Lactose withdrawal

Goodbye, self-control! Today, I think I have drunk about 2 litres of milk -- been cutting back on milk consumption because a) cannot buy in gallon size and b) is about $5.00 per gallon when one buys it 2 litres at a time :) But this mental block is overcome and, mercy, was that milk fabulous!

Yesterday, went for Sunday lunch at the Tatham's house in Llanishen (Graham is my Rotary counselor, remember). Had parsnips for the first time -- they are kind of like carrots, just a little sweeter.

Llanishen is about 2 miles north of Cathays, where I live. While everyone else rested, Jane (Graham's wife) and I walked down into the village center and ---through the churchyard of St. Isan. The village isn't a separate municipality anymore, just an area of the blended city of Cardiff.





Jane does not like to drive and takes the train into town, about 8 minutes. The train station is a five minute walk from their house and up until a few years ago, when the station-master retired, one bought a ticket at the station house -- also where the station master lived. One third of the station house is empty and boarded up now; the rest has been converted into rented flats. From the platform, the sea is just visible when looking south through the arch toward the city.

In addition to being a day of milk consumption, today was also the day that I actually became a Cardiff University student. Am enrolled in three modules (courses): Phonology, Research Methods and Language Description. Tomorrow there will be a luncheon for the School of English, Philosophy and Communication and some introductory lectures.