Last Few Days

I got back from Portugal Thursday mid-day. It was fantastic. Lagos was gorgeous. It would be cloudy in the mornings, but clear up by the afternoons. We sat on the beach and wandered around town and watched movies in the hostel. I actually ended up meeting another Ole, who had lived in the same building our freshman year and was in the Great Con with me. I didn't even know she was abroad! So that was really cool.


Friday, I had my second exam. It went fairly well. I did a good job on the first essay, which was close-reading (and consequently easy), but I had too much to say in the second essay. After all, the topic was "escape in Austen and/or the Brontes," and I decided to write on Wuthering Heights. Um, who's NOT trying to escape in that book?


Friday night, I went out to dinner with Teri, and then we went out to the Belgian Monk. The only beer Teri will drink is Belgian fruit beers. So we hung out there for a while, and got told that we have "soft American accents". ??? That was fun, but I didn't get much packing done.

(Un)Fortunately for me, I couldn't sleep Friday night, and so got up at 4 AM and proceeded to pack up almost all of my stuff. I've got two bags filled, and still have more! Not much, though, so I'm hoping it will all fit! Saturday, I went down to London to visit a few friends I met while in Killarney. We had a great time. I got to see their places (Sue lives right on the Thames, with a balcony looking over the river, just down from the Tower Bridge. She also has a giant kitchen and living room. I'm jealous) and watch TV, which is way more exciting than it sounds. We hung out on Brick Lane, by Liverpool Street Station, and had a good time talking to another guy from New Zealand. Finally got back to Sue's at around 2, and got up the next morning at 11. Oops. Anyway, we had breakfast and went to the Dali Universe, which is about as crazy as it sounds. After all, it is Dali, and he was a crazy, crazy man. There was some cool stuff there, including one of the lobster phones (yeah, I said he was crazy) and a bunch of sculpture. Lots of people with drawers coming out of them. Oh, and it had some of his illustrations for Alice in Wonderland.

Came home yesterday afternoon, "studied", and went over to Teri's to watch a movie. We ended up talking for a while instead, which was nice. Today, I had my exam, which was okay--I've done better, but my paper was graded leniently, so I have hope (and I wrote an essay involving The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Frankenstein--it better be good!), then I picked up some food to bring home, finished packing, and went to Teri's again. We actually watched the movie this time, and then went for raspberry beers at the Belgian Monk. And tomorrow I leave. But that's for another post...