A Fair Weather Day

I was contemplating starting a running tally of how many straight days it rained here. I had to stop at four because turned out to be rather warm and beautiful. 

Our academic semester started today with a slight orientation and a short video on early British history. I love the way classes work here. We get a coffee/tea break automatically every couple of hours or so. The classroom learning was followed by a treasure hunt (of knowledge) through the city. It would have been a nice way to see some of the main sites I had missed lately, but my group was too gung-ho about winning to be leisurely. After a good 2 hours of walking in large circles around the main city center we retired to our program's offices for another tea time. 

When I felt peopled-out enough, which happened easily enough considering the strong personalities I had in my hunting party, I wandered off by myself in search of some groceries. Unfortunately, I was low on cash and only got a few staples. Looks like I'm going again tomorrow after a trip to the ATM. 

Tonight was the St. Giles Fair, which is basically like a mini-street carnival. I took my new camera and tried it out. I got a few good pictures out of the 200-something I took; practice makes perfect so hopefully that ratio will increase. 

Tomorrow is more orientation and classes followed by Stonehenge and other various field trip sights on Thursday. 

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