Firstly: Starbucks has Stroopwaffels. The generic, Dutch ones - they're "Made exclusively in The Netherlands for Starbucks Coffee Company (UK [and Ireland]) Ltd" (and yes, I'm quoting the packet... I took one home with me ( Read more... )

'Cos you know you love them...

Firstly, an amusing one from the BBC Online Magazine on Facebook: here
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Yep, I've not really managed to do much at all today. Oh well!

Here are some articles from the BBC site I thought were interesting...

Iran war could triple oil price

Latvian strip club ban considered

Charles Taylor flown into The Hague

Russia and Italy to continue co-operation under Prodi

Australian Mint worker jailedAnd this one isn't recent ( Read more... )

... as found by necaris

I'm actually fairly happy with the results, for once (in the sense that I think the descriptions given aren't too objectionable!) :)


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Am about to start the paper for the Hons Class, which should be in by Thursday by all accounts, except that since the session I was supposedly co-chairing only happened yesterday, I'm supposed to get another week. Which is all good, except by that point I'm also supposed to have finished several Trusts essays... Oh well, we'll see what happens ( Read more... )

Am back in Holland now, and slightly less sleep-deprived than I have been for the past couple of days, thanks to sleeping for at least 10 hours on the coach(es) between Oxford and Leiden. Including while one of said coaches was in the hold compartment of a ferry (I only woke up - vaguely - when the ferry started moving ( Read more... )

...At least, when I'm not feeling exactly 100% - perhaps illness is conducive to studying? Provided it doesn't knock you out completely, at any rate ( Read more... )

Not quite as depressing today. There have been only three minor annoyances so far, and even those not quite as bad as the bike one. ( Read more... )

Have now packed my room, pretty much. Think I'm going to take my poster down, too - if I remember in the morning, anyway: am taking precautions in case Duwo decide to change the lock or something, as because I can't end the contract early, I'm not paying this month's rent (E365) and am instead letting them keep the deposit (E300) and posting the ( Read more... )

... was all much fun. ( reflections on the class, today, Leiden and generally - plus more on plans for rest of month )