Friday, September 26, 2014

100 Reasons (In No Particular Order) Why this was the Best Year Ever.

Exactly a year ago, I arrived to Durham for my Masters. To celebrate, let me share with you 100 reasons why this year was the best one ever!







1. Cathsoc.



2. Durham Cathedral.


3. Durham Castle.


4. June Ball.


5. Fish and Chips.


6. Yorkshire Tea.


7. Shortbread.


8. The Order of Preachers!


9. Cooking Mexican food for friends.


10. St. Cuthbert's Catholic Church.


11. Living with five guys.


12. Playing football in a team again.


13. Rolling down the hill in Windermere.


14. Jumping into the ridiculously freezing waters of Lake Windermere.


15. Jumping into the ridiculously freezing waters at Whitby.


16. Jumping into the ridiculously freezing waters at Seaham.


17. Just going into large bodies of very very cold water.


19. Treat's.


20. Paneer.


21. Cathsoc ball.


22. Boarbank Retreat.


23. Reading classic works of literature in the places where they are set.


24. The Handy's laugh.



25. Miguelito and Betty Jo.



26. Nemo piƱata.



27. Victorian sponge cake.


28. Laughing until you cry.





29. Laughing until it hurts.


30. Singing Les Mis all day, every day.


31. A Belgian tease.
Looks adorable. Beware, beware. 


32. A Trini's dance.



33. When Irene's laugh is funnier than the joke.




34. Hugs. So many hugs.


35. Ampleforth Abbey.



36. King Arthur's seat (and being the last one to get to the top).



37. The Tower of London


38. Sweating. Sweating so, so much.



39. Chaplaincy dinners.



40. This blog.



41. Konrad's cake.



42. The cliffs of Seaham.


43. Crook Hall.


44. Sunrise at Wharton Park.



45. The Irish Sea.


46. The Geordie accent.



47. Iceland pizza.



48. Scrapbooking.



49. Best birthday party.


50. Sara Bareilles in London.




51. Tom's youtube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF_tdvYcSe4


52. Seeing Les Miserables live!



53. Doritos Chili Heatwave.



54. "O my jaw!"



55. Mexihungarian football analysis.



56. Being almost 100% sure I saw Adele in the streets of Durham.



57. Hats.



58. The scent of the trees and flowers walking on North Road at night.


59. Autumn foliage.


60. A tiny bit of snow.


61. Seeing the sun after days of clouds.



62. Karaoke nights.


63. Hungarian food.



64.  York




65. Bhanu.



66. Raja.






67. Chatsworth House.



68. Cold August.




69. Boy and Bear.



70. Making tortillas from scrap.




71. High Force!




72. Low Force!


73. Going behind a waterfall and getting completely soaked.



74. Fence-jumping.



75. Nottingham.




76. Oxford (even if I didn't get in).



77. Shoes


78. Bhuna the bunny.



79. Watching World Cup games in a castle.






80. Lindisfarne!!





81. Mass at St. Mary's cathedral on the Feast of the Assumption.



82. Mass in Westminster Cathedral



83. Record-long facebook conversations with my fellow awkward queen.



84. Whitby



85. Windermere




86. Raby Castle



87. The Kollar!!!



88. A full English breakfast



89. Dancing until you feel your feet might fall off.





90.  10pm sunsets




91. The Great British Bake-Off!




92.  Walking along the River Wear





93. Scones



94. Boating




95. Having a movie theater at home


96.  Lumiere



97. Sitting in the corridor talking for hours with your friends






98. Writing (and finishing) a dissertation




99. E.K.C.



100. Durham--the best place to live.