Last Thursday night I made my way to Craven Cottage in South West London to attend my first English football game. I went along to see Fulham FC take on Amkar Perm in the Europa League group stage with my mate Andy.
The two of us had seats right on the fence in the middle of the Fulham members and we watched as Aussie keeper Mark Schwarzer let through only one goal as his Fulham team beat the Russian team 3-1. The stadium was only three quarters full but the fans were in full voice. Some of the chants I could distinguish, others I have no idea what they were singing.
I returned to London from Leeds last Monday and exploring some of the sights I have not yet seen. On Tuesday Andy and I spent the morning at the Natural History Museum which was full of children as it is the middle of the shool holidays. In the afternoon we wandering the streets hunting down Banksy artwork which is still visible. Banksy is a stencil graffiti artist who has drawn artwork throughout London and all over the world. Much of his work has been painted over or cut out of walls and sold at auctions. Some of his remaining artwork has been covered in perplex glass to try and save it. This tour took us to some nice parts of London I would have otherwise never seen.
When the final Ashes test started I watched and waited anxiously as I had a ticket for the fourth day. I was really hoping it would last till the fourth day. When the Aussies went all out for 160 it didn't help. Andy and I watched the third day in Regents Park with about 10,000 other people, the majority obviously English and they were loving it as their team set the Aussies an almost impossible target. Luckily the test did reach a fourth day and I got my chance to see a day of the Ashes in England.
I will write about my day at the cricket in the next blog.
The two of us had seats right on the fence in the middle of the Fulham members and we watched as Aussie keeper Mark Schwarzer let through only one goal as his Fulham team beat the Russian team 3-1. The stadium was only three quarters full but the fans were in full voice. Some of the chants I could distinguish, others I have no idea what they were singing.
I returned to London from Leeds last Monday and exploring some of the sights I have not yet seen. On Tuesday Andy and I spent the morning at the Natural History Museum which was full of children as it is the middle of the shool holidays. In the afternoon we wandering the streets hunting down Banksy artwork which is still visible. Banksy is a stencil graffiti artist who has drawn artwork throughout London and all over the world. Much of his work has been painted over or cut out of walls and sold at auctions. Some of his remaining artwork has been covered in perplex glass to try and save it. This tour took us to some nice parts of London I would have otherwise never seen.
When the final Ashes test started I watched and waited anxiously as I had a ticket for the fourth day. I was really hoping it would last till the fourth day. When the Aussies went all out for 160 it didn't help. Andy and I watched the third day in Regents Park with about 10,000 other people, the majority obviously English and they were loving it as their team set the Aussies an almost impossible target. Luckily the test did reach a fourth day and I got my chance to see a day of the Ashes in England.
I will write about my day at the cricket in the next blog.
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