Medieval Times

Nice relaxing trip to Semur-en-Auxois today. The town could be seen and "done" in maybe 1.5 hrs, but because I bus schedules, and inability to return sooner, I spent a very relaxing 7 hrs there. When I finished checking everything within the first 1.5 hrs, I wandered around for awhile, checking out various "romantic" sites. (the romantic one we list was a bit *too* romantic, with condom wrappers and various alcohol bottles rather disgustingly strewn about.) i took a very long walk to the campsite that was 3km away, and that was the one part of the day when it was beastly sunny. it was by a pretty lake though. then i walked back. i visited a museum that i plan to add to the town write up, and it had these funky contemporary art pieces interspersed with old classic stuff.

..ah i forgot i was writing this.

not that you knew there was time lapse of about 2 hours in between the last two sentences. but anyway. just got an email from one of the readers of my junior essay, who was also my tutorial prof sophomore year. he really liked the paper. this makes me exciting because he always used to critique me for not dwelling on things enough. i guess i've improved in dwelling.

i am just sort of dwelling here now, at 10pm saturday night. there isn't really anywhere to go in this town, and i don't really want to go to a bar alone. i'm also tired. i hope i meet some people eventually--i guess that will happen when there are actually hostel options in the town i'm staying in.

ah yes, the subject line, medieval times. so when i ended up having to stay in this town until 8, it turns out there was a medieval festival beginning at six, where people were dressed up as vikings and such and there were also crazy running races around the old streets of the town. from jean's suggestion, i will try and upload some pics to this, but not now.

tomorrow is my first day off, but i have to just hang around this town till my train leaves at 6:45, since it is the only train of the day. i plan to sleep in. yay. i wonder when i have to check out?