Incidentally the nettle beer was really rather nice (especially after adding honey) - and
successfully alcoholic! So the otter boys were definitely missing out.
Spanish tradition is that at midnight people burn a list of
bad things that have happened in the previous year and a list of hopes for the
next year, so that’s what we did, and it was actually quite fun, I might have
to adopt this tradition!
After burning our lists we finished off the nettle beer and
well-done sausages and played a very silly chicken game that was great! – bwuk
bwuk BAKAAAAW!
Then we went for a quick (quite cold) swim. It was the first time I’ve ever swum in bioluminescent water! (some plankton emit flashes of light
when the water near them is agitated). It was SOOO PRETTY. Moving through the
water made it sparkle and glitter like little water fireflies. But that’s
enough of me trying to be descriptive I think. Basically it was awesome. I want
to go back at night and skim stones to see if you can see the bioluminescence
from the beach!
All in all it was a great night! (Although this morning I
was feeling a little worse for wear..)
There is a large beach party planned for a bit later in the
year and I’m now super excited for that!
On a separate note - I seem to have become severely allergic to the outdoors. Which is rubbish. How is it possible that this ailment has developed?? It is completely ridiculous to be allergic to being outside!!
My hayfever is refusing to be tamed by tablets and I am now sneezing 100+ times each day which is very very annoying - I imagine the other people that work in my lab are probably getting very sick of my sneezes by now.. oh well, only the rest of the WHOLE SUMMER to go..
On a separate note - I seem to have become severely allergic to the outdoors. Which is rubbish. How is it possible that this ailment has developed?? It is completely ridiculous to be allergic to being outside!!
My hayfever is refusing to be tamed by tablets and I am now sneezing 100+ times each day which is very very annoying - I imagine the other people that work in my lab are probably getting very sick of my sneezes by now.. oh well, only the rest of the WHOLE SUMMER to go..
This seal has been hanging around the Marine Station a lot lately. Maria has named him Glaudine. |
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