Rosslyn Chapel = breathtaking

Alright, lots has happened in the last two weeks. i went to a club one night with a bunch of people on my floor. So much fun! We were planning on going to a pirate ceilidh, but we got a bit sidetracked. There were creepy Italian guys hitting on us, but once they knew that i pretty much understood everything they were saying they backed off a bit and had a nice conversation with me in Italian. It was pretty funny really.

i started doing research for my religion paper. More than a month in advance! Who am i?! But actually it's a good thing i started early because my topic is going to be a bit challenging and need more research than i originally planned. The research is so interesting though that i'm looking forward to it really. It's weird though cause i've been to the library here significantly more than i've been to the library in my entire college career at Conn. They do, however, have jstor here, so i'm set!

Last weekend a couple of us went to the Rosslyn Chapel. For those of you who don't know, it is this gorgeous old chapel that happened to be featured in the ending of the DaVinci Code. We were a little bit disappointed because you can't take pictures inside. It was absolutely gorgeous. Apparently it's still a working chapel and i'm thinking about going to Mass there cause i think that would be absolutely amazing. The only issue is that Mass starts at 1030 and in order to catch the bus and be there on time, i would have to get up at like 8 on a Sunday. Not diggin that idea so much.

It was also Katya's birthday that weekend so we all went out to dinner at this absolutely amazing Thai place. Everything i had had coconut in it. It made me so happy! i love coconut!

i saw Playtone again last night. Apparently they come to the same pub every Thursday night, so a few of us are thinkin about meeting up there every week. They're so much fun and they remember us from before! So cool! And yes Kiefer, two of them are single...not that we asked...

Tomorrow there are two rugby matches in the 6 nations rugby cup that i think i'm going to. i'm not sure where right now, cause some pubs only play certain teams' matches, but i shall find a place! i don't think i'll be in Edinburgh for the Scotland v. England match and i'm kinda pissed about that since the match is in Edinburgh this year and it's going to be insane here. i'm not sure though, so maybe i'll be set. i watched part of the Africa Cup at the pub last night in which Egypt soundly trounced Cote d'Ivoire. i didn't see all of it so it may have been a close match where Egypt got lucky, but from what i saw it was a trouncing. It's so cool to just go to a pub, have a pint and watch a game. So much better than just watching it at home. The atmosphere is so amazing.

We did that with the Super Bowl as well. We found this small pub that was open and fairly uncrowded and watched the game and had some drinks. The funniest part was trying to explain the game to my friends from the UK. When they learned that American football players have padding on their butts, they decided that the sport is nothing compared to real football or rugby.

i can't remember too much more...that seems about it for me right now...

kat