The next morning (Thursday) we did some more leafleting in the morning, went back to the Lloyd’s to have a quick lunch, and then we got to go to Cardiff, Vikki’s city!! We took a train (that Stephen and Daniel missed!) into the city and then they set us loose to wander about the city! Julie and I walked around with Vikki for a while because she wanted to show us “Cahdiff”. We went shopping in their malls, bought presents for the fam, and some gifts for ourselves, and then we took a 1 hour tour on a double-decker bus with Joey and Lauren. I had never been on a double-decker bus before, so of course we had to sit on the top! We were really enjoying seeing the sights from “up high” until it started to rain. The lower level of the bus was packed, so we couldn’t go down there, and we still had about 20 minutes left of the tour and only ONE umbrella between the 5 of us! So I tried to brave it out by giving one of the girls my jacket…not sure what THAT did…but then I was given the umbrella. I was so grateful that I had this amazing invention to shield me from the bullets of H2O that were being shot at me from above, until that amazing invention was not so amazing anymore. The wind was blowing so hard it whipped the umbrella upwards, therefore rendering the umbrella useless, and leaving me unprotected from the evil raindrops that were “pecking my eyes out”! So then we ran through the wet streets of “Cahdiff” to meet up with the rest of the team. We then drove over to a fancy Italian restaurant (I forgot the name!) for dinner…YUM! By this time, though, some of us had lost restraint; this fancy restaurant was not prepared for such an unusual bunch. Daniel was SO enthralled with his dessert when it came, that he smothered his lips and half his face in the chocolate wonder and paraded from table to table, letting all of us take pictures.
After a while, someone mentioned that there was a cemetery across the street so we got permission to walk over there until everyone was ready to leave. It was really neat looking at all the different inscriptions on the gravestones, though the reverence was interrupted by the screams of unsuspecting girls and the childish antics of some of the guys. :)
Friday morning the plan was to do our last day of leafleting all day. But by the time we came back for lunch, it had been pouring miserably all morning that they decided to only send the school teams out, and Julie and I got to go over to Fran and Linda’s (where Kyle and Nathan stayed) to listen to the band rehearse for the next day’s “big event”. It was SO much fun as Julie, Anna and I curled up in a blanket on the couch (we were still freezing and soaked through), and listened as Amy, Matt, Fran, Ryan, Kyle, Joey, and James all played/sang. Then Julie and I were dropped off at home and decided to take it easy for the evening. So we got in our pj’s, fixed some tea, and watched a movie on Julie’s laptop. It was nice after such a long day. :)
After a while, someone mentioned that there was a cemetery across the street so we got permission to walk over there until everyone was ready to leave. It was really neat looking at all the different inscriptions on the gravestones, though the reverence was interrupted by the screams of unsuspecting girls and the childish antics of some of the guys. :)
Friday morning the plan was to do our last day of leafleting all day. But by the time we came back for lunch, it had been pouring miserably all morning that they decided to only send the school teams out, and Julie and I got to go over to Fran and Linda’s (where Kyle and Nathan stayed) to listen to the band rehearse for the next day’s “big event”. It was SO much fun as Julie, Anna and I curled up in a blanket on the couch (we were still freezing and soaked through), and listened as Amy, Matt, Fran, Ryan, Kyle, Joey, and James all played/sang. Then Julie and I were dropped off at home and decided to take it easy for the evening. So we got in our pj’s, fixed some tea, and watched a movie on Julie’s laptop. It was nice after such a long day. :)
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