Hello all!
Another day has come and gone in the beautiful city of Plymouth. Today was quite eventful, much like the majority of this trip has been. I've been working hard on my first project and spent the day touring the city and coast for pictures to represent the teenage British culture. What I found was completely awesome! It's called "tombstoning". This is when elementary-high school kids find the highest point alongside of the coast and dive into the water. You may think this isn't really anything to brag about but you should see how high these rocks are that they are jumping off of. They also have to make sure they jump out far enough to avoid landing on the jagged rocks below. It was insane to see this!! I got a few pictures, but I hope to go back later this week to get some better ones and maybe even interview a couple of the kids doing it. Apparently this tomb-stoning is a daily affair, and tombstoning occurs everyday at sunset.
After the tombstoning experience, Kailey and I walked over to a pub called "The Navy". It was a cozy little place and was a real good time. They even had good, cheap food on their menus which was a real plus! Kailey and I ordered some nachos and each had a Fosters. Not too bad. The bartender was really nice and so was the waitress. We ended up staying there and watching some of tennis games with the locals.
So the Bath/Stonehenge trip is canceled for tomorrow and is rescheduled for next week. At least we are still going!
I am getting very excited about all of the cool new technologies that I am learning about. I can't wait to start incorporating these into my teaching for my internship this year!
So I finally tried the infamous British "brown sauce" that is so popular here. It's kind of weird and has molasses in it. I dunno...it's no Heinz ketchup that's for sure.
Another weird thing is that the music that is played in the pubs here (American music) is soooo old- like from the 90s. For example, I heard today at a pub a song from the Backstreet Boys.
There are also these "party buses/limos" that drive teens all around town to the pubs every night. They all blare their music. One of them in particular was blaring "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin.....can we say 90s?
Anyways, I should be off. I have homework to do and need to go through my pictures!! I hope everyone is doing well back at home!!
Cheers,
Tara
3 comments:
Those children are insane! Wondering where the hell their parents are........dad
P.S. Don't get any idea's. There are no acts of bravery when your 5,000+ miles from home. Only stupidity.
Oh my goodness. I love reading your blog because I can picture you saying exactly what you are writing.
I hope you are having a super great time, which it sounds like you are! I will make sure Jake doesn't do anything too stupid this weekend while visiting Toby.
Love your commentary, Tara, but really...Old music from the 90's? And remember, it is called TOMBstoning for a reason. We miss you!!! Mary, Richard, Lily and Angus.
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