Europe Blog #5

By Kerstyn Etheridge, Jerrica DiVincenzo and Jules Candelaria

NOTE: PLEASE READ THIS IN AN ENGLISH ACCENT!!
Today started unlike any other. We woke up at 8am and ate a lovely first breakfast in England. It was a normal breakfast other than the baked beans. We all then headed to our third game of the trip against Watford Ladies at the Metrolpolitan Sports Ground. Kick off was at 10:30am. We went into the vistor's team room, and it was.... different. A bit smaller then we are used to, but this allowed us to bond even more as a team. The game was cold with a slight drizzle every now and then. Katie scored a goal assisted by a cross from the right by Morgan. This ended up being the only goal of the match with the Cowgirl's winning 1- nil. Following the game, some girls showered, while others just cleaned themselves up for our tour of the Windsor Castle. We hung out in the clubhouse with the other team after everyone was changed. We ate sandwiches and conversed with the other team and made some new English friends! We tried multiple types of sandwiches, chips (that replicated Lays called Walkers), and muffins.

Once we left the clubhouse, we made our way to the Windsor Castle, which is where the Queen stays on the weekends. When we got through security, there were headsets for us to use if we wanted. Everyone grabbed one since we wanted to learn more about the history of the castle. The castle was HUGE! We all went through a tour of the State Apartments which included different rooms of the castle like the King's Chamber, The King's closet,The Queen and King's drawing rooms, and our personal favorite St. George's Hall whch held all of the garder knights' shields. If the knight's committed a crime, their shields would be white. Some other girls waited in line to see the Doll house which held all of the china in the castle. It was a replicate of the actual castle. After we finished the tour, we walked towards the exit and saw the changing of the guards. Pretttttyyyy COOL! The guards at this castle were not allowed to be touched and we weren't allowed to make them smile or we would get in trouble. Even with this in mind, the three of us took a picture with the new guard and it was pretty intimidating. After the castle, we had an hour to wander around and look in all of the stores. We met some pretty cool people; it was nice to be in a place where they spoke English and we didn't have to pay for water or ketchup! We met a guy who had season tickets for Arsenal which cost 980 pounds per season. We then bumped into the Queen. Lucky us. She insisted no pictures. After our fortunate findings we made our way towards the bus.
The drive home was quiet as most girls just slept. We FINALLY finished watching the Green Mile. We got back to the hotel about an hour later and some girls napped, while others showered and hung out until dinner. Dinner was at 7:30pm and it was delicious regardless of the warnings of bad food. Dinner consisted of curry chicken, rice, amazing lasagna, vegetables and delicious desserts! Tonight we plan to hang out with the Watford Ladies soccer team, but we will see what happens!
Cheerio!