22nd October, 2011
Today I had a very busy day. It was my only full day in St. John's so it was good to make the most of it. Eric planned out a good day for me. First we met up with Mattie and Chelsea to go to a nearby orchard where you can pick your own pumpkins (see photo above), pet some farm animals, buy some fresh farm produce, sit on piles of hay etc. It was quite fun.
I then went back to St. John's and visited the St. John's Bible museum. I learned a bit about how the bible was made and saw some old texts form Europe and the Middle East. After lunch, me and Eric took a walk along the lake up to the chapel. It was a very nice walk on a lovely day (it has warmed up a lot and was sunny all day). I could really see how small the university is as we met Hannah and Maria on our walk.
After the walk, we went to St. Ben's (the girls campus) as Mattie invited us over for dinner. Eric brought over some venison and grouse that he and his sister shot and Mattie was cooking squash (which I have never eaten). Me, Eric, Mattie, Chelsea and Mattie's housemate ate a wonderful dinner. I thought the meat was excellent. We then rushed to the college where Ricky Skaggs was playing a concert.That was pretty cool. He did a half bluegrass and half country concert.
After the concert we rushed back to St. John's to go to Brother Willie's Pub, where the German club were hosting an Oktoberfest evening. I had the Johnnies Ale (which a Monk created). It wasn't particularly Oktoberfest-ish. They did have some decorations and some people had t-shirts and leiderhosen but they were playing modern popular music and didn't have those 1 litre beers.
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