NEWS FLASH! everyone! my mom is a genius! i tricked my computer into letting me upload pictures! i have added them to the posts 'art galleries and covent gardens' and 'i did not see a woman in black...' you can click on the links over here ----> or just keep scrolling down! i am in the process of adding pictures from my days from stratford and kew gardens as well. i will keep you updated! :)
so today we went to a cricket match!! how cool is that?! normally we have class on mondays, but this week we will have class on wednesday and thursday instead. this morning at 9 we had a lecture from a english guy that professor jacoby is friends with. they both edit a journal on german politics and it just so happens that this guy is an amateur cricket player! so he taught us about the history of the game and the rules, it was super interesting! according to him, cricket is the second largest sport in the world! next to soccer of course:) but because it was spread by the british empire it has basically reached every corner of the world. it is super popular in india, which accounts for a huge chunk of the world's population. and apparently australia, england, and south africa are the best international teams right now. it was really cool to learn about! it's kind of crazy to think there is more to professional sports than the NBA and NFL.
after his lecture concluded we went off to the cricket match! it was out by this place called vauxhall.it was in a pretty big stadium called the kia oval and it was way nice! i seriously felt like i was back home at a really classy baseball game! i loved it! except instead of hot dogs and coke you have fish and chips and pims! i freaking love england! we had amazing seats. so we were at an international match... it was the number one and number two seeds in the world, england and south africa. now this is gonna sound crazy but cricket matches usually take five days to complete! we came in on day four. basically south africa was tromping the british and there was no hope for their win. it was kind of pointless for them to even be playing at that point. but it was so cool! although the english people would disagree, i would have to say cricket is very, very uneventful. i mean really, a game takes five days. that's ridiculous! and every day they stop for lunch and twelve and tea at 3:40. this kills me. can you imagine stopping a football game for a nice spot of tea? hahahaha. so basically what i'm trying to say here is that cricket is a social event! it's a place where you go hang out with your friends and hope that your team wins even though you are paying more attention to your beer than the game. that was what i got from it! i'm not even gonna try to explain what the rules were because it is bizarre. i'll let you guys figure that one out!
so after about two hours at the cricket match me and chelsea headed back into the city because she had a doctors appointment. no she isn't sick! she just got into the nursing program and has to get all these vaccinations or she gets kicked out! so we went to a little clinic off of oxford street. before that we grabbed some lunch! we found this spanish tapas place that had gluten free stuff (Chels has siliacs, ciliacs? seliacs? oh well, haha) and it was so good! she got paella, i got a salad, and we split these teeny little chicken skewers. oh and i finally got my elderflower water! sooooo yummy! everyone must try it! then we went to her appointment. sadly we have to go back wednesday but mostly everything went good:) after that we somehow stumbled upon this crazy candy store. it was all american candy, which kills me because american candy is soooo nasty compared to the candy here. i was embarrassed they were even selling hershey bars! anyone who spends money on that here is insane! the other thing i thought was hilarious is that in their candy store they also include some of our cereals! they had cheerios, froot loops, captain crunch and lucky charms! hahah so basically that is not a suitable breakfast for the english. they also had a ton of funny stuff, like twinkies, pop tarts, and a bunch of our soda! mountain dew, rootbeer, creme soda, vanilla coke. it was so funny that to them its such a sugary treat and to us those are everyday things. kind of explains why we're all so dang fat!
after that, we stumbled upon dorothy perkins! completely by accident. mom, i hate to break it to you, but it was a complete dud. it's like cheap forever 21 for old ladies. if you saw it in person you wouldn't like it. so either you are looking at a totally different store or they just have a freakishly cute website. sorry to disappoint!
after that we were gonna try and go do rowboats at regent park or hyde park. it was SUCH a beautiful day i can't even tell you! it's so weird for it to be hot outside! but we ran out of time cause i am still on dang dish crew :( so i did that. dinner was good though! so that was a success. after dinner we watched one of our movies for our european history class, then i wrote my paper on it. i also skyped my mom and dad because my tea set arrived home! yay! :) everything made it intact! i also was talking to one of my friends that has worked in disney before... she looked up where i am gonna be working this fall!!!!!! drumroll please.... i am gonna be in FANTASYLAND!!!!! in Magic Kingdom!!! how lucky am i!?!?!?!? i am so so so so so so excited! i was kinda worried i would end up in a crappy resort but i am SO happy!!!!!!!! ahhhh!!!!!!! you guys i am so happy. like i said, people hate me here cause i get so dang excited. hahah.
i also talked to my dad, diane (hi diane!), and my mimi and grandpa. i miss everyone so much but i am so happy i am here! i am so incredibly blessed i can't even wrap my head around it! i am seriously the luckiest kid in the world! i just want to say thank you everyone for supporting me and i love you all so much! ahhh! i am so thankful! please feel free to message me on facebook or talk to me in anyway because i love hearing from back home! :) i love you all so much! tomorrow we are hiking through kent! i will be sure to fill you all in!
ps sorry no pictures, usb cord isn't working again :( have a great day!
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