Easter Break!

Classes here have come to a halt. It is officially "Easter Break" for me. Here, Easter Break would be the equivalent of March Break or Reading week at home, except one minor detail. Our break here is one month long! Reading week at York is only a week! My break starts TODAY and classes don't start until the 19th of April. Although this break is great it is the reason why school ends here awhile after classes back at York. The past couple of weeks have been jam packed with classes, and reading, and notes and all that fun stuff associated with learning! I'm rather looking forward to a 'brain break' .

Luckily, I have however been able to squeeze in some fun these past couple weeks between school and feeling slightly under the weather. A few of my friends and I have taken up salsa classes every Tuesday night at a place in town called 'Monkey Bar' which has turned out to be lots of fun. I know you may think...salsa dancing in Wales? but yes...it is in fact true and in fact it draws quite the crowd. Although the majority is university students there are some older couples and middle aged adults which makes for an interesting night out! Everyone has a good attitude about learning and trying new things and dancing with people they don't know. I was quite apprehensive at first not having much experience salsa dancing but my friend Maria confidently assured me how much fun it would be. Sure enough I now find myself looking forward to Tuesday nights and watching my friends dance and those who are not as familiar with Latin music learn how to make their hips and legs move in ways quite unnatural to them! Below is a picture of Maria and I at Monkey Bar and Chantal and I clearly practicing our spins!










I've also had the pleasure of enjoying more walks along the beach and bonding time with the girls in my flat. The pictures above are from our evening stroll along the beach in Swansea. Last week Sophie (on the left in picture below), Hannah (on the right in the picture below), and I also went to Porthcawl which is another beach town near Swansea where Hannah lives. We drove in Hannah's MINIATURE car, notice the emphasis on miniature as all the cars here are soo tiny, about 45 min (due to traffic). Yes it makes me laugh whenever we drive anywhere because it makes me think that my brother and Dad being the tall size they are would have incredible difficulty fitting into these cars. The beach was beautiful as it seemed to go for miles set against crashing waves, large rocks and a wonderful sunset at the time we were there. Sounds cliche I know, but I am a lover of the sea, sand and sun :)