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The first weekend after classes has been great. I spent yesterday walking to the Quay (pronounced "Key") and having coffee with a few friends. At the Quay, there are boats for rent, cafes, antique shops, and restaurants. It sits on the canal that was once a busy port of Exeter.

The weekend in Exeter, finally!

Georgia
2006-02-22 13:44:57

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The first weekend after classes has been great. I spent yesterday walking to the Quay (pronounced "Key") and having coffee with a few friends. At the Quay, there are boats for rent, cafes, antique shops, and restaurants. It sits on the canal that was once a busy port of Exeter. There is even a 25 p ferry where a man pulls you across the canal using a rope. For the first time, I had to step over a freshly pooling stream of urine, getting a British-ly polite "sorry" from the source. After it started raining and suddenly dropped twenty degrees (which frequently happens here), we went to the Cathedral green where I found an amazing and cheap vegetarian restaurant with an American owner! Finally, I had a tasty and healthy meal. At the University we saw an "indie" band play and I had a debate with some English boys from my class as to whether pants are called "trousers" or "pants". They call their underwear "pants" and their pants "trousers". They giggled when I told my friend to watch his "pants" because there was water in his seat. After a nightmare last night involving Bush winning the presidential race (what a I like thesedream), I got up at 8am to hear the Cathedral organ. It apparently has one of the biggest certain type of pipe in Europe. Unfortunately, they didn't play it this morning but it was a great experience regardless. There was a service happening but I sat in the back, which means about a mile from the crowd. The sanctuary was very quiet and calm; I could barely walk in my heels because of the stone floor's echo, so I tiptoed around the tombs and old flags for about an hour. It is indeed a beautiful church.

-I learned yesterday that, even though something you bought from a store doesn't work and you take it back with its original packaging, you won't be able to trade or get your money back like in the States.