April 21, 2009

Taormina dreaming...



The long-awaited trip to Sicily was a success; so much so that it's been really hard getting used to the routine of writing and planning lectures, and to the sunny but mercilessly chilly Finnish weather. I'll probably be posting more of my impressions on the island later on, so suffice it to say that during the last two weeks I enjoyed the Mediterranean spring, local cuisine, and general non-academic activities to the full, and also managed to get a decent suntan.

However, my supervisor finally mailed his comments on my Licenciate thesis, and today I did some last-minute readjustments before sending it to our professor. About time, too. Soon I'll have to start thinking about the structure and actual contents of my PhD thesis, but at the moment I'm more concerned about getting my act together before Friday, when I've got to teach the penultimate grammar lecture (adjectives and adverbials, yay). After that, I can start worrying about finding appropriate Renaissance dances, and the best way of teaching them to myself and the rest of the Stereotypical History Society over the 1st of May weekend.


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