On Saturday, we were told by Frank to meet him at the Carphone Warehouse where in which we would obtain our mobile phones. Due to Anti-Terrorism laws here in the UK, you are only able to purchase one phone at a time so when we got there they did not have enough for the group. We took the tube from Baker Street to what I think was Kensington Park. We walked around with the whole group and eventually ended up at a large department store called Harrod's. A lot of group went in and said that it was a larger scale of Macy's, though they sold golf clubs and other items that are not sold at Macy's. Nick, Cory, and I went to get a bite to eat and ended meeting back up with the group. We finally obtained our phones and it was interesting to hear that it cost .04 pounds per minute to call the States, but about .15 pounds to call each other in the UK. So this means that all of our phone conversations have been under a minute. Nick, Cory, and I went up with Zack at a local pub and had a few pints while we set up our phone. I had not slept very well the night before so after a few hours, Zack and I went back to the dorm and went to sleep. Nick and Corey continued to find pubs. I woke up around 8 and Zack and I went to Subway for dinner. The Subways here are similar to the ones in the states, but have not at good of a selection on the menu. Zack and I ended up meeting up with Nick and Corey. To make a long story short, Nick decided to stay at the dorm while Corey Zack and I went to meet up with the rest of the group at what was called the Sports Cafe Night club in Piccadilly Circus. Upon our arrival, the bouncers overheard Corey making fun of them and subsequently would not let him into the club. After several minutes of arguing with the bouncers we came to the conclusion that we were going to bribe them with tuna sandwiches. This idea worked and we were able to have a fun night. It was Palange's 21st birthday and I think that he had a very fun time. I met some people from France and Poland and they had really interesting takes on Americans, but I can already tell that people in Europe think that Americans are not intelligent. I was helping the French learn some American terms such as "Thats what I'm talking about" or "Thats Awesome" so that was pretty amusing. Zack and I were the last to leave and that meant that we had to figure out how to get home. The tubes stop running at around midnight so that can only mean one way to travel- double decker bus. We found that what we thought was the right line, but we overshot our estimates and ended up having to walk about 20 minutes (you will see the common theme about getting lost)
We slept a lot on Sunday, waking up around 12:30. Nick and I bummed around after eating lunch and took the tube to the Embankment stop near Trafalgar Square. We walked a a long time and ended up going to a Pub called Wellingtons. After this we went to a place known as Covent Gardens which was one of the coolest places that I have seen here. It was kind of a fashion district near Trafalgar Square, they had several old pubs that just are the best places ever. Nick and I called Corey and he and Rock came and met up with us. While they were at a pub, I decided that it was a good idea to get a quick bite to eat, but once again I got lost walking around London (hmmm you would think that we would have learned) haha I ended up finding where I was going. The group went to Trafalger Square and it was very beautiful at night. Nick took us to a place known as Gordon's wine bar. Gordon's is known because when the River Thames flooded, it was the first place for the ships to stop off. The bar was underground in sort of a cave and was candlelit. One of the coolest places I have seen here. We left and walked by St. James Park (near Buckingham Palace) to get to Piccadilly because we were going back to the Sports Cafe to watch the American football games. We also met Zack there. The place was packed and it was full of Philadelphia fans, being the loud obnoxious people that they are. It was weird seeing so many Americans in one spot after being here for a few days. When Philly lost, all of the fans were a little angry to say the least. Rock, Nick and I decided to leave a little bit after the Pittsburgh game started and what would you know we got lost...again. This time we had gone way too far north west. This story does have a happy ending because we found Abbey Road and the site of the very famous Beatles album cover. Apparently they have a live webcam set on it and Rock called his parents to tell them that we were there. It was hilarious. We found our way back and went to sleep.
Now today is the first day of class...
Cheers,
Paul
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