How to keep foreigners out - 101

I went to Cardiff over the weekend with a buddy of mine, Sid. Lets just say that the whole trip was a nice, drunken good time.

When we got off the bus in Cardiff, Sid's friend Gedge took us straight to the closest pub. Until recently, they brewed Brains there; Brains in this circumstance refers to the brand of Welsh beer, not zombie food. Sorry Matt.

Stayed there until we got kicked out, at which point we went to another bar on the way home. Gedge took good care of us. He knows exactly where to go for a drink.

Friday, we went to the old Welsh 'Big Pit': an ex-coal mine turned into a museum. The experience was quite good. Suffice to say, I have a nice big chunk of coal in my jacket pocket. I do think they need a sign that says 'Anyone this tall or higher may not ride'. The halls are thin, and the ceilings very low at points. The tour guide was quite good, and was quite good at giving an idea of how hard life was in the mines.

That night, we went out bar hopping. First a bar to find a bird that Sid met the first night, then a dead nightclub, and finally back at one of the bars we went to on Wednesday night. Interesting times to be had this time though. Gedge met these two English blokes (bloke = guy) who we had a bit of a chat with. One of them bought Gedge a drink, started hitting on him. Funniest thing ever. Gedge ended up getting the one guy's number. Tom, if you're reading this, I wouldn't expect a callback.

We finished the night at 4AM, and stumbled home. Stumbled being the operative word there. Had to get up in the morning to catch a bus back to London. Suffice to say, we had a good, drunken weekend in Cardiff (by weekend, I mean a Wednesday-Friday of course). Guess it was just a prep for my trip to Dublin on Saturday.

See you all on the 7th or 8th April.

Paul

St. Patrick's day and Cambridge

Yes, I know that I haven't updated the blog recently. No, I don't make any form of apology for this.

Last weekend, I went to Cambridge for St. Patrick's day. My buddy, Sid, took me to a friend's place for a bit of a party. He's a workmate of mine in a different department. Anyway, we took a half day off to catch the train and that gave us a bit of time to walk to Sid's friend's place.

Cambridge itself is quite small. This allows everyone to cycle everywhere. I'd die of exhaustion if I lived there. The university is large and unimpressive in my opinion. Western is so much more gorgeous. I really can't judge it on anything other than appearance. On my way home on Saturday, I almost (ALMOST) walked in on a class. I then realised it was Saturday and it might be a bit harder finding a class to sit in on. That, and I needed to get to the train station.

I scored some tickets to the ballet. In other words, my landlord is the ballet master and choreographer and got me a decent seat. I've been looking forward to going for the last month. We went for two ballets (showcasing the same dancers). La Sylphide was quite good. The audience thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't really make too much comment on it however; it was my first ballet. The second one however was somewhat disturbing. In a word, it was ... erotic. That's not the disturbing part though. The disturbing part was the fact that the choreographer sleeps in the room next door with his boyfriend. Some things should just stay a secret.

Well, today, I'm heading off to the capital of Wales: Cardiff. It's supposedly a top city, so I'm looking forward to it. I'll be back in London on Saturday, just in time to hit up a party. This promises to be a busy weekend! STUPID ME! I forgot my camera! (sorry. Just remembered that).

I have purchased zero gifts for people so far. Time isn't really on my side. I want to try to see as much of Europe as possible. I'm hitting up Dublin next weekend (April fools day) if the tickets aren't sold out at lunch today. Danni has been hinting at going somewhere fun with me for a few months now. I can't see the land of Guiness as anything but drunken fun times. I've been looking forward to going to Dublin for a little while now.

If anyone wants anything from Europe, send me an email if you haven't already. DO IT NOW! I won't have too much time to go out shopping and such next week, so I'd like as much time as possible.

Anyway, I'll talk to you all later.

Paul

Documented proof!

I have irrefutable evidence that ninjas do in fact beat pirates.

http://drmcninja.com/ - This website will explain the exact nature of Ninjas and their awesomeness.

Stuff is going well. My new neighbourhood is dodgy as hell. I still like it.

I haven't posted anything in a while, so I should probably mention that I went to Barcelona with my dad where we saw the Tapa Tapa restaurant:


Tapa Tapa Tapa.

I think I'll remember the hot chocolate they had there best though. It's so thick. Really good though.



Before you ask, yes, I'm coming back to Canada in April. England is fun, but I miss home. I'm not coming home earlier though. No one better have expectations over an English accent either.

Sorry for the short post. Gotta get back to work.

Paul

Xmas and New Years

Happy new year everyone. Hope you all had a fun enjoyable holiday.

London definitely shut down between Xmas and today. It was a nice, calm holiday for me. I just spent it with friends and such.

I spent Christmas with my friend Jocelyn and her sister Christine for some Borscht and Pierogi. Apparently, the food turned out exactly they way they wanted.

For new year, some friends and I just went to Trafalgar Square. I'm still not sure where people were looking during the countdown. I guess it doesn't matter. I didn't get any picture. Was far too drunk to actually hold a camera.

My dad is coming to London for a couple weeks to visit. We've got plans to make a trip to Barcelona in the 13th January to my understanding. I guess I should start getting the plane tickets and such. I'm far too lazy unfortunately.