Sunday morning met us with more pancakes and Gotye before
getting picked up by Thea. She drove us to Oxford and then we got the train to
Birmingham where we would watch Aston Villa play Spurs at Villa Park. It was a
fantastic stadium and although Villa was having the worst season for a long
time the stadium was full. Sadly the Spurs fans who were outnumbered about 10
to 1 still sang louder than the Villa fans. This was until Ciaran Clark scored
the opener for Villa and suddenly it was like a sleeping lion was awakened. In
the end the game was drawn 1-1 even with a ten man Spurs side after Rose almost
killed Hutton with a sliding tackle but I really enjoyed the vibe. Two of my
favourite quotes from Villa fans were; After Gareth Bale made a challenge,
‘Book him ref! He’s Welsh!’ and ‘Run Heskey you lazy sod.’ Big thanks to Thea
for booking our tickets and getting us to and back from the game! I really enjoyed
it. I said my good bye to Ryan who would be going back to Rugby but we will see
each other again before the year is up. Yeah buddy.
I got to see the Mellon’s once more on our way back from Birmingham which was great and I want to say thanks again for everything they did for me. But the biggest thanks of all goes to my Uncle Sam and especially my Aunty Tansy who got the apartment in Winchester ready for me. I had a wonderful week and it’s all because of your grace. I’m going to spare you the sounds of my last trip with my bag through Winchester and sign off now. On my way back to the Netherlands, leaving England behind me I suppose the best way to end this would be by saying, ‘Now you’re just somebody that I used to know. Somebodyyyyyyyyyyyy!’
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