Rooms are famous in York and even other parts of Britain. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long and were led downstairs to the cozy wood panneled tea room. I had a traditional English Breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, mushrooms, blood pudding, and tomatoes with toast. Of course I had Bettys specialty breakfast blend as well. What we didn't have was one of the devine looking desserts that were calling me. You can't put into words the delicate, beautiful, delicious looking nature of these sweets and cakes, so I won't even try! It was simply a perfect English morning at Bettys and I can't wait to go back.
After breakfast I went in search for the one thing that could make my life complete while living abroad...a guitar. I was foolish thinking I could leave mine behind and with Ellen constantly berating me for not having one, I really couldn't last any longer! So I went to a hodge podge shop with all sorts of things including a good selection of guitars where I purchased one of those cheap-ish little sets incl. guitar, bag, pitch pipe and strings. It's blue, very unique, just like me! I'm really happy I got it even if it means i'll have to stay in this week and maybe cut back on food, haha.
Then to top the day off, I went to a public lecture with my friend Jenny to see Andrew Davies talk about his adaptations of period dramas for television. He's done numerous things but most markedly the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with the devilishly handsome Colin Firth as Mr Darcy. It was great fun listening to him talk about the process of adapting books into screen form. He showed some clips of his work and pointed out certain things that were good as well as pointing out some hilarious mistakes that had us all laughing. Jenny is doing a short write up about the lecture for Nouse, the student newspaper, so after the talk I got to take a picture of him to accompany the article (hopefully!)
I have to say it was quite a fulfilling and productive day, hence the long post. I'm heading to Prague this weekend so that will be the next update. Then I have a succession of fun filled weekends at Hadrian's Wall, Edinbrugh (for thanksgiving) and Anne visiting! Not to mention the papers and other school work I suppose I must attend to :)
You'll be happy to hear that I have actually done some school work this week. After nearly a month at university I finally got an assignment that was at first a relief and secondly a reminder of how much I loved summer. It's amazing how after nearly 5 months without any real school work, the idea of having to write a paper, even if it's only six or so pages, is quite daunting. With my impending trip to Prague I am determined to finish my first paper before departing. But don't worry, I haven't been so studious as to forget my social life!
Yesterday was choir day. Christmas carols in the afternoon and rock gospel in the evening, what a mix! Gospel choir had its first social of the year after rehearsal. We headed into town to grab a drink before hitting up the student night at Tru, one of the night clubs in town. It was great getting to meet people in choir in another capacity rather than choppy conversations between songs in rehearsal. Naturally we sang in the streets and pubs of York at the top of our lungs and surprisingly enough, in tune. Got back around the same time election results were pretty much solidified, I felt bad for not finding a pub showing election results though. I wasn't surprised that Obama won and it will be exciting to see what happens in the next few years. One of my favorite stories playing on ABC news is the debate over who will be the new first dog! I was also a bit upset to hear about Prop 8 passing but I'm confident and hopeful there will be another vote in the future that will swing it.
This morning I got up fairly early to meet Amanda for breakfast at Bettys, in town. Now Bettys is one of those places that you simply must experience when visiting York. That explains the prices and the constant queue outside. Bettys Tea Rooms are famous in York and even other parts of Britain. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long and were led downstairs to the cozy wood panneled tea room. I had a traditional English Breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage, mushrooms, blood pudding, and tomatoes with toast. Of course I had Bettys specialty breakfast blend as well. What we didn't have was one of the devine looking desserts that were calling me. You can't put into words the delicate, beautiful, delicious looking nature of these sweets and cakes, so I won't even try! It was simply a perfect English morning at Bettys and I can't wait to go back.
After breakfast I went in search for the one thing that could make my life complete while living abroad...a guitar. I was foolish thinking I could leave mine behind and with Ellen constantly berating me for not having one, I really couldn't last any longer! So I went to a hodge podge shop with all sorts of things including a good selection of guitars where I purchased one of those cheap-ish little sets incl. guitar, bag, pitch pipe and strings. It's blue, very unique, just like me! I'm really happy I got it even if it means i'll have to stay in this week and maybe cut back on food, haha.
Then to top the day off, I went to a public lecture with my friend Jenny to see Andrew Davies talk about his adaptations of period dramas for television. He's done numerous things but most markedly the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with the devilishly handsome Colin Firth as Mr Darcy. It was great fun listening to him talk about the process of adapting books into screen form. He showed some clips of his work and pointed out certain things that were good as well as pointing out some hilarious mistakes that had us all laughing. Jenny is doing a short write up about the lecture for Nouse, the student newspaper, so after the talk I got to take a picture of him to accompany the article (hopefully!)
I have to say it was quite a fulfilling and productive day, hence the long post. I'm heading to Prague this weekend so that will be the next update. Then I have a succession of fun filled weekends at Hadrian's Wall, Edinbrugh (for thanksgiving) and Anne visiting! Not to mention the papers and other school work I suppose I must attend to :)
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