I decided to combine weeks five and six because week five was relatively slow and laid back. I mostly spent it doing out first actual assignment since arriving here which was a 1,000 word paper. It was fairly easy and I didn't break my back over it because it is ungraded, mandatory, but ungraded. Last Saturday (22nd) I woke up and watched the NFL combine, as one of my good friends from high school, Richard Rodgers was a participant. He played at Cal Berkeley for 3 years but declared for the draft this year, foregoing his senior season. I was fortunate enough to get out there twice to visit and it was amazing. He didn't do too well in the 40-yd dash but looked good in the cone drill and route running. Hopefully his pro day on March 18th will help raise his draft stock but it will be fun to see where he ends up.
Thursday, Colin and I woke up at 9:00am and walked to the train station for our 9:50 train to Glasgow, Scotland. My buddy John (the one who I went to visit in Durham) got a group together to go see the American country singer Eric Church in Glasgow. He invited me, so Colin and I jumped all over it. We got there around 12:30 and walked all over creation looking for the hotel and eventually found it. John and Karen (his girlfriend who I met over winter break back home) waited for us and took us to our room so we could drop our bags off. The four of us walked to meet up with the rest of the group at a cool little Mexican restaurant. Two of the guys we met up with, I had already met in Durham , there was another guy and 3 other girls - so 10 of us total (all American). We had a decent Mexican meal and then walked around the city a bit. It was an interesting day weather-wise, a one minute it was sunny, the next it was raining, and the next it was hailing pebble sized sleet- but we did our best to dodge all that. We went back to the room and got ready for the show. The venue was pretty close so when we went to leave, it was only about a 20 minute walk from the hotel. We got there early enough so we were able to get seats (everyone was standing) two rows back from the stage- it was awesome. The concert was probably top five i've ever been to - and i've been to a lot. Up there with Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney, and Zac Brown. We all were going nuts during the show as we a few Americans in a Scottish crowd.
The next morning we had to wake up and get a train to Newcastle at 7:00 because Colin had class early and couldn't miss it. It was a struggle getting up after a long night, but we made the train and got back to Newcastle 3 hours later.
Saturday, we went to Tynemouth which is a small little coastal beach town which is only a 30 minute metro ride from newcastle. We saw the ruins of an ancient castle, got some good fish and chips, and walked on the beach a little bit. We were there for about two hours but it was fun to get out and do something for the day and be productive.
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