Lazy Moo

Haven't I been naughty boy; three weeks without writing a blog entry. Tut tut. In fairness I have been pretty busy living the jetset lifestyle.

A few weekends back I went to the Fiesta de Orujo in Potes, Cantabria. Orujo is a local liquor that comes in various varieties and they hold a festival to celebrate it and to drum up interest. It was in the picturesque village of Potes, perched nicely in the Picos de Europa mountains. The festival was totally free and consisted of one enormous tent with two stages and loads of stalls giving away all the different types of Orujo, again totally free. My travelling buddies and I decided that drinking from the little shot glasses they were issuing was far too slow so we pinched a few of the bottles and enjoyed the drink at a more enjoyable rate.

After the main tent shut, all the Erasmus crowd headed into a nightclub that was playing some house/trance malarkey or joined the crowds in the village in a spot of bar-hopping or listening to all the street music and performers. All-in-all very enjoyable evening with the exception of a few of the bar owners being a little bit unfriendly with us foreigners, which struck me as a bit of a daft attitude for someone in the hospitality industry.

On to university issues. My department at Imperial sent over a professor to meet with me and discuss my project, how things are going for me generally in Santander, etc. They also footed the bill for a five course meal at a delightfully expensive restaurant in a very nice part of town. My project is beginning slowly, next week I hope to get in the lab next week to get "down and dirty" with all the gear.

I've just returned to Santander after a five day stay in England. A night out in Sheffield, another in Reading for my mate's 21st and a day in my university picking up software and catching up with some mates there. Next excursions I have planned are a week-long road trip in Andalucia in December and maybe some skiing in January. Exciting times.