Out and About
just woke up...again. hopefully, i dont grow any taller from all this rest and relaxation.
just wanted to talk about my day yesterday. got up, got dressed, and went downstairs to the payphone to phone Mike Rubio, since i STILL dunno how to dial other numbers. [come on tuesday!] Mike is one of my classmates, but i've never met him since he's on the campus in Orlando. He emailed me a while back when i had some questions, so he seems cool. He starts telling me a bunch of stuff, like watch what i pay[i hear that], what to eat [gregg's has good sandwiches], where the subway is lol [next to Gregg's], etc, etc. he volunteers to hang out with me later, which makes me happy, and told me he'd phone later.
off the fone, i wonder off to find a bite. i asked a guy at the bus stop across from the phone where the city center is and he tells me 'walk that way and you can't miss it.' he aint lying. i walk that way and see TONS AND TONS of people. mind you this is Good Friday, a huge holiday in Britain and all its commonwealth countries, but apparently the need for shopping doesnt compete with that. there are a few streets that are lined with many shops where only pedestrians can walk.
as im looking into the store windows and stopping in every other one, all i can say is the clothes are awesome! im also noticing this when i see how the girls on the street dress: very accessory-oriented, the most interesting and bright shoes, the nicest boots. nothing simple about the way these people dress. hopefully i have some money left over to buy some stuff, but the way things are looking, i dunno. might have to break out the card. i get to the famous hot springs where Romans and the like used to bathe. hence the name Bath...TADA!! it's basically a big old tub of water in the middle of the city. jk..its a little more impressive than it sounds and apparently now they have newly built hot springs bath that uses the actual Bath water...lol. and of course, can't have an attraction without the obligatory gift shop and restaurant. but i leave and head outside where i see Bath Abbey...aka a church. it's very impressive...actually makes me want to go to church. it's not just some building by the side of the road or some plaza space. outside the Abbey a man starts whistling, so im guessing he's trying to get people's attention. and he is. he begins performing tricks, making jokes and the like, so im guessing im gonna have to fork over money when he's done. it was cool, snapped some pictures, and gave two pounds when he announced this was his job.
i finally get something to eat: an apricot croissant and some 'still' water[aka regular water], because i realized i haven't had much since i started my trip...big mistake. i walked up and down the street a little more, took another picture, then get tired and head back home.
Mike calls me around 6 and tells me how nightlife here works: pubs open about 9 and clubs open about 11 and everything shuts down around 2. doesn't bug me much. thanks gainesville! we agree to meet by the fancy pizza hut around 9 and meet up with some of his newly found friends. come 9, im by the pizza hut then a dude in a tommy hilfiger shirt stops in front of it too and i figure its my classmate. we greet and head off. we first go into a pub called D---- Krug[i forget the name]...it's literally 3 minutes from me, but mike says it would be a 45 minute walk for him. apparently he had to take the bus, so he doesnt live too close. one of the bartenders is his friend, an australian who lived in hong kong and now lives in bath named Nick. Mike introduces us, he leaves his jacket and we head to Revolution to see if his friends are there. I asked if he's not freezing, he tells me it's not freezing and that i should be happy cuz two weeks ago it was freezing and the people here were complaining about how it was the coldest march ever. thank god. We get there, but no sign of his peeps, so we start drinking. In revolution, i would have a double malibu and coke, a shot of grey goose, and a warm-ass smirnoff ice. Mike informs me they don't do things cold here, you gotta beg for ice. we chit-chat a bit: pharmacy school, where he's worked, what he's been up to. I find out his roomate was steve duverglass, my fellow intern at walgreens last summer. he looks around a bit more for his people, no sign, so we got back to the first place.
just wanted to talk about my day yesterday. got up, got dressed, and went downstairs to the payphone to phone Mike Rubio, since i STILL dunno how to dial other numbers. [come on tuesday!] Mike is one of my classmates, but i've never met him since he's on the campus in Orlando. He emailed me a while back when i had some questions, so he seems cool. He starts telling me a bunch of stuff, like watch what i pay[i hear that], what to eat [gregg's has good sandwiches], where the subway is lol [next to Gregg's], etc, etc. he volunteers to hang out with me later, which makes me happy, and told me he'd phone later.
