Half way there

Half the exams are now over - and without a doubt the worst half. Now I've done Law and Politics, I just have Economics and History to go. The next exam is a week today, so it allows for a bit of breathing space.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, it was decided that we should go out. A few of us went out straight from dinner - a normal occurrence in the UK but unheard of in Belgium. We arrived at the pub at 8.30 and it was absolutely empty (on a Friday night!) for the next hour or so. By 11.00 we decided to move on to B-in, the lounge bar/club that everyone at the College has suddenly become obsessed with. It was a nice place, and certainly a lot cooler than what Bruges generally has to offer. The music was a complete mixture from mainstream UK/US stuff through Eurotechno to Latin (i.e. Salsa, not Benedictine chants...) - it meant there was something for everyone though it was perhaps a bit too eclectic to be consistently enjoyable. Nonetheless I had a good night.

Today Helena and I went for a long bike ride: after three weeks being broken, my bike was finally fixed yesterday and the coincidence of that fact, no work to do today and a sunny day made a cycle ride the perfect choice. We went from Bruges to Damme along the canal and the went to the coast at Knokke, and cycled westwards as far as Blankenberge before returning to Bruges - 45 km in total.

Less than two weeks until I go home for Christmas!