Hello! Well, this week was a bit more interesting than last. I have some fun pictures, anyway. I have a paper due on Monday so I was pretending to work on that for most of the week, but Monday was a bank holiday here. I'm not exactly sure what bank holidays are, but most people get the day off and banks and lots of stores are closed. So me and a few friends decided to go down to Bournemouth to hang out. We had originally planned on going to the beach, but it was cold and windy so we couldn't do that :( We did walk down by the beach though to get lunch. On our way we went through the park where we got to take some cool pictures. Then we ate at a restaurant with a beach view, so that was nice. After lunch we wandered down along the beach and then Melissa made us stand in the sand to take a picture. I didn't want to because I don't like having sand in my shoes, but then I caved. Then when we were just sitting along the edge of the sidewalk by the beach Sytske decided to be mean and put sand on me, which then fell down into my shoe. I was very upset, but she got herself back by throwing sand in the air and having it blow back into her hair. When we turned around from the beach we saw a dark black cloud coming in so we decided to head away from the beach. We didn't make it all the way to the store we were heading for when it started raining, so we ducked into a pub for some coffee. I got a mug with the queen on it!
It stopped raining after about a half hour or so so we headed for the square. They were having a bazaar of some sort and were selling crepes, so we had to get some. They sell them at every festival here. These were especially good ones as the actual crepe had vanilla or almond or something in it. Then it was filled with banana and chocolate. Mmmmm.... When we were finished we went to a store to look at jewelry as they were having a sale. Nothing caught our fancy, but there was a really cool pair of shoes that I loved. I tried them on and had to take off my sandy socks to do so, so I'm sure I left sand in the shoes... I wasn't sure when I would ever wear them though, so I didn't get them. After shopping we walked around in another smaller park and then headed home as it was looking like it might rain again.
Tuesday I didn't do much, but Wednesday I went to the Slug and Lettuce to study with Stine. They have an 80s menu on because they are celebrating their 25th anniversary. So we got club sandwiches for lunch. They didn't come with fries so we ordered those as well. When we got the sandwich we realized why it didn't come with fries. It was HUGE! Chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato and tons of mayo between 3 layers of toasted white bread. And coleslaw on the side. It was delicious though. They also have banana splits on the menu, so I'll be going back for one of those.
Thursday and Friday I spent reading for and writing my paper. Then yesterday I went to an International Food Festival in Christchurch. Danielle and I took the train to Christchurch and then just wandered through the stalls all afternoon. We got some Spanish food and then Italian stuff. Then we saw a beer festival at a pub so we stopped in there for awhile. After that we got pork sandwiches from a hog roast booth. They were amazing.
Then that evening I had people over to my flat just to hang out. We just chatted and caught up since we don't see each other as often anymore now that we don't have classes. Monday is my flatmate's birthday, so I have to go and find a present for her today. Then I'm making her chocolate muffins for a cake, as that is what she requested. Well, here are the pics from the week. They are at the end of the album. I also ran out of bbq sauce this week, so if anyone felt the need to send me some (the Aldi's kind) I would love them forever ;)
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