Now I am officially caught up! WOOT!

Day 22, 16/9/09

Well, today I went and signed up for several societies (or at least for their mailing lists… the University *requires* that they charge a £3 fee for membership, how ridiculous is that?) including the ballroom society, swing dance society, traditional Scottish dance society, women in science society, scientific writers society. I don’t think I’ll keep up with all of it, but at least I’ll try. I then went to the Royal Museum of Scotland where they have a “Discovery of Spain” which goes from Goya to Picasso, but mainly focuses on the interaction of the UK with Spain. I got a post card of El Greco’s “Lady in a fur wrap” as well as John Everett Millais’ “Souvenir of Velázquez, which I completely fell in love with. She just looks so hauntingly sad. There is another one of St. Francis of Assisi, “St. Francis in Meditation” by Francisco de Zubarán that I really like too. I need to find a print of it though, there wasn’t one in the shop. I then walked around and bought laundry detergent, then came back and got my internet fixed!!!!!!!!! It turns out they didn’t put in a splicer or something, that all doubles are supposed to have. Whatever, it’s fixed, and now I can talk to all my amazing friends!!! Now I am going to head to dinner, then come back and read all the information packets they gave to us…

Oh, and as I was walking home today I saw a café that advertized “California Coffee” – I may have to check it out.