Blogs from Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 15

Shortly after our returned to the UK while being a bit homeless ourselves visiting anyone who would give us a bed for the night, we visited a little Norfolk coastal village called Happisburgh. This 12th century North sea coastal village is nestled between Cromer and Great Yarmouth and it is on record as the first place in England where on average two meters of its clay cliff coastline a year is now falling into the sea. This includes various sea view (now ground level) hotels and homes. Diana Wrighton is such a person who on last count (Im sure this has changed since this winter kicked in) she had only 16 meters of path left before her hotel drops meters into the sea, she plans to stay for another 5 meters but then for obvious health ... read more

This weekend I started saying my goodbyes to my new friends from UEA. It started on Friday night with my flatmates. We went to Nando's, a Portuguese chicken restaurant (a chain). It was pretty darn delicious! Tina made me get a Natta (or something like that), which is a little custard tart. Man, am I glad she made me get it! It was spectacular! After Nando's we went back to the flat and just hung out in the kitchen, which is rare to get all 6 of us together at the same time! Then Saturday night I went out with my International Friends. We went to Squares, which is a bar/nightclub at the Riverside Entertainment area. Very nice, we played a couple of games of pool, visited, and danced! The music was a little too loud, ... read more

Yesterday was Thanksgiving. At least it was Thanksgiving in the United States. Unfortunately, the broader population of England doesn't celebrate this wonderful holiday. Luckily, the International Office knew that there would be rebellion if there wasn't turkey, so they offered a meal for us last night. It was pretty darn good- not as good as home-made of course- but totally worth it. I don't know the last time I have been that full! I had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, corn, green beans with chestnuts, sweet potatoes, pecan pie, and some sort of awesome chocolate pie. Wow. After dinner, I waddled back to my flat and promptly fell asleep. I awoke about half an hour later and grabbed Ian and headed for the pub. The "American Football" game was on. It was Ian's first time ... read more

So today I did something very un-Greg Trusz like. In all honesty, I'm not sure what I was thinking. I had a day off and nothing else to do so I decided to take a bike ride. A 26 mile bike ride. For more details, read on. I have a cycle map for Norwich, it's really nice and tells you where there are bike lines and paths in town and what roads to avoid. And on it it shows a pathway called National Cycle Network Route 1. So I looked it up on-line and it turns out that the UK has a great bike trail system all over the country and this was one of those routes. The next town on the route from Norwich is called Reepham, and I decided I would check it out. ... read more

Halloween. One of the few times you can look absolutely ridiculous and get away with it. Although it is in its current form a truly American holiday, the British get into it as well! We started our festivities Monday night with some pumpkin carving! We produced a truly grotesque masterpiece that is still sitting in our window. I just hope it doesn't start to stink... Then Tuesday night was the Halloween LCR (the LCR is the night club on campus). So me and the rest of my flat donned our getups, ate some no-bake cookies (which I have gotten them addicted to), took pictures, and headed for the Union. We danced the night away to Halloween classics such as Thriller and Monster Mash (plus the usual dance club stuff). After the party was over, the Christian ... read more