off the fone, i wonder off to find a bite. i asked a guy at the bus stop across from the phone where the city center is and he tells me 'walk that way and you can't miss it.' he aint lying. i walk that way and see TONS AND TONS of people. mind you this is Good Friday, a huge holiday in Britain and all its commonwealth countries, but apparently the need for shopping doesnt compete with that. there are a few streets that are lined with many shops where only pedestrians can walk.
as im looking into the store windows and stopping in every other one, all i can say is the clothes are awesome! im also noticing this when i see how the girls on the street dress: very accessory-oriented, the most interesting and bright shoes, the nicest boots. nothing simple about the way these people dress. hopefully i have some money left over to buy some stuff, but the way things are looking, i dunno. might have to break out the card. i get to the famous hot springs where Romans and the like used to bathe. hence the name Bath...TADA!! it's basically a big old tub of water in the middle of the city. jk..its a little more impressive than it sounds and apparently now they have newly built hot springs bath that uses the actual Bath water...lol. and of course, can't have an attraction without the obligatory gift shop and restaurant. but i leave and head outside where i see Bath Abbey...aka a church. it's very impressive...actually makes me want to go to church. it's not just some building by the side of the road or some plaza space. outside the Abbey a man starts whistling, so im guessing he's trying to get people's attention. and he is. he begins performing tricks, making jokes and the like, so im guessing im gonna have to fork over money when he's done. it was cool, snapped some pictures, and gave two pounds when he announced this was his job.
i finally get something to eat: an apricot croissant and some 'still' water[aka regular water], because i realized i haven't had much since i started my trip...big mistake. i walked up and down the street a little more, took another picture, then get tired and head back home.
Mike calls me around 6 and tells me how nightlife here works: pubs open about 9 and clubs open about 11 and everything shuts down around 2. doesn't bug me much. thanks gainesville! we agree to meet by the fancy pizza hut around 9 and meet up with some of his newly found friends. come 9, im by the pizza hut then a dude in a tommy hilfiger shirt stops in front of it too and i figure its my classmate. we greet and head off. we first go into a pub called D---- Krug[i forget the name]...it's literally 3 minutes from me, but mike says it would be a 45 minute walk for him. apparently he had to take the bus, so he doesnt live too close. one of the bartenders is his friend, an australian who lived in hong kong and now lives in bath named Nick. Mike introduces us, he leaves his jacket and we head to Revolution to see if his friends are there. I asked if he's not freezing, he tells me it's not freezing and that i should be happy cuz two weeks ago it was freezing and the people here were complaining about how it was the coldest march ever. thank god. We get there, but no sign of his peeps, so we start drinking. In revolution, i would have a double malibu and coke, a shot of grey goose, and a warm-ass smirnoff ice. Mike informs me they don't do things cold here, you gotta beg for ice. we chit-chat a bit: pharmacy school, where he's worked, what he's been up to. I find out his roomate was steve duverglass, my fellow intern at walgreens last summer. he looks around a bit more for his people, no sign, so we got back to the first place.
Back at ...Krug, we hear hear hip-hop music, talk about 50 cent and Game, movies, etc. He asks if ive seen any 'messed-up grills' since i've been here, i crack up and say 'one so far.' he tells me the people here can't dance, not even the black ones, and i tell him im not surprised because i've heard that before. we proceed to make fun of the people dancing, including one guy i said danced like James Brown. i would have a shot of Absyinthe, an illegal drink in the US. Mike said he scared because he heard it's like acid, i tell him it smells and tastes like Nyquil. Cant be that bad, im still alive today. next drink is Southern Comfort and coke, which is SURPRISINGLY good[thanx mike]. i stay and chat a little bit more, then decide to leave at one. i bid mike goodnite and hopefully we'll hang out again. i sleep.
later.
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rofl, I have to say, drinking absynthe one of the things I would try to get done in Europe, I can't believe you've already done it. That stuff is dangerous tho, I've heard =(.
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