Glasgow, United Kingdom
Friday, March 10, 2006
Hi again, so where did I leave off, or should I say what have I done interesting enough to fill you in on since then? Well I haven't really been doing anything overly exciting but I'll fill you in anyway. Last Saturday Graham and I were suppose to go to a football (soccer) match but turns out he made a mistake and the game isn't until this Saturday so my mom, Graham, Ruth, Cara (mom's family) and myself all headed into town to do some shopping and sight seeing went to a museum of some sort that wasn't that exciting I was actually more interested in the things in the shop then the actual museum which if I could find the pamphlet to the shop I'd put the website on here. After that Graham (my mom's cousin) and I split away from the girls and went on a pub crawl drank quite a bit of beer, was starting to get drunk but then had to make my way out and meet up with the girls plus my mom's Aunt Jane for dinner at some Indian food restaurant which was very good. Was going to go clubbing that night but when we got back to Graham and Ruth's I was very tired and went to bed at probably 1030/11
. On Sunday Graham and I went and did a tour of Ibrox Stadium which is where the Glasgow Rangers play, that team that him and I are going to this Saturday. It was quite interesting went into the trophy room and holy crap what a lot of gold and crystal in one room, plus the Rangers are a holder of a Guiness World Record for winning the Scottish Premier League 50 times so saw the little plaque for that which was cool. The dressing room is quite a bit different then what I am use to and what I was expecting though, basically a very open room with a hook on the wall, no individual stalls or anything fancy like that, I have photos to follow from that trip once I get them put to CD, of the trophy room and the dressing room and such. Also got to walk down the tunnel that players walk down to get to the field then we were on the field, nothing to exciting but I mean how many people can say they have done that and that they have witnessed a world record. After that met back up with the girls again went out for lunch and walked around town stopping into random shops here and there, went into an amazing cd store that has a very wide variety of music for cheap I got a cd for £5 which is about $10/12 which I was happy with, plus DVD's were very cheap as well, Shrek 2 for £4 etc. I'll definitely need to stop in there again when I have more time. Went to the park and walked around played in the park with Cara acted like a child again it was fun. So that was my exciting weekend, and just a forewarning the next bit is quite boring but I will continue on anyway haha. Monday morning Mom and I jumped on the train down to Carlisle which is about 10 minutes away from the Scotland border, first city in England, to see some more of her family. So we got in and sat around their home for a bit then we went to Gretna Green which was fabulous......okay well it's hard to show sarcasm over the internet absolute fucking bore actually smelled like cowshit as soon as you step out the vehicle I almost puked then went into some boring steel smith place or something where people get married I think? I don't know I was paying attention
. So once we left there we went to a shopping center, alright now we're talking! Ugh I wish there was all of one store with clothing in it that actually interested me and that I would wear so I probably spent about 45 minutes in there looking at everything also looking at the girl working WOW it's too bad I was staying with family in Carlisle makes it a little hard to make a move. So came out of there with 3 shirts haha, shopaholic, then made our way back to Carlisle. Holy fuck everyone I probably could have strangled my mom's cousin Lesley she is so obnoxious to her parents (my mom's aunt and uncle) drives me crazy let alone the fact that all 3 of them are dull and bland and boring as hell, however when she isn't with them she is fine as I learned when we went out. Her and I went and saw Brokeback Mountain, which was too hyped up for me to actually enjoy it but still an alright movie, we then made our way to a local bar for some drinks which was good had some cheap drinks then we went back home. The next morning went to Keswick which is in the Lake District also in England, that was one trip that could have been left off my trip, it was pouring rain and everyone thought it'd be a good idea to walk through the forest when's it's cold, raining and therefore muddy and well anyone that knows me knows how much I hate getting dirty and walking through a forest. So I was miserable the entire time walking gingerly worried about my white shoes getting muddy, which they did and I was pissed but luckily everything else was still clean and I had an umbrella so I didn't get wet
. So once we finished that poor excuse of a day trip and went back to Carlisle we went out for dinner and Lesley (my mom's cousin) went out drinking again to the same place got pretty drunk then headed for the clubs, it was a nice club music was a little different then what I'm use to but that changed eventually, didn't dance it up too much like I normally do just kind of stood around and kind of felt out the atmosphere I'd go back to Carlisle but only for that club and as long as my family there didn't know haha. And you should have seen where they took Mom and I for lunch our last day there, this really classy place which was WAY too classy for me which I told Mom as soon as I walked in and she didn't believe me, well it was true I joke around too much for places like that, made too much noise and made everyone laugh too much, it was fun I embarrassed my family haha...oh oh oh and in there I saw an old lady with BLUE HAIR!!!!! I wanted to take my picture with her but Mom said no that would be rude so sorry folks no blue hair lady. So, Mom and I after spending a very long 3 days in Carlisle are back in Glasgow at a friend's house drinking lots went to Perth today, nothing fab (haha British slang) happened there, bought some cologne that's about it. I leave for London soon so that should be fun, and hopefully the weather gets better because the last few days here it's been rain.....so there you are I hope you read it all and don't just read leave me comments and e-mail me I want to hear from you guys. Cheers everyone
Comments
BINGO!
Hey Chris. Don't worry if it was a bit boring the last couple days. More good times are definitely on the way. I just wanted to say that I can see you tip-toeing through the muddy forest and being a wee bit grumpy for the rest of the day! haha. Love ya man! Talk to you soon.