Best Study Session of My Life

I am sitting here in the Starbucks on High Street preparing for a presentation on Nicolas Poussin on Monday.  Although I am not necessarily looking forwarding to the presentation itself, this has probably been one of the most pleasant afternoons I can think of.  I would have rather been at a local coffee shop to get the full Edinburgh experience, but I am cheap and have a Starbucks gift card that miraculously works in pounds.  I lucked out and got a great seat on the top floor overlooking High Street and have literally sat here for several hours sipping coffee and eating shortbread while writing my speech.  As much as I miss it, this definitely beats studying in the Main Library in Iowa City!