I do apologise for having almost neglected this for a week or so, but such is life. It's been quite a busy week with quite a lot having happened. I've been lurking around here for nearly a month now, which has frankly flown by so far.
As I've found recently, if you stop going to the bar every day after lectures, this has both its positives and negatives. Positively, you don't end up blowing your weekly budget on needless over-indulgence, although on the other hand, there is nothing whatsoever to do. Evenings can seemingly drag on forever and ever, hence why trying to keep as full a diary as possible has been the order of the day recently.
I seem to have left off from last time bemoaning my lack of passport. Surprisingly this was swiftly rectified, and is "safely" back in my possession. Following this, Friday brought the spectacular Carelian Faces. This brought a much appreciated wind down at the end of the week, in the form of an international music festival. Friday was the first day, which hosted a number of very decent acts. Unfortunately I don't know the names of any of them, but there was this one with a moderately attractive front-girl, who were impressive. After this, it was on to the after party, which was roughly where I left my sobriety at the cloakroom and forgot to pick it up on the way out.
Moving on to Saturday, waking up feeling decidedly atrocious, and in need of a monstrous lie in. Patched up, but still shuddery and worse for wear, soldiered on to the end of Sunday, arriving just in time to witness a strange, yet extremely energetic Finnish glam rock band.
Sunday was Rob and Ben's birthday meal, in a nice little restaurant in the middle of town, serving exclusively local dishes. Pricey as it may have been, it was supreme. Having never tasted elk before, I didn't really know what to expect, but it's surprisingly divine.
Yesterday night was also a very good one. We were offered tickets by our English speaking teacher, Sasha, to see a classical music concert. Not one to stay in when there's something vaguely entertaining afoot, I accepted. The concert itself was interesting, a mixture of different pieces, the last of which a very strange medley of styles I wasn't really sure what to make of. The conductor was one of Sasha's good friends, so we went to the bar afterwards for a few drinks. Turns out he's an extremely nice guy, with no shortage of interesting things to talk about (and he's a blue, Gal).
Anyway, enjoy your heatwave in Britain... The temperature here is dropping like a stone, and at the moment it's about 7 degrees, and unlikely to ever get a great deal warmer. I think there was talk of a 12 degree scorcher on the way soon, so I'll keep the moderate weather coat handy just in case. Other than that, I think that's about it for now.
Пока! x
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