Fish and Castle

Thursday was a sad kind of day. It was our last class with Kate and Dave. However this one was actually presenting our projects to Kate and Dave. At the beginning of class we had given our gifts to them. Kate was going to wait until later and Dave shook his box of chocolates and immediately knew what was in them and was very excited. After presentations Dave opened his chocolates and shared with all of us. He also told his Star Trek joke that he has been threatening to tell all the time… How many ears does Captain Kirk have? 3: A left ear, a right ear and a final Front-ear!  It was very funny and I thought my homie trekkies would like it, Kate however does not (she left the room since she has heard that joke one too many times). Taking pictures with Dave and saying our final goodbyes, we headed over to the American Office to find Mary and Zoe. Kate opened her gift at this point and was shortly followed by Mary and Zoe. They loved their bath sets we gave them. (If you have noticed the gifts are something a female would pick out, which happened. However we did not torture Chris this way, he has been shopping enough with us…).

Once again we said goodbye to a member of the team: Zoe. She will not be going with us to Stratford-Upon-Avon/ Oxford trip due to a friend’s wedding. (However Kate will be going with us and that should be interesting…). It is so sad that we are going to no longer see everyone! We are slowly peeling off. Darian and Lauren are going to Paris instead of the fieldtrip, and Liz will be with her parents. In addition we no longer get to see Zoe and Dave…. It is going to be hard to leave here….

However on to Happy things! Like fish! We have been debate for a while to go to the Brighton Aquarium and finally gave in when we learned the price. In the end we decided it was soo worth it! The Brighton Aquarium is located seaside and underneath our favorite restaurant (Harvester’s). They had some really cool fish and exhibits. Fish you walk though a hallway with tanks on both sides. At one point you pass the open aired ray tank where some of the sting rays dance to the top looking for food. Next we went to the Amazon that was dark and tricked you with mirrors. Watch out for the piranhas, they bite. (Hehehehehe). While walking through this amazing aquarium I had way too many “Finding Nemo” quotes running through my head. If you were a child you would be able to spot a ton of friends…

Nemo, Marlin and Friend

Why, yes I am a natural blue...

DUDE!

Another part of the aquarium was a tank slightly smaller than the dolphin pool at Brookfield Zoo, which was filled with so many different species! You could go on a glass bottom boat or walk through the tube that ran in the tank. That was amazing; a shark would come towards you and then nonchalantly turn away before hitting the glass….

Fish are Friends, not food.....

Today we met with Raj again. This time we had a whole day to spend with her. Raj wanted to take us about an hour away to Arundel to see Arundel Castle. I thought I was impressed with Bodiam. Nope, Socks were knocked off! Arundel was built before Bodiam however it looks younger! There also is a real Duke living there! The Duke of Norfolk!!! However we could not visit his apartments because that is well private… I have no colorful way to describe Arundel to everyone so I will just show you. I also once again loved all the flowers in their gardens…

This is The Duke's part of the castle

Well I hope that is keeping things spicy! I am once again off to count sheep because the weekend is our second Field trip to Oxford and Stratford-Upon-Avon!!!!! CIAO! !!!!!!!!!