Weekend Update

I had a blast this weekend. Nothing crazy happened, it was just a very relaxed weekend. On Friday we got up early and went to the British History Museum. I saw countless mummies, ancient Greek sculptures, buried treasure, and even the actual Rosetta stone. After that, we came home and took naps. I few of us then went out to the Union pub and hung out there all night. It was a ton of fun. The pub stayed open late so we had another long night.

Everyone was so exhausted that most of us slept til about 1 on Saturday. The Chelsea game started at 3, so by the time we got woken up and to the pub to watch it, it was already halftime. When got there we also realized that the game wasn't licensed to show on TV so we were watching a guy watch the game and tell us what was going on. It was like radio on TV. Chelsea was losing 1-0 with 2 minutes left in the game. They then scored 2 goals in 2 minutes to win after 88 minutes of playing like garbage. The place went nuts. Everyone was screaming, singing jumping, so much fun.

A quick backtrack to Friday night though. While we were at the pub Jordan and I were talking to a couple of English guys who insist that they are the Imperial College beer pong champions. I was cool with, but Jordan wasn't and decided to open his mouth. He apparently challenged them to a beer pong tournament for Wednesday night at the Union. Not only did he do that, but he made a best of 3 games. Beer Pong, a British game called matchbox (which none of us have heard of) and if its tied after that a game of football. Not actual football, but soccer. So i somehow got looped into this and now I am defending America's honor on Wednesday to show the English that America is still better than them. To make it worse I have to go to a play Wednesday night for class. I'm not too sure how its going to look when I have to say, "Sorry, guys can't come out drinking tonight, I'm going to see Complicit instead." Just in case though we went out and bought ping pong balls, and cups to practice before Wednesday.

Today we went to Little Venice and to Camden. Lexi would have gone crazy here. It is the world's largest outdoor market. It had anything and everything imaginable. I went to the belt buckle store and got a couple of fancy name brand belt buckles for 10 pounds. I then went to Aldo and got a pair of shoes that were $110 dollars American, for 15 pounds. They are very fancy. We got a tour by boat (just like in Venice which was very cool, if felt like you were sitting below the water.

I also booked my first official trip today. On the weekend of Jan 30th, I'm taking the chunnel (the train that goes under the English Channel into France) and going to Belgium for the weekend. I'll be sure to bring back some waffles and chocolate for everyone.

One last quick update, I'll be posting another update in a few hours with my mailing address and how to access all the pictures I've taken. I had to upgrade an account and pay $20 for it, but it was the only way I could show you all my pictures so I figure it was worth it. Take care, and talk to you all soon.