New Words and New Places!

Hello Everyone!

Ok, so to start I will answer comments from the last blog.
Amy: No we didn't plan it, but we did look pretty spiffy, no?
Karen and Victoria: Sorry I'm missing the party, have a blast without me. :(
Shannon: I KNEW you wouldn't actually get a tatoo!
Mom: I said hello to everyone- they say hello back.

Alrightie, I can't believe it's only thursday morning, and I have only been here 2 full days. I feel like I've done more in the last 2 days than I did in the whole 3 weeks before I left -but anyways here's my update.

So Ron, Rob and I went to watch their beloved Watford football team take on Plymouth on Tuesday night. It was cold out but thankfully it wasn't raining. We watched the boys, and I scoped out the cutest one, but Rob said he was only 16 so that is a little bit of a problem. When he asks, I'll have to turn him down! Poor guy. Watford lost 2-1 but it was still a fun game and the crowd was quite entertaining. Shannon, I have to say- Japan still rules in the world of cheering! Here are some pictures of us at the proper "football match".

Robert and Me at the "match". Notice the "football pitch" in the background!

I learned all kinds of new words, like football, match, pitch, draw, football boots. I admit, I had heard most of them before, just never had used them to talk about soccer. I taught Ron and Rob a new word too! I explained what cleats were!

Watford vs. Plymouth

Me and Ron at the Football Game taking a "Jenny photo"

The next day, I navigated the tube down into London, and didn't get lost. I met Jenny at Covent Garden and we had lunch sitting on a curb! Do we know how to have fun or what! We poked into some shops and then took the tube to Camden, it's an outdoor market type area. This was somewhere I'd never been! Camden and football!!! Woah! It's like Granville island, only it's not an island and the market is crafts and clothes and stuff not food really. We had a good time!

Jen at Camden Market

Then Jenny and I went walking through Regents Park- it was huge! London really does have a lot of green space.

Regent Park

We took pictures and the sun almost came out for us. It hasn't been very warm or sunny, but Lavers say this is the first time It's stopped raining in a long time.

Jenny! (My cousin- I'm sorry Jenny!)

Cousins!

We walked along a lake and saw ducks and bridges. Traditional lake-like things.

A Lovely bridge in Regent Park. Too bad there was a gate on the other side that didn't actually let you cross it.

A duck resting in Regent Park. We wanted to be able to swivel our heads around like the duck!

We headed back and in the evening we all went to Ken and Shelia's (another aunt and uncle). They left me there -it was on purpose- don't worry. I'm staying with them for the next few days before I leave. Ken and I are going to play tourist this afternoon again somewhere else -I'm not sure! I'm posting all my pics now to keep you amused since I don't know how long it will take to post them in Tanzania. Anyways, thanks for reading!

Hugs to you all!

-Laura

written by

Laura Collins on September 18, 2008 from Bovingdon, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: My Adventure in Tanzania

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Laura!! You cheeky monkey, that picture of me is terrible! We have missed you today, I watched a bit of 'Don't tell the bride' last night but it didn't have a good looking groom and it just wasn't the same without you, me and Rob laughing when we shouldn't be! Hope you have had a good day being a tourist in Hertfordshire. I'm already planning our trip to South America in my head! xxx

written by Jenny Laver on September 18, 2008

Seeing the pictures was like being there with you. Mom and I are jealous. You are starting to write with an English accent.
Dad

written by Russell Collins on September 18, 2008

oh laura, always the younger ones.... ;) ahaha :P
btw that duck looks so weird!!!
and last note: "YEE KAYYY YEE KAY YEE KAY YEE KAY YEE KAY NIPPON!!"

written by shannon on September 19, 2008

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