Procrastination and kites

I have two exams left, but after finishing my essays, I decided that I was due for a bit of procrastination and needed to re-emerge from my room/the library. So, I headed over the hill to Stanmer Park for the kite festival. It was very cold and windy which I guess isn't too bad of weather for a kite festival. There were lots of pretty kites but I didn't actually buy or fly any. Instead a few of us sat and watched the choreographed kite flying for over an hour before we gave into the cold and headed back to campus.


Sunday, I went to a strange play/opera, El Gallo by the Mexican theater group Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes, that was part of the Brighton Festival. It was somewhat absurdist and all sung in a made-up language but quite enjoyable. It was also pretty entertaining to hear the reactions of the mainly white-haired British audience. On my way back to the bus stop, I ran into a crowd of people surrounding guys dressed up in period clothes serving mini gin and tonics. It was some kind of advertising/publicity for a gin company I think. They had a train car filled with odd curiosities that you could go into though. Just another strange and interesting evening in Brighton.