So I made it to London, praise God. The UK authorities apparently didn’t buy my story, so they decided to keep me around for a few hours, before questioning me, calling me a liar, and then finally allowing me into the country for six months. Not very nice people, I must say! The bloke’s parting words were, “You’ll have a very difficult time when you try to come into the UK again.” I walked, but was thinking, “Not if I have a UK passport, you twit!” Haha. So I made it to my nanny’s at 1:30, after a nice chat with the cab driver. He was an Arsenal fan as well, and fully supported my mission to make a career out of football.
I slept until noon (a solid 10 hours), woke up and took a walk down to Junction Road and bought my UK sim card via T-Mobile! It might cost you an arm and a leg, but send me an email or message on twitter if you want it. I have a month of free texting, not bad eh! I feel like I am really living here now that I have a UK phone number. Not bad.
Then I went home to my grandma’s house and had some lunch, a bacon sandwich (Brandon’s favorite). I called up Samir, the geezer who runs the gap year program at Arsenal, and we met up at the stadium for a cup of tea and a quick chat. Really nice guy, he introduced me to a few people and we talked about the week to come. I am very excited, lots of time on the pitch! Arsenal’s facilities are top notch, really lavish and stylish. I’ll make sure to take a few pictures on Monday, even if I look like a loser doing so. It is really exciting times, I can’t wait! Two days out of the week I will be coaching in the schools, the rest of the time will be in training and in the community. I will be looking to join a league, maybe us gap year students will form a team. That would be cool. I get a discount on Arsenal gear and I probably will get to see a few games for free while I am here. Awesome.
Came home for dinner and had some good fish and chips from up the road. Hung out with the grandparents, made a few phone calls, and now its time to go to bed.
I miss and love you all. Be on the look out for a call from a strange number!
Yaaay, awesome! I am jealous of your chips right now...even if I couldn't eat them at the moment, heheh. Have fun, enjoy family time!
ReplyDeleteI think it's fair to say the only proper way to move to a new country is to be detained for a couple hours, it makes the story wayyy more interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteThat google thing is awesome....you can actually see the whole street!....I also am extremely jealous of the fish and chips, but with any luck we will be there in March!
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