Monday, May 01, 2006

Great Britian and Two Chavs

Gonna backtrack a bit for this one...

Went around England and Wales with Poggy 'The Phat' Boyatzis for 10 days in feb. Had a sweet as time, fairly cruisy. It ended up being 10 cities in 10 days. skills. some 'moments' included...

Cambridge- Wicked buildings, rad scenery. Besides the two students dressed in Medieval Armour fighting to the death with swords in the park, everyone was pretty normal. King's College Chapel was incredible, we stayed to hear the evensong which was pretty breathtaking.

Our first night in the hostel proved quite challenging, with showers designed by engineers who must have dropped out of primary school. It resulted in the worst shower ever, where if u stepped into the flow of the water, u turned the tap off.

Nottingham- Robin hood can die. But Trentbridge was kick ass.

York- Met up with one of my other Gappie's, Kate, who's family has just moved from South Africa to York. We went to 'Betty's', this cafe which was meant to be worth it. Mate, there is no chance it was even nearly worth it. I could have bought a car instead. It cost me about $13 for a sandwich.

Pete and I then strolled around York for the day. While our primary ambition was to find band badges for our hats, we also managed to see and climb york minster. It's big. Oh yeah. And then we trekked round the York Wall before going out for dinner with Katie and her younger brother. The waiters were bonafide retards and decided to read us the Specials of the Day three times.

Manchester- Saw Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Saw Old Trafford. Was happy.

Liverpool/Chester- Saw the KOP. Home of 'the Gerrard'. What a hero. Liverpool is the mo

st cultural city in Europe, but i failed to be that impressed, with a predominant number of the buildings being art museums. not really my style, if u dig my vibe.


North Wales- Stayed with Nain + Taid, the Grandparents of my sister's friend Lowri. We got to visit Caernaforn, Conwy and Beaumaris Castles, the actual structures were incredible, and once you were inside, the views from the towers was astounding...we even found some time to pop into the town 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'.

Cardiff- Saw the Millenium Stadium. The day before the Carling Cup Final. What was the score? Oh thats right, Man U won! congratulations wigan you hacks.

Bath- My favourite place by a long shot, as cool as Peter Griffin and Kim Jong Il combined. Pretty much everything was made of sandstone and pretty much everything used to be a chapel. The stores, the hotels, the toilet block...all chapels in a previous life. The Roman Baths cost about $25 to get into, but it was well worth it, unfortunately we werent able to 'cannonball' .

Bristol- What a hole.


"Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Gweat to see you again, Hans!"

'The King is Dead.'

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