Since my last post, I've been been to Manchester, London, and the Yorkshire Dales. But before all of that (including pictures), a work update. My dissertation has been coming along, I might even go so far as to say nicely. I was in Manchester for research at the Imperial War Museum North. I've been doing a bit of writing and I've had a couple supervisor meetings. Before my next meeting in about 3 weeks, I have to send my supervisor a draft of what I have so far. Which means I get to spend the next week reading, writing, and sorting out what I have already written. It should be fun.
This past week has been a bit hectic. It started last Sunday with the graduation mass and BBQ. It was a lot of fun, but I got a bit sunburned. So I'm rocking a bit of a farmer's tan.
Then on Wednesday I went to London with some friends. We were supposed to be on the 8:56 am train, but that one got cancelled due to a fault on the train, so we ended up on the next one (roughly 9:30). Most of us ended up sitting in between the cars by the doors, luggage rack, and toilet. After we got to King's Cross and had a quick lunch, we went to the British Museum. (Basically, the world's largest collection of found and stolen stuff.) It was really cool. We saw pretty much everything and were looking at the gift shop when one of my friends and I realized we hadn't seen the Rosetta Stone or the Elgin Marbles (at the museum, they are the Parthenon Marbles). The rest of the group gave us 15 minutes to see them. Luckily, we found them immediately. They were really cool. After the British Museum, we went to the Science Museum. It was also cool, a few of us spent about half the time we were there in the children's section. By the time we left to go eat dinner, all 10 of us were suffering museum fatigue. We returned to York on a 9 pm train.
Thursday was the CaSSoc end of term/year meal. It was an occasion for some of us to dress up and go out to a fancy dinner. We started with a reception at the chaplaincy and then headed into town. One of the guys wore a top hat, which ended up being handed around so everyone could try it on.
Saturday, CaSSoc (a small group of us) went out to the Dales, near Middlesmoor, to visit one of the biology faculty's sheep. It's a special kind that is generally found in Cumbria. It was a lot of fun. I got to feed a couple and got a lot of pictures of the sheep and the Dales.
That's it for my incredibly busy week. Term ends for the undergrads in two weeks, so that'll be sad. But, now I've got some pictures to share.
That's all I have this week!
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