26 January 2008

This morning, I took the tube to see Chris and we went to Richmond to go shopping for shoes!!! And to have some lunch. I went in to one of the first stores I saw that had loads of shoes everywhere! Ended up leaving 15 minutes later with 2 pairs of boots (desperately needed). Went for lunch and walked in to a few other places to find some shoes and didn't like the quality as much, so went back to the first store and bought another pair of leather Puma's. They're really cool! And great for walking around the city in. I was so excited about my deals! One of the boots were originally 125 pounds, and I bought them for 29 pounds. The Puma's were originally 145 pounds, and I got them for 35. And the other boots were originally 165 pounds, and I bought them for 60. The store was going out of business the next day because the rent had gone up so much. That's so unfortunate.

Today is Australia Day! I have been looking forward to this day for quite some time. The original plan was to go on a pub crawl with a load of Aussies, but the plan changed. We ended up going over to "Extreme Dave's" for a little party. Dave is hilarious. They didn't have a real grill, so they bought a couple of temporary ones from the grocery store. They worked! But it was really amusing to watch.

I met some really great people at the party. There was Adriana who is from Spain. I asked her where she was from and she said in a typical Spanish accent - "Valethia" - Valencia. They speak with a lisp because of one of the Kings many moons ago. He had a lisp and everybody thought that was how the language was suppose to be spoken. Anyway, I told her that I spoke Spanish, but Argentinean Spanish and she said in a really excited tone, "That's ok! Did you want to speak?!" ha ha. She was so cute. She had just moved here about 6 months ago and has really missed her interaction with language and culture. She has managed to meet a few people from Spain, but not enough, I suppose. I completely understand where she's coming from with the language barrier... always having to think and speak in English. It can be really tough and extremely exhausting.

Also met a couple of American ladies. One is from Michigan and the other from Texas. They were both really nice and a lot of fun. We exchanged numbers so us ladies can stick together. Also met another lady from Poland. It was just the International House of Mystery. ;)

They made shish kebabs on the "barbie" along with some pork and sausages. Everything was delicious! A little later, the American ladies decided we should all play Cranium. None of us had ever played before, but it was a great time! Once the Americans left, we didn't know what to do, so we all went out. The Aussie boys wanted to go to this place called Inferno. The line was really long to get in and over the years, I have not been good with tolerating long lines and cover fees, so Chris and I caught a cab and went back home. It was a fun night! Great people to hang out with!