Update after a long time

First I want to apologize for my lack of blogging over the last couple of months. I started this blog with the intention of writing up all the exciting adventures I was having overseas, but then realized that I don't always have something exciting to write about. Also, as I get busier and busier, I find it more difficult to sit down and actually update. So, here's a quick update as to what I've been up to, and hopefully, when I head off on more exciting adventures I will be able to write and post some pictures...

I have moved into a private flat with J and another friend about 10 minutes from the centre of town. It is so nice to be out of the main area, especially when the tourists are around, and now with the students all back, it's nice to have somewhere to escape to. One of my flatmates has just opened a vintage clothing store here and so while she was getting everything organized, I spent many hours helping paint, move funiture, wash windows, etc.

I am still working two days a week in the deli in town. It's going well and it's nice to have a break from school on Sundays and Mondays. I am also teaching this year. The course is an evening course, first year, on Classical Athens. It's a continuing education type class so everyone in it is at least 20 years older than me, but they are great. They are super interested in actually doing the reading and contributing to discussion, which I here is generally not the case with the regular undergraduate courses.

As for school, I'm plugging away, working on a case study of Spain at the moment. I am also giving a paper at a conference down in Nottingham in November and hoping to give one at Yale in the spring. We'll see what happens.

Never a dull moment around here, but most of my everyday activities are not conducive to blog writing. In any case, I hope to be updating this more frequently now that I'm back into my regular schedule.