Monday, June 29, 2009

Europe Trip: Day 6

We had an early breakfast at the hotel from 8 to 9 a.m. After breakfast we boarded our coach and headed to Chester, England. Chester is an ancient and beautiful city, close to the boarder with Whales. Chester lies on the River Dee and has the reputation of being the "English medieval city par excellence", but many of its buildings are from the Victorian era. We had roughly four hours to grab some food and tour the city. As I walked around searching for a reasonable priced restaurant, I was able to see some of the historic buildings that surrounded the city...Chester Town Hall, Grosvenor Museum, and the Victorian architecture. An hour or so before we had to be back on the coach, a couple teammates and I decided on the Old King's Head, a pub that was formerly the home of Randlre Holme I - the mayor of Chester in 1633. We passed on the opportunity to eat at a restaurant that Bono owned due to our funds capacity. The menu at Old King's Head had a wide-variety of choices, but I went with the simple fish and chips.
At 5 p.m. we shipped out of Chester and headed back to Wilmslow. We had another match with team England, except this time we ended up getting the better of them. A total team effort led to the huge margin of victory for Team Loyola and after the match was over both teams enjoyed each others company at the social. The dinner was chili served over white rice with a couple of pints. In my opinion, it was the best meal we had yet! We arrived back at our hotel and were extremely eager to enjoy the social scene at the Queen of Hearts and Honey Bee, local clubs close to the hotel.

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