Hot Water!!

Last week was fairly eventful. It was EU Vet Week. The motto is "animal + human= one health". It's educating people/vet students about careers related to public/food health. There were some cool lectures and free stuff!

First, Chris turned on the boiler!! We now have hot water coming out of the taps! It's quite exciting...however, I have no idea how to work the radiator. Freezie toes.

Finally, I bought some bedsheets which means no more sleeping on a nakie bed! And a spiffy phone. It's a red HTC Wildfire, the phone came with the plan! Very pretty, free Skype on it too. I can talk with all my American peoples on-the-go!

AVS, Association of Veterinary Students, holds an annual Sports Weekend. All of the UK vet schools duke it out on the field! Apparently, it's the most epic weekend ever...in fact, we get 2 days off school to recover! Brilliant! And this year Edinburgh is hosting it. That means cheaper tickets (I already got mine!) and sleeping in my own bed. We will be having some of Chris's University of Liverpool buddies staying in the lounge. It will be cramped but AWESOME!!



Friday night was fantastic!! One of the girls, Crissy, celebrated her birthday on Thursday. We headed to At World's End for dinner and drinks. FYI, it's down on the Royal Mile about a block down from the red phone booth above. Apparently, EVERY restaurant in Edinburgh is tiny...we were barely able to fit all eleven of us in the waiting area. We watched some Germans (my people!) play table football/soccer with coins. After learning the rules and having some drinks, Crissy decided she could take on the Germans and WON!! The stewards kept rejecting our attempts to sit down to eat. They said there wasn't enough room and had couples waiting (we were there first!). Eventually, we did sit down to a very enjoyable meal. My American-style hamburger was delicious and everyone else enjoyed their silly fish and chips. And finally, I was able to get my beloved White Russian! Seems every drink I enjoy, the Scots don't understand how to make them...

After a wonderful time, we all headed out to hit some pubs. We walked along the street above the underground city, aka Old Town. Saw the site of the last public hanging. Several of us went off to the Library, it is the student bar/lounge on main campus. Pretty happening! I headed home shortly after that. I'm such a sad university student but on the way back, I got free hot chocolate and cookies!