London Day 3

Celebrations for my birthday were quite chill. It was to be expected as both Pete and Jake work early the next day. I had an incredibly delicious Argentine meat platter from the South American restaurant we went to last night. I was very happy to have had steak again after so long.... it will never beat the steak my parents make, though.

Today was pretty chill, too. My friend Jack came over (he's Jake's friend, and it was actually through him that I first met Jake) and spent the night last night. He, Sam and I walked over to Jake's work for lunch. We went to this sandwich place that is dirt cheap. There are pre-made sandwiches that are sold already wrapped up and they cost less than $2. After Jake returned to work Sam, Jack and I went walking to Covent Garden. It's this big square with shops, entertainers, and booths that sell wares like cheese and fudge and such. I would have probably enjoyed it more if I had more money, but it was still a nice walk. After walking around for a bit we decided to take the bus back to our neighborhood, so I got to ride on the second floor of a double decker, which made probably a little happier than it should have.

After napping for a bit and getting dinner a group of us went to see Inglourious Basterds. I actually liked it. There were a lot of very violent anad graphic scenes (as to be expected), but I think the amount of humor injected very much helped the film. I also will point out that it's in no way historically accurate, which caught me a bit off-guard, but I think it was good Tarantino stayed away from that.

I learned more interesting British facts; the only sport they have somewhat resembling baseball/softball is a sport called rounders, but basically it's only played in school and is by no means a national sport that competes.

I'm apparently going to a birthday party tomorrow for a friend of the boys. I'm a bit nervous because it's a new culture and I don't really know anyone. I just hope I have fun. I was also invited to play badminton tomorrow, but it got called off due to the fact that they couldn't reserve a court, so I guess that is postponed indefinitely.

I really crave apple strudel right now... damn you, Quentin Tarantino.

-AALA