Brown Girl in London

World Cup!

As you all know, or maybe not for those not interested, the World Cup began on Friday. I didn't pay it much attention - not until Saturday when HD and I went to watch Trinidad vs. Sweden at The Warwick (right by Piccadilly Circus). There's a promotion company here called Busspepper and they organize these events for Trinidadians - I think it's just Trinis, maybe West Indian in general but I'm not really sure. We were instructed to wear red so HD wore red, white and black beaded necklaces and I wore black. :)

Anyway, this is totally out of character for me but Supa's cousin told us about it and it sounded like fun, so we went. (Supa and friends, by the way, actually went to Germany for the game which must have been awesome.) For 6GBP we went to hang at the Warwick and watched the game. We were about 20 minutes late but the remaining minutes were tense and exciting! I didn't realize it was such a huge deal that Trinidad had made it into the World Cup but it definitely is and the fact that the game ended in a draw against a team that was expected to win had the entire place in a euphoric uproar. As soon as the game was done, the music began and the dancefloor was packed. I did my bit and then had enough and went to find a less busy place to chill leaving HD to dance it out. After she had enough we left the pub and wandered around Piccadilly Circus.

It was such a nice night here too last night - the weather was mild and warm - it felt like summer. We went to find somewhere for dinner and had burgers at some "American" diner which was okay, but they use Tommy ketchup, which in my opinion is total crap compared to Heinz (I'm picky about my ketchup okay?). I wish I'd brought my camera but didn't - next time I will. Piccadilly Circus is a place tourists have to hit when they come to London and there were quite a few out last night. It's an area of popular theatre shows like Mamma Mia and The Phantom of the Opera. And also of huge lit-up billboards - like Times Square in New York. Within walking distance is Leicester Square which we walked through also. That's where all the major movie premiers are - Tom Cruise was there when MI3 opened. We went to a cafe where we were forced to order something to eat if we wanted to sit outside and enjoy the weather, which was really stupid, but nonetheless we had a nice evening. I'll take pics next time we go because it's a place to just walk around and hang out, something I like to do a lot.

Anyway, the next game I'm interested in watching is Trinidad vs. England - don't think we'll be be wearing Trini colours for that one but I know who I'm cheering for!

posted by RC @ 3:18 PM