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     Pretty interesting weekend, not including Friday (we were tuckered out from going into town in the rain in the afternoon and just had a night in). Saturday a few of us went on a free walking tour of Exeter - this one was Medieval Exeter. I am for sure doing all six or so tours, our guide was very sweet and knowledgeable :) There are quite a few buildings in Exeter that date back to the 1300's, I was super impressed. 

    Saturday was also Australia Day! Brandon made us a Australian meal, which consisted of sausage and onions on white bread (?) and a shrimp & avocado salad. We were invited to a G block party in which we had to dress up - we tried to buy outfits for the past couple of days and nothing really panned out, so I went as a lifeguard with Jessica as my shark. We visited most of the floor and met some fun new people between 4-10ish, learned some strange Australian rituals - GECKO! is when you have to have three points of contact with the wall when someone yells it. Their drinking song goes [probably something like] this: "Here's to [insert name here], he/she's true blue. He/she's a pisspot through and through. He/she's a bastard so they say, tried to go to heaven but he/she went the other way - down down down down down! Siiiiiiip, siiiiip, siiiip!" Once someone translated for me I was able to join in. After this we went to the Lemmy, our club on campus that we weren't quite expecting. Firstly, it's enormous. Secondly, it's on campus. Weird. They played pretty good songs (if I can sing along, I'm sold).
     On Sunday probably 10 people told me they wanted to come on the underground passage tour, but I think everyone was too hungover from the day before. So instead, Jessica, Elena and I went and met up with Kayla. The passages housed the water pipes that lead from springs outside the city to the Cathedral and eventually for the city. It was the first time I can remember that being short really came in handy - the passages were made in the 1300s or something crazy and were built for the average man - 5'6. In some parts we had to duck and walk like idiots for a bit. I'm also very happy I was wearing a hard hat, I'm sure I would have bonked my head off something. Despite the danger, it was very cool. Our guide said that the one in Exeter is the only set of passages open to tourists.