My day without work led to my spontaneous decision to buy a bus ticket to Bangor, sit by the sea, get a wee cappuccino, and get cracking on 2 different papers. Bangor is a town on the east coast about a half hour outside Belfast. I'm not really sure if there's anything particularily special about it, but some of my co-workers reside there and I suppose it will be nice to get out of the city for the day. Yay spontaneity? I'm currently sitting in a seat on the beloved Ulsterbus and I have sneakily piled my belongings in the seat beside me to ensure my personal bubble is not tested at this time of the morning. Ta ha. I'm a crab, aren't I...oh well. Nigel did tell me yesterday he initially got the impression from me that I was sort of a "lone wolf." So I am, at times I suppose, but I think my lone-wolf tendencies need to be equally balanced with enough social interaction to keep me satisfied.
I met for coffee with Nigel yesterday afternoon for about 2 hours to discuss things ranging from my paper to some more personal issues. I think it was one of the first extremely beneath-the-surface chats that Nigel and I had actually. It was good-I think he is probably one of my favorite (if not absolute favorite) professors I have yet to be instructed by. Anyway, the bus will be in Bangor in a few minutes so I'll add more later on.
EVENING
Hi hi. Bangor was absolutely delightful. I've never been to Connecticut or Cape Cod, but I guess if I imagined it it would look similar. I started the day with a cappuccino, walked for about an hour and a half on the coastal sea path, and then lounged in the grass for an hour or so to start my papers. So nice.
This was the first thing I saw when I arrived:
Who knew?!
Lovely day. I discovered Bangor is the location where Brie's internship organisation docks their boat, and it's known as a very "posh" location in Northern Ireland. I think I could handle it.
Back up to Corrymeela for the weekend! Yay peace and reconciliation...and free food. Woot!
Ciao,
Karen
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