I know I said I wasn't going to talk about food again, buttt I
found a Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop yesterday and they had Cherry Garcia!!! MY ONE TRUE LOVE! The guy did not believe me when I ordered a
large. Proved him wrong and ate the
whole thing. I love my ice cream!
Last night I also took in some English culture and attended a
football, soccer, game. Quite
fascinating and way different than the rugby game I went to a month ago. Huge sections of the crowd were on their feet
and literally screaming different chants nonstop throughout the entire
game. They were beating a drum and
everything. I am not kidding you when I
say nonstop too. There was not one
moment of silence. After a goal was
scored I also spotted a little boy about 5 or 6 years old in front of the crowd
with his jersey off, jumping up and down, and swinging it around in the
air. It made me laugh it was so
adorable! The crowd was pretty equivalent
to American football crowds, which is what I expected. People were very into the game, booing the referee’s
calls, and going insane when their team did something well. I enjoyed it a lot don’t get me wrong, but it
made me miss being able to watch American football back in the states. Of course I make sure to watch the Packer
game here every weekend, but it is not the same sitting here with my jersey on,
eyes peeled to my computer screen, yelling and cheering by myself.
Side note: A couple people have told me how lucky I am to have missed
out on all of the political ads, talk, and nonsense the past couple of
months. But oh trust me I did not miss
out... The UK thinks America is their best friend and they basically love Obama
as much as the Queen. The election talk
has made the front page of the newspapers daily since I have been here, there
are posters everywhere, it's on every TV channel, and as soon as someone knows
your American they want to talk politics with you and get your insights. Rather annoying. Literally every building I walked into
yesterday had their TV or radio on a channel that was talking all about the election.
Today everyone is just ecstatic about
the results. In my 3 hour advertising and media class this morning the TV was
on the entire time talking about last night... NO JOKE! I am curious as to how much longer the talk
and news broadcast will continue now that the election is finally
over.
Sending all my love from London back home!
-Brittany
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