seekingmygreaterperhaps

Tonight I discovered that British people eat Chinese food with curry sauce. I found this out after I spent a night and a day in Newcastle, visiting my friend Alex from camp. It has been so amazing to be able to see my camp family again. It is just proving to me that there is truly no place like camp… Now as for Newcastle.

Alex was a very kind host, and took Megan and me out to experience a “real British club”. He was definitely right, and it was a lot compared to Kilroys… oh how I miss Kirkwood. However, I did have a lot of fun, especially on the dance floor. Them Brits barely know what him em… until I lost my group and panicked. Fear not family, I made it home and had a grand old time.

The next morning I had a proper English breakfast at Wetherspoons: it consisted of toast, a fried egg, “bacon”, a sausage, hashbrowns, and baked beans. I have never had baked beans at breakfast before, but it actually was pretty tasty. Then Alex took me touring around Newcastle. He took me to the Millennnium Bridge (above) which is quite cool. It curves and looks sleek. Across the bridge we saw the COOLEST street art. That was probably my favorite part of the city of Newcastle. It’s made up of all the buildings!

After my tour of the town, Alex drove me to see the “Angel of the North” which he described as the “statue of liberty of northern England.” I laugh, because the statue of liberty is beautiful… and not saying that this particular work is not, but it does not compare. I thought it looked very similar to a plane with a woman’s body attached. But the sun came out and we got a great view. Also, it overlooks some of the English countryside, which is just beautiful.

This is the only pic I have of Alex and me together… true friends haha.

To find my beloved postcard, we ventured into a market where Alex does his grocery shopping. I love the markets in Europe. We had a stroke of luck and found one, probably the only seller in the city!

All that is just fine and dandy, but the gritty details- it was a blast. We got to talk about camp for almost 24 hours, and I got insulted by one of Alex’s roommates on the basis that I’m an American. He said, “you seem really awesome, but I just don’t like you because you’re American.” Granted this was after a few drinks, so I give him the benefit of the doubt, but I should probably get used to this. I also saw some aliens painted on the side of the road, so I may not get to see Stonehenge but it’s a close second. Alex and I get on nicely, and I found out he is doing precamp too. Yay friends.

Peace out Newcastle