14th July

14^th July

I spoke too soon on the meat front. It was a relatives 50^th birthday today, and sheep head was served. I was given one of the ears to eat, and, I did take a nibble. While it tasted better than I imagined it would, it never-the-less had the texture of leather and a taste somewhat similar as well. I didn’t make a face though, as I put it down and hit it under a bowl, and thankfully no one was watching me eat it! The ear is traditionally given to younger people at the table, as a symbol that they should listen to their elders!

I have started a project with my higher level students to create a Wikipedia page for Beskol, with as much information as we can gather. Hopefully by next week we will have something to upload, and it is something that I hope can be added to while I am here. The prospect of having their work viewable by a worldwide audience was exciting, so lets hope there remain motivated on this project!

I just finished Dracula, which I realised half way through I have read before, but I cant for the life of me remember when. It was as I remembered it though, after a great start, the book just drags on and on, with terrible dialogue. It was that fact actually, that reminded me of having already read it. Reading on the Kindle, it doesn’t give page numbers, but instead percentages, and after 14%, the book is really rather dull. It doesn’t get interesting again until 98%, at which point Dracula is killed rather quickly (and easily). Sorry if I have ruined the ending for anyone who hasn’t read it, but save your time, and watch a film version instead, or read Frankenstein, a better book!