6 down, many more to go!

This weekend my colleague and I decided to embark on the journey to get our names in the ‘Hall of Foam’. 6 different beers in 1 evening should not have been a problem, but we had been drinking until nearly 4am that morning, so the first couple were a real struggle. I am not the most sensible person when it comes to drinking, but I should have known to steer clear of a beer called ‘Flying Dog’! When I ordered it I thought it was a lager, but it turned out to be a dark beer. The problem is that here they call English beer lager, and English lager they call beer. I really struggled with this one, and will definitely avoid it in future. So now I only have another 69 to drink! Next weekend is Memorial day and we have the day off on Monday, so I should be able to get a few more in :-) After that we went on the 2 different Karaoke’s bars. Neither of them were very good though, so we headed home around 2am.

The rest of the weekend was pretty quiet. I watched the final qualifying for the Indy 500. It doesn’t make up for missing Formula 1, but it does help a bit. Next weekend is the actual race which I am really looking forward to. I also went swimming a couple of times. They have a pool with a spa on the complex, and it is only a few minutes drive from my house. You get the pool, spa and gym for $35 a month. Certainly a lot cheaper than in England or the Netherlands! On the request of my friend Jen, I have included a picture of some ducks. Maybe next time they will join me in the pool!

So I am guessing that the big news of the week is the gorilla escaping from it's cage in Blijdorp zoo. I thought Werner was joking when he told me. Marijn said that it was even on the news in Australia. For those of you who were asleep last week, you can catch up with the story on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6670723.stm. When I lived in Blijdorp, the most excitement we got was the man getting arrested for sucking women's toes whist they were sunbathing in Vroesenpark, although I think the Gorilla escaping may be a less scary prospect!