Bill's Walks #2 and 3

Rugby or not rugby, that is the question

So here is my lame attempt at taking footage of a rugby match and making it exiciting. Granted, I only had 2 minutes or so of time left on my recorder by this point so I'm working with only a few shots but still... You get the gist of it I think. If you are really interested, try looking on YouTube for other Rugby videos- I bet there are much better ones!

The thing about rugby is that it is kind of like soccer and American football combined. You can't do forward passing, the ball has to actually touch the ground to score, and you don't get to wear padding. The only other thing I can remember is that when they start playing and all the players mash together, that is called the scrum. Yup.



Check out Blackheath's site here.
The official site of the Rugby Football Union

Blackheath won the game and were ranked much lower than the visiting team so it was kind of neat. Although it was a pretty one-sided game, the blue and white team was crushed.


Tomorrow I will be going on another walk with Bill and co. and will hopefully upload photos from today's adventures and tomorrows. I'll have a video of walks 2 and 3 in the next couple days granted my teaching internship doesn't consume all my free time!

Bill's Walk #1

So I did my best with trying to condense a 4.5 hour tour into a <6 minute movie using iMovie. It's not great, but hopefully you can get some enjoyment out of it.

Bill is actually the director of the Ithaca College London Center. He is really a genuine guy and is always willing to sacrifice his own time to help any and all of the students here. Bill is one of the four staff members at ICLC and really is a huge part of the program here. I may be able to get some one on one interviews with the staff here to share with you, I'll keep you posted.

Enjoy.

PG Tips = Not the best blend I've ever had...

I've kind of decided to try all the local favorite tea brands here and just see what they are like. It's not the the US where almost everything is Lipton or Tetley or Salada. Here, I keep finding new names on boxes and many of them claim to be Britain's best or favourite (favorite) tea. So far I've only had two: Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips. Yorkshire is a strong and tart tea a lot like Barry's Gold blend (an Irish tea I came upon a few years back) but perhaps not as quick of a brew. I really couldn't complain as it had that kick in the first and last sip that I enjoy in these breakfast-style teas. The PG Tips are apparently made from higher quality leaves (just the bud and two top leaves of each branch or whatever) but I don't think that really makes a difference when you grind up the leaves to the fine tea specks that are in the bags. The result is just a little plain and didn't have a rich kind of taste. It was just a little off. I don't claim to have any ability to describe teas so why even bother. Maybe I'll have more to say on this in the future.


As for today, Bill (the director of the Ithaca Center here) is taking us on a walking tour of part of the city. I will hopefully have pictures, comments, and maybe video to post when I get back. I'm not sure how long it will be, but I think it'll be a good three hours at least.


A three hour tour, a three hour tour...