Goose Fair 2010 Nottingham
Enjoying with my flatmates
Rossana and I
Beeston Train Station- Going to see Liza
Liza and I
Liza's art work
"So a witch and a vampire walk into a club..."
Totally scared my flatmate with this costume though :)
Bonfire Night!
Ohhh!!! Awww!!
Beeston Black Sheep Knitting Circle
These were so good.
My apologies to anyone who has been following my blog for the severe lack of posting...it has been busy for me this past month. Well, for starters my health has been good aside from some lingering sniffles, but nothing terrible (I am a forever believer in the power of vitamins and tea) :) On that note, I am taking to the British manner of drinking lots of tea...as it is so incredibly cold and I have yet to find any way to warm up faster.
Last month I went to the Goose Fair with some friends and we all found it agreeable. It was very similar to the San Diego County Fair actually...I guess fairs don't differ too much internationally. Then of course I paid a visit to Liza in London. I only stayed a few days, but I did get to see her art exhibit at school and I got to pretend I was an art student at the University of London. In preparing for the winter, we also employed ourselves with vast amounts of shopping around town. I will have to pay her another visit when I get the chance. I have also gone around Nottingham a bit. Mostly shopping, but there are some more historical things...which I will have to explore sometime in the near future. :) I did go with some friends to "supposedly" the oldest pub in England (honestly I do think they all claim that though), called Ye Ol' Trip to Jerusalem...which apparently you can find on Facebook (go figure). A good time was had by all just the same.
So Halloween, while not celebrated so much here, I still managed to take part in it. A friend of mine and I got into our fancy dress outfits (costumes) and went to a club to go dancing...not swing, though that would have been fun. We had a good time, but I think we both had more fun getting dressed up. I was a steampunk vampire, and I promise to be something different next year...I just already had the fangs from last year.
"Remember, remember the 5th of November..." I was surprised to find that it is not really called Guy Fawkes Day, but Bonfire Night mostly by everyone here. The story, if you're not familiar, goes like this: a man named Guy Fawkes in the 1600s tried to blow up the Parliament building and failed. So to remember this, the British people get together, build massive bonfires and shoot off fireworks. Gotta love it! :) One of the members of my church held a Bonfire Night party at his amazing house and it was highly enjoyable. We saw fireworks, ate dinner and watched "The Prince of Persia." I believe there was about 200 people there, and it did not feel crowded at all...like I said it was an amazing house.
Last weekend, I had the first meeting of the Beeston Black Sheep Knitting Circle. That's right I started a knitting circle and six of us took part. I made scones from scratch and we all sat by the fire and did some knitting...it was an extremely pleasant way to spend Sunday afternoon. We are planning to meet again this Sunday as well, but I don't plan on making scones again (only for special occasions, I think).
That will be it for now. Take care and stay warm...as I wish I could :)
