Showtime

These are the shows we are seeing while here in London:
As You Like It - Tuesday, 17th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_You_Like_It

Les Mis - Thursday, 19th
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_%28musical%29

Much Ado About Nothing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Ado_About_Nothing

War Horses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Horse_%28play%29


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After walking around Windsor Castle I went to go eat some lunch with Dr. Mitchell and his son. We ate at a place called Nando's, which I believe is a Portuguese chicken place. It was pretty tasty and I even ate reasonably healthy. The waiter really tried to push a bottomless soda on me which was unexpected. First, there don't seem to be many restaurants here that let you fill your own cups with soda. Second, this guy really wanted me to buy this soda for 2.25 pounds sterling - essentially four dollars. It was a good restaurant though, only thing is that it really wasn't very spicy. I ordered hot, but by the end of the meal I was pouring on the extra extra hot sauce.

We were then walking down the street and found a very nice little fudge shop with the most amazing little fudge you've never had (but I have). Dr. Mitchell got three slices and I picked up one, each of which was a few hundred grams. I figure it'll take me a few days to eat and I'll need to share with a couple people that think they may like some rum and raisin flavored fudge.

I've actually been eating reasonably well here. I think I may have mentioned that a number of the guys in my flat like to cook. I've been making rice fairly regularly because... it's cheap! Well, relatively speaking anyway. I've been making pretty nice rice though. Garlic, thyme, cumin, dried parsley, fresh ginger, fresh ground Mediterranean sea salt, and balsamic vinegar mixed in as the rice boils. The rice is 1 cup brown, 1/2 cup white, 1/2 cup dried veggies. Then I saute some onions, cut up some carrots, squeeze some lime or lemon, then add a dash of olive oil. After cooking up such a scrumptious, ricetacular creation I then attempt to trade portions of my rice for something someone else has cooked up just to get a bit more variety in. Lately I've been eating pita bread with banana and nutella for breakfast. I try to throw in a nice cup of jasmine infused green tea if I've got time in the morning as well.

Class is a good 10-15 minute walk from my flat and starts at 8:00 a.m.. Classes vary somewhat in that we may take a field trip for one class on one day, and then almost all of the four hours of class the next day are for the other class. Today is all operations because Dr. Mitchell is going to visit Paris over the weekend so Dr. Gritta is taking class on Friday. Towards the end of class today I'll have my first class with Dr. Mitchell for the advanced class that I'm in with him. I'm expected to sit in for the material I've already taken, but that's fine because it's an interesting class and I'm happy to really learn the material well.