Lancaster Diary
Alright,
well a variety of things have gone on over here since our last
entry. Last weekend Jen headed off to Liverpool to spend the weekend
with Donnah and help her take care of some of the kids from the
Royal School for the Blind. Unfortunately while there she somehow
contracted tonsillitis and spent the next five days laid up in
Donnah’s apartment. Fortunately, before she got terribly ill she did
manage to have a bit of fun at the Chester Zoo, here is a picture of
Jen, Donnah, Nicola and Olivia (Nicola is the older one, and Olivia
is her younger sister).
I (Erica) on the other hand,
stayed on campus and hung out with the girls in my corridor. On
Saturday afternoon Caitlin and I went with Caitlin and Tim (hardcore
football fans) to the Grizedale pub to watch the England versus
Wales football (soccer) game. It was one of the qualifying matches
for the 2006 World Cup. England won 2-0, and David Beckham scored a
goal from 76 feet and then shortly afterward got a yellow card so he
was suspended from Wednesday’s game (which England won as well).
Saturday evening about 8 of us piled into my room to watch
"Labyrinth," an early 90’s flick featuring Jim Henson puppets and
David Bowie, odd film but seems to be a bit of a classic over here.
On Sunday night we repeated the event though this time we watched
"Something’s Gotta Give."
Tuesday
Jen finally returned from Liverpool, though very much under the
weather. However it was our hall-mate Silvia’s birthday so a bunch
of us went out to the club "Toast" for the evening. I can’t say I’m
a huge fan of British pop, but it was a good time just the same.
Here is a picture of Susan and me (Erica) at Toast.
This Saturday we’ll be heading off to the “very English” town of
Kendal, which apparently has nice shops as well as the ruins of a
castle built in 1100 A.D. So be sure to check back to see pictures
from that trip. (For those of you following along our journeys, the
intended trip to London has been scrapped and will be rescheduled
when train times are more accommodating. Other planned trips so far
are to; Snowdonia (National Park in Wales) next weekend, Edinburgh,
Scotland in three weeks and at some point in between we’re going to
head up to the Lake District for a picnic!)
That’s all for now.
Jen and Erica
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