To start, I found a coin! We were digging deeper with our mattoxes, when I saw a spot of green. I used my trowel to investigate and found a coin. It was very damaged, so I couldn't make out the face or any of the design. But still, I found something really cool!

But the rest of the day was so cold, wet, muddy, and miserable. Instead of washing CBM, like we did last week when it was rainy, we remained outside. I was already very tired from the mattoxing and the shoveling. The rain made it 10 times worse.

I was so relieved when I got back to my room for a shower and a hot meal. Then we attended a lecture given by Gary Devore. It was actually very interesting because he was giving a presentation on the reconstructions he made on a virtual website called Second Life. He created an island called Roma and even included the Binchester site! There are many participants from all over the world and people get to experience Roman culture in a very unique but fun way. Another amazing thing about this is that some of the users offer Latin classes (free) for those who are interested. I can't wait to try it out.

Finally, we went to the small bar in St. Johns College to hang out with our British friends, who are also students here at Durham. Mae, James, and Cameron are super interesting people, who are patient with our questions about British life, people etc. I always learn something new when I hang out with them! This is a short post, so maybe I'll try to update every three days or so! But I just had to write today because of my coin. I don't want to forget this day! Good night everyone.