Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Englad: Birthplace of the pub




England. The home of bad teeth and a pub on every corner. My time spent in Englas showed me one thing: British people love beer, rugby and football. Fortunatly for them, they can get all three of those things at one of the thousands of street corner pubs you seem to walk by every few minutes. Not that I'm complaining. One of my favorites I stumbeled across was while I was in the capital city. London is know for many different sights but I think the Watchmaker and Farmer pub is the best sight of them all. A pub devoted to Chelsea FC fans, when asked what your club is (club is equilivent to a team) you had best not respond with anything other than Blue Army (Chelsea's alter ego). As a proud Chelsea fan luck informed me to wear one of my many jerseys while touring the west end of the city and I was welcomed in with open arms. While Stamford Bridge may have been sold of for gameday, the W and F seemed to have enough room for me and my friends. If you want true, modern English culture, this was the place to find it. I struk up coverstaion with many of the other patrons and talked about various things and got pretty simular answers. When asked what I should see in London before I left they would reply that I have seen it alread in the W&F. When I asked things to do, I was told I'm doing it right now. Needless to say I enjoyed my time at the W&F a little more than visiting the clock known as Big Ben or trying to annoy some guards that can't talk (forgot what they call them). When travelling to England, get all the history stuff out of the way first. That way, you can find your own pub were you will see Englishmen at their best.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Ron that sounds totally amazing. I want to visit england sometime..I think the pub scene would be an incredible sight to see..Just like you said englishmen at their best. A couple of my friends went to england on one of those school trips I was telling you about. They said it was so incredible! Anyways I should go..I definetely want to go there some day... I want to travel all throughout europe!

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  2. This will sound very ethnocentric but I truly believe that Europe is the greatest place in the world. In a relitivly small space there is so much diversity and culture

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