A Visit from a Friend

While I was in Spain during my Year Abroad last year, as well as meeting the Canadian who is now my beloved girlfriend, I met one of her friends who I call 'My Second Favourite Canadian' :) Her name is Krista and since coming over to Great Britain to teach in a secondary school in Ipswich, she has wanted to come and visit me in Liverpool. As well as having a good catch up, she wanted to see the city and so I had to try and be a tour guide for a few hours anyway. She is a very independent woman and so she always has a plan and will visit what she wants to, as I found out in both Barcelona and Madrid, one of the reasons she is so cool :)

Anyway, it was great seeing her over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, when I showed her different monuments although my descriptions were not exactly interesting. It was fun but strange trying to describe your city as a tour guide but experience is experience, you never know that one day I may have that job, never say never! Over the Saturday in which we met up, we saw the Albert Dock, Liverpool One, outside the Cavern Club where she got a picture taken with the John Lennon Statue, as well as other things. As a reward, she bought me a hot chocolate from Café Nero, was delicious. As always, it was amazing to see her, have a good natter about stuff and things, and enjoy Liverpool.

My Argentinian Football Team

About 5 years ago, I met an Argentinian woman who was visiting my Sixth Form (Formby) called Cecilia and she invited my Spanish class and myself to start conversation exchanges via email with her students who were studying English. Fortunately, I have continued since 2007 in conversing with some students from Argentina, which has converted itself into Facebook and possibly Skype very soon.

The actual city in Argentina which is interacting with Liverpool is called Rosario, not too far from Buenos Aires. After getting to know a few of the students in the school, one topic that linked us all was football. They knew about Liverpool FC but I did not know about their team, Rosario Central. Since 2008, probably, I have been trying to purchase a Rosario Central shirt. Finally, not too long ago, I found a website selling one and I now have a football shirt from Argentina. It is awesome. As I would say to my peeps in Argentina, 'Vamos Central!'