Day 4: Plane Tickets and Dancing

10am: Wake up, puts around for a while.

10:30am: Walk to grocery store, buy food, eat food, store food in fridge. I'm not going to go into too great detail right now, but unprepared food prices are fairly different in the UK compared to the US, generally lower it seems. However, restaurants seem to be more expensive in Cambridge than in the US. High rent? High wages? High-quality ingredients? High profit? Different business model/staffing? Food is yummy, though. =)

11:45am: Try to start organizing to-do's with the eventual goal of finishing up work for JPA. Unsuccessful as I transitioned into buying airplane tickets.

1pm-6pm: Buying 6 one-way tickets with Ryan Air to hop around Europe, planning the rest of my trip in broad swaths.

0.) Cambridge base camp at least till the end of the week.

1.) 15-Day UK rail pass active from Feb 16 - March 2.

2.) Edinburgh base camp from ~Feb 20 - March 2

3.) ~$18 flight to Sweden, then staying March 2 - March 15

4.) ~$50 flight to Eindhoven, then staying in Netherlands/Belgium March 15 - March 22

5.) ~$16 flight to Bologna from Brussels, then staying in Italy March 22-29

6.) ~$16 return flight to Brussels, then doing something from March 29 - April 1

7.) ~$64 round-trip flight to Corsica, staying April 1 - April 8; hiking Mare a Mare Sud during April 2-7 (inclusive)

8.) ??? April 8 - April 12. Zurich? Poland? Paris? Barcelona? Turkey? Germany?

9.) ??? flight to Bulgaria, staying approximately April 12 - April 18

10.) Return to the US, April 19.

6:30 pm: Shower and Shave.

7:00 pm: Pub Fish and Chips. Yummy.

7:35pm - 10:30pm: (With Saur and Cindy) Valentine's Day Ceilidh @ Emmanuel URC
(N.B.: For those of you who don't know what a Ceilidh is, think "square dance with Scottish music"(Thanks to Cindy for the description). Heal-toe-heal-toe slide two three four...)

Ceilidh Sessions

Monday 14th February, 8pm-10.30pm

Emmanuel United Reform Church, Trumpington Street (opposite Pembroke College)

A Special Ceilidh for Valentine's Day.

Featuring the Red Rock Ceilidh Band, with renowned local caller Bob Ridout.

[PLEASE NOTE: This event is on a "first come first served" basis. We have a limit of 120 people - so get there early. 7.45pm recommended.]

The band will include members of the Cambridge University Ceilidh Band and the SOAS Ceilidh Band [London].

There will be tunes, songs and dances.

Admission is £6, £3 for students and unwaged.

Open to all members of the Public and the University.

Families are welcome. Under-12s free.

We start at 8.00pm
Type of event: Music event
Open to: Event is open to all students
Cost: £6 / £3 concessions

10:30pm-12:30am : Hang out a little with Cindy and Saur, mostly with Saur.

12:30am onward: Walk home. E-mail. Bang out rough blog post. Consider adding photos, but decide to do it later <-- (procrastination is a great tool for helping with sleep!).