Football, a Saturday, and rain. Yes I am in England! I received a ticket to attend a football match between the Queen’s Park Rangers, a local team, and Cardiff City, from Wales. We were told to keep a close eye on the spectators. It seems that the reserved British throw everything out the window at these games. They have quite a few chants saying not very nice things about the other team’s mothers. The most striking thing was boy behind me who couldn’t have been much older than 10 screaming to the opposing team that they are freaking crap (edited, I’d like to keep my site rated PG!). It certainly was a very interesting time indeed! It was a terrible day for it, it poured nearly the entire game.
I do have a bit of advice for attending such a match, research BOTH team’s colors. Turns out that I showed up wearing the opposing teams colors, GREAT. Noting came out of it but you do get quite a few dirty looks.
This past Friday I finally got to see Quantum of Solace. It was a good movie with an awesome car chase first thing. At the end I had quite a hollow feeling. It was a good movie, not a great one. Still go see it when it comes out!
Tomorrow I’ll be attending the Remembrance Day Parade. Remembrance day is about the equivalent to our Memorial Day. The Queen will be out to lay a wreath on the memorial in London. I hope to catch a glimpse to her! I’ll report back with my findings.
Pictures will be up shortly of the football game.
This past week has been a total blur. I’ve had quite a bit of school work that’s been keeping me very busy. Our internet service has been up and down all week as well so I haven’t been able to post much. I do have a good bit to talk about but I’m on my way out the door shortly to go see Quantum of Solace (James Bond) before anyone in the US can! I should get some things up this evening so stay tuned!
It’s coming sooner than you think. Well, actually it’s still a bit off but not in London today. Harrod’s held their annual Christmas Parade this morning to welcome Father Christmas to his ‘grotto’ on the fourth floor. I was up early this morning (6am) after a night out for Halloween (no easy task) to meet some people to head over. It was a brisk 32° this morning when we departed.
We arrived with plenty of time to spare and took in the full scene. Everything started with entertainment on the streets, clowns, bears, RUDOLF, and some other things. Balloons and goodies were handed out. The parade then kicked off with a marching band playing Christmas tunes, some fairy tail characters, dancers, horses, with a dash of Mrs. Claus. Finally some reindeer were led through and the fat old man himself passed by! Sadly he was on a wheeled coach and not a sleigh. He can now be found on the fourth floor listening to kids and their Christmas lists. Poor guy…
After that I headed back to my flat. I was cold and tired. I slept till noon, grabbed some lunch and headed towards Canary Wharf. I walked through the Stuff Live! electronics show. I found it highly overpriced for what it was but it was cool to see some of the technology that is new and upcoming. Unfortunately most things were quite expensive and had a UK plug attached to them. No problem I don’t need to be buying that stuff anyways!!
Tomorrow is a Top Gear day! I’ll be attending Top Gear Live at the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre and the new series starts tomorrow evening. Quite a day indeed!
It is incredibly difficult to photograph fish. They move too much and too quickly. Regardless there are still some pictures to check out in the gallery. The aquarium is incredibly small and works it’s way into the basement of the County Hall. It’s located adjacent to the London Eye. It took no more than an hour to stroll through and at £11 I didn’t find it good value for money. Regardless I have gone through the London Aquarium!
Another bit of house keeping: Happy Halloween!
Tomorrow will be a very early morning. I hope to be down in Knightsbridge around 7:30 tomorrow morning to catch the Harrod’s Christmas Parade which welcomes Father Christmas into the store for thousands of kid’s to sit and get sick on his lap! I have chosen November 1st as the start of my Christmas music season. I love Christmas Music!! I’ll be heading east tomorrow afternoon. It’s a large exhibition center in the east of London. This weekend they are housing the Stuff Live! electronics show. I’ll report back tomorrow evening about both of these events.
Yes, that is right! I saw the latest Bond, Daniel Craig. Tonight was the premier at the Odeon in Leicester Square. There were mobs of people gathered to see it. There were large barriers setup to block views, but thankfully being 6’2″ I was able to see! It’s still amazing that I was able to witness this event. Check back shortly for pictures.
On a much more boring note, CAPA organized a cream tea for us at the Regency Hotel. It was a nice occasion with all the tea you could drink and small sandwiches and pastries. It is a British tradition that I have no taken part of. Like I said, compared to Daniel Craig and the first snow snow in central London since 1934 (so I’ve heard). It’s going to be hard to top all of this!
That’s right! We got snow last night. I just happened to look out the window at one point last evening and to my surprise I found bits of white stuff falling from the sky. At that point I grabbed my coat and shoes and ran out the door to witness this spectacular event. Some of us got the bright idea to run down to Tower Bridge and try and get some pictures of it in the snow. By the time we got down there the snow had sadly stopped. Check the gallery for some bad, yet exciting pictures of last evening!
