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Hey everyone, 

Hope you are doing well today. I am doing good, besides the fact that it has been raining all day. I got soaked on my walk back to the dorm from my last class about an hour ago. But I am changed into some comfy clothes and just had dinner so things are looking up!

Dinner wasn't anything special tonight, but I figured since I have some time I'd fill you in on the food selections here. My meal plan includes breakfast and dinner 7 days a week. I have to find lunch myself, but that is okay because I need one light meal a day. We only have one place that we can use our meals and that is at the restaurant. I know restaurant sounds nice and fancy with a menu and choices but in this case it is just a fancy term for cafeteria. Europe always likes to keep things classy. The food quality and options are really good in the cafeteria though.

For breakfast there is always fresh fruit, oatmeal, variety of cereals, Ambrosia custard, or yoghurt (as they spell it here). Then there are several hot food lines that have the same things. Link sausages, "bacon" which looks like ham, and hash browns McDonald's style. Then some mornings they offer wraps and others they have yoghurt with stewed fruits and grapefruit. It's a good variety and I love having a banana every day!

Dinner changes everyday. The first week they did theme nights: Scottish, Oriental, German, Mexican and French. They have a fish, meat, 3 or 4 sides, a specialty side, a dessert with a sauce, salad, sauteed veggies, cous cous, tuna, and other vegetarian options everyday. I'll never go hungry that's for sure.

Plus, the 'restaurant' has a specialty coffee machine that makes cappuccino, espresso, lattes, etc. and it has milk, juice machines, and a soda fountain. I am proud to say I have not used the soda machine one time. Just stickin' with water...and coffee!

Today I ate 2 spring rolls with a sweet and sour sauce, seasoned rice, braised spinach, and a piece of banana cake. The cake always has a sauce that goes on top of it no matter what kind it is.. today was an orange creme and it was not good.. but other days it has really complimented the dessert. I kind of miss the desserts at Stetson because there were so many. I could go for a Coffee Shop cookie or soft serve ice cream right about now...

I am glad that I chose the catered option instead of self catered because I would eat out all the time and be broke. I haven't eaten any Indian food yet, but hope to very soon. Mother of India was too crowded when we were going to eat there, but it is next on my list. The Thai and Chinese I had were excellent, so I imagine the Indian will be superb.

I hope you've enjoyed this segment of "Life in Edinburgh". Maybe I'll be able to post about some adventures very soon, like the title of the blog suggests. It is the weekend!

Til then,
Alyssa