welcome to 2008! i'm back in halls recovering from a long night out in central london celebrating new years and my 21st birthday. it's funny having waited my whole life for this day and now that it's here, i'm in england where it's much less monumental. in fact, here in halls i actually feel really old, as most of the people i live around are 18 or 19. there really aren't any birthdays to look forward to anywmore, except 25 i guess..that's when you can rent a car. awesome.
christmas was lovely, i went down to petersfield to stay with alice's family. everyone was so nice, and it felt pretty amazing to be in a real house with home-cooked food for a few days. her town is really as small as i had imagined and very picturesque. our first night we went to a local bar and it felt like some sort of high school reunion since everyone knew each other. on the 27th we flew up to scotland to visit cara and catherine in edinburgh. the city is completely different to anywhere else that i've been so far. urban and rural, ancient and modern all woven together to make the city. we went around some of the little windy streets that ewan runs down in trainspotting. unfortunately the weather wasn't that great so most of our sightseeing was done from a car, but we did go on a tourbus one day that gave a little overview of a lot of the history. bodysnatchers, castles, a haunted underground city..so cool. i saw the real edinburgh castle, which is also the name of an uber-hipster bar in sf. on the 30th we took a 9 hour coach ride back to london where we all passed out to energise up for new year.
good times, but i'm glad to be back. despite not getting woken up each morning by fabulous mum's bringing us bacon sandwiches and tea. the next few days i get to buckle down and work on a paper that's due on the 9th then i'll get to play a little more til school starts again on the 28th. maybe i can squeeze a bit more travelling in! happy new year.
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