Laura, goat babies, Matt and Hazel..!

Continuing on the journey from February ’til now, in early March our dear friend Laura visited us in Prague. She has been our most regular visitor, and so we don’t need to do the whole touristy thing anymore… we can enjoy just spending time together, chatting, and finding new places to have coffee..!

 Coffee with Laura in Ebel’s… a favourite haunt of Phil and I.

 Easter treats at the Easter market in Staromestka Namesti… hmmm… chocolately fruit..!

 Easter market in Staromestka Namesti.

 

Just after Laura left, our IBTS pygmy goats had their little babies. There were two kids born to each mother but sadly one of the kids died. The three surviving kids are adorable! The mama goats’ names are officially Fossil and Fuel… but they are called different things by different people. They are mostly known as Grace and Gloria. Grace’s babies are Albert (black) and Abigail (white), Gloria’s baby is Alice (black with grey ears).

 Mama’s and two of the babies: Albert on the left and Alice on the right.

 Albert and Abigail.

 Gloria and little Alice.

As we didn’t want to have any more little goat babies running around yet, we had to make a decision about little Albert… either he had to be castrated and stay with his family, or be sold to a farmer to live his days in freedom and bodily wholeness! We decided to do the more kind thing and a farmer came and took him away last week. Hopefully he will be a happy little goat wherever he is now..!! He certainly won’t be as spoilt as he was by the IBTS community though.

Matt and Bethan came to visit at the end of March too… which was really great. Unfortunately their visit came within the last two weeks of my dissertation deadline, so I had to be at the computer at bit more than I would have liked, but we still had a great time together. We had lots of interesting chats, enjoyed pancakes on Saturday morning (Delia Smith’s recipe cooked by Matt and Bethan… so yummy!) and even enjoyed some early spring sunshine on Sunday afternoon. It was their first time in Prague, and I think that they really enjoyed it. On the Saturday evening we went to a very good Greek restaurant in Dejvicka called Kavala… the food was delicious, the waiters friendly and the atmosphere relaxed… it was a lovely evening. We also took Matt and Bethan for some Czech food on their last night in Prague, which they thought was actually pretty good..!

 Matt with his Czech gulas and beer: the perfect meal!

After I handed in my dissertation, Hazel and a friend of hers called June, came to visit us. We had a fun time, did the usual tourist route from Hradcanska to the Castle, down to Malostranska across Charles Bridge to Staromestka Namesti. It was great..! We went to an amazing place for dinner… the food was so good, and the wine even better! It was in an old cellar, with vaulted ceilings, lit by candle-light alone… it was gorgeous.

 Hazel and June.

 Dining area.

 Phil and I enjoying the lovely wine..!

So… that is a quick gallop through things that you’ve missed so far..! Still to come: our trip to Madrid last weekend for our friend Ellie’s wedding, and our visit today to Karlstejn Castle. But at least we’re within the last two weeks..!

Girlies in Prague (erm, in February..!)

Being the dedicated student that I am, I didn’t have time to do everthing that I wanted on my lovely blog, as I was so committed to reading, studying, writing… etc etc..! (hmmm…)

Anyway, there are a few key events in the life of Phil and I that have so far gone undocumented… so I’m going to try and catch up on these events over the next couple of days…

The first most wonderful event was the visit of my darling flatmates (sadly missing little Elle…) to Prague at the beginning of February. We had such a great time together, chatting, going out for many a coffee… and enjoying together the delights of Prague. It was so special to have my lovely University girlies spend time with us in our (temporary) home in Prague.

 Beautiful Prague Castle 

 Sunny Vysehrad

 Suzie and Sazzle

  Cute Sazzle!

 Suzie and I drinking lovely Czech beer.

 Hmmm. Phil and Sazzle…

Just a little taste of our fun from the weekend… more photos from our adventures in Prague to come.

Its in!

Bring out the champagne… my dissertation is handed in..! Hurrah! I had until 23:59 on the 8th April to hand it in, and it was pretty much done at 17:00. Phil very kindly offered to proof-read it, which he finished doing at 22:00… at which point I was getting a bit stressed! Then we had a bit of a problem with some formatting stuff, contents page etc, but we got it sorted by 23:48..!

Tonight I’m going out with friends to celebrate..! Just on cue the sun has come out… sun bathing here we come!

Graduation in May! Yee haaa!

Dissertation (nearly) handed in…

Tomorrow night its going to be time to celebrate… because my dissertation will be handed in in 24 hours time..!! I’m nearly all done, just got a bit more to add to my conclusion, some footnote-tidying, and bibliography to go. Hopefully I will finish everything tonight… but if not I have until 23:59 tomorrow evening to finish it all up! Argh! Can’t believe it soooo close! Hurrah!

OK, need to focus… must keep working. Must keep working.

See you on the other side!