End of First Week of Uni!!

Hello all! Hope Blighty is treating you well as Spain is certainly doing a good job of looking after me!

Monday I had my first day of university. Bit of a let down, missed my first lecture due to not having the timetable. I only have one lecture course (Eléctronica Física) this term until I find a research project, which means I only have four hours a week. Hooray! Monday night was one of the french dude's birthdays and ended up being pretty hectic (those of you with access to facebook.com can see the photos on my profile). So I also missed my second day of uni here as well. Whoops.

So I finally attended my first lecture on Wednesday. I couldn't follow most of what the lecturer was saying but I could understand the projector slides perfectly which means in a fortnight when I am used to the speed of speech here I will hopefully be able to understand more easily. The topic is quite interesting and I am considering asking the lecturer if he can be the supervisor for my Masters project which I am supposed to be starting soon.

The one hour lecture was far too much hard work fo rme so I took a well earned stroll down the road to the fantastic Primera Playa de El Sardinero. My first time at the beach after being in Spain for a week, shameful. Had a good few hours of siesta on the powdery sand with the sun blazing down and the relaxing sound of the waves gently fizzing up and down the coast.

Thursday I had no courses so at about 3pm myself and some other brave explorers bought a return ticket to the Playa del Somo which is on the other side of Bahía de Santander. 15 minutes on the boat and 5 minute walk led us to a long, practically deserted beach with a surf shop a tenth of the cost of the one at the Sardinero. The idea was for us to rent some gear and go surfing, but the waves were tiny so we decided it wasn't worth the money and thus we just messed around in the sea and sunbathed a bit. I was quite looking forward to learning how to "surfear" but next time.

Today after my lecture I obtained the phone number of the Santander Rugby captain so I shall be giving him a ring this weekend to see if I can start training next Tuesday. The day at the beach made me realise how I need to join a sports club quick before I become chronically unfit.

Anyway I'm bored of this so time to shower and head down to the Plaza for the obligatory evening booze up.

MC

PS: It has come to my attention that the legendary coach Brimah at ICURFC is in hospital recovering from a brain aneurism. I've sent him a text sending my support but if anyone goes to visit can you give him regards for me as he might not have got the text. Thanks.