Day 9 - Not in America
Today I saw several things that I've never seen in America.1. On the way to the Meteorology department, I thought I was lost because the trail that leads to the meteorology building looked more like a remote hiking trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains than anything I've ever seen in the middle of a university campus. Though it's similar in size to the OU campus, the Reading campus has at least two lakes and a forest, with trails going between them. While on the trails, you can't see anything even resembling a university building.
2. After that, I went to get lunch at a nearby fish & chips place. It had a "Closed" sign on the door. Under that there was another sign saying the owners were on a holiday so the restaraunt will be closed for the next couple weeks. Also unlike America, many of the fast-food restaraunts here are closed during the afternoon.
3. On the way home, I went to a park that appeared to have tennis courts. On closer inspection, they were not tennis courts at all, but a row of small fenced in SOCCER FIELDS. And several of them had games going. That's just wrong!
4. Next to the soccer courts was a small green field with very short grass, similar to a putting green. It was a bowling green. I just thought "bowling green" was a city in Kentucky, but apparently people here bowl outdoors on grass.
5. Right behind the bowling green was a large field where people were playing cricket! It was the first time I've seen a real cricket game being played. It looked strange but kinda fun.
3 Comments:
Now Matt, if you are going to live in England and want to fit in, you need to start using the "Queens English" They aren't soccer fields, they are football fields. Keep up the Blogging, your observations are interesting. Nice photos as well!
Wow! I wish OU's campus was like that! It would be so nice to walk to a class in an environment like that.
You should be honored to be in a place that values real sports - not some game that counts scores by the 15s and 10s.
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