catch up
sorry it has been a while. i've now managed to join up at the local library so can get internet access here for the next few weeks. however there hasn't been all that much that has happened. so this post will be short - lack of news and a pretty severe time limit on internet access will make sure of that.
Work at the British Empire and Commonwealth museum is going well. I'm certainly learning lots with my placement and while there are times that are frustrating, in general i've really felt that it has been worthwhile.
Other than that, I'm still enjoying living in Bristol, although i'm regretting the lack of time i have to really explore. there is so much around here that i'd love time to see. I think that i would have preferred for my time to be switched around, so that i had 8 months here and 2 months in leicester. But that is just because of the feeling that i'm not going to get to see everything i want to.
Last week i went to bath for dinner with a friend from sydney. I got a lovely suprise when he let me know he was in bristol for a few days, and we met up on three evenings. It was great catching up on hockey gossip, seeing him again and just feeling a little more normal (ie have a sort of a social life). We didn't go into the roman baths at Bath as they were verye expensive and we got there only an hour before they shut. but we wandered around the town, saw the abbey and the grand crescent and had a nice dinner.
I have also been to the Bristol Harbour festival. On Friday night I went to the opening with Ben and Derek (hockey friends from Sydney). It was a great night, lots of fun and so nice to hang out with some hockey mates again. We saw Jamaica Jazz who were very good, lots of funk and soul and very good to watch. I had to bail out early to catch the bus home, but went back on saturday. Saturday was more like a typical british summer day so it was cold and damp, but there were some very good bands on and the acrobats and circus performers were excellent. I think i actually spent more time at the circus stage than at the bands. My standout band was 'The Madness of Kign George' who were and eastern european style band. Wonderful energetic folk music, but i also saw some very interesting Bristol based groups who were generally very good as well. I enjoyed the day, but after the friday night with friends wandering around by myself was a little bit of a let down. However I'm glad i went and i did enjoy the music.
Other than that, i've joined a frisbee team and i'm training with them once a week. I'm gradually getting some more work done on my thesis and i'm looking forward to Balloon Fiesta and a weekend of walking in wales.
Now that i have discovered the library and got the system worked out i'll hopefully start posting a little more regularly again.
Work at the British Empire and Commonwealth museum is going well. I'm certainly learning lots with my placement and while there are times that are frustrating, in general i've really felt that it has been worthwhile.
Other than that, I'm still enjoying living in Bristol, although i'm regretting the lack of time i have to really explore. there is so much around here that i'd love time to see. I think that i would have preferred for my time to be switched around, so that i had 8 months here and 2 months in leicester. But that is just because of the feeling that i'm not going to get to see everything i want to.
Last week i went to bath for dinner with a friend from sydney. I got a lovely suprise when he let me know he was in bristol for a few days, and we met up on three evenings. It was great catching up on hockey gossip, seeing him again and just feeling a little more normal (ie have a sort of a social life). We didn't go into the roman baths at Bath as they were verye expensive and we got there only an hour before they shut. but we wandered around the town, saw the abbey and the grand crescent and had a nice dinner.
I have also been to the Bristol Harbour festival. On Friday night I went to the opening with Ben and Derek (hockey friends from Sydney). It was a great night, lots of fun and so nice to hang out with some hockey mates again. We saw Jamaica Jazz who were very good, lots of funk and soul and very good to watch. I had to bail out early to catch the bus home, but went back on saturday. Saturday was more like a typical british summer day so it was cold and damp, but there were some very good bands on and the acrobats and circus performers were excellent. I think i actually spent more time at the circus stage than at the bands. My standout band was 'The Madness of Kign George' who were and eastern european style band. Wonderful energetic folk music, but i also saw some very interesting Bristol based groups who were generally very good as well. I enjoyed the day, but after the friday night with friends wandering around by myself was a little bit of a let down. However I'm glad i went and i did enjoy the music.
Other than that, i've joined a frisbee team and i'm training with them once a week. I'm gradually getting some more work done on my thesis and i'm looking forward to Balloon Fiesta and a weekend of walking in wales.
Now that i have discovered the library and got the system worked out i'll hopefully start posting a little more regularly again.
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