So just because
I've only posted about weekend adventures in ANOTHER town doesn't mean
that Sunderland is no longer exciting....au contraire! :) So here is a little
update on my new-found hometown!
Okay, so one thing
that you should know to start off with is that about 80% of the international
students here are either German or American. Of course, this was inevitably
going to lead to some friendly (and extremely competitive) competition at SOME
POINT. We all knew it. :P So after a large amount of friendly heckling..The
German vs USA Official Football Match!
Gettin serious. Germany to the
left, USA to the right. We were a little uncertain about taking on Europeans in
what is, let's face it, a seriously European sport.
We ended up tying
the game (only suitable, I guess), but despite freezing temperatures a big crowd
turned out to cheer on the teams! I don't know about everyone else, but I think
I just cheered whenever any goals were made....
It was SO COLD...Solution?
HUG.
Gaby, Syedah, and I
also made a trip to the Winter Gardens (one of the sites Sunderland is known
for)...It was beautiful at sunset but also....very much locked. We found an
opening and slipped in!
Really it just a
little park of outdoor gardens to walk through and a pond. It also features a
large walrus statue (no, I'm not sure why).
They have a war
memorial here for the soldiers from Sunderland who gave their
lives.
I have NO CLUE
about this funky little landmark...but it was kinda cute :)
The most green you
will ever seen in one spot in Sunderland! I had to take a picture!
One of Sunderland's
beautiful moments :)
<3 Sunderland.
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