Duke Weeks 4-6 and Baltimore Trip

Well since my Swiss flatmate (otherwise known as Pascal) bugged me all week to update my blog I thought I would since im staying in tonight and just chilling...

In terms of what has been going on on campus here at Duke well I went to the Duke v Florida State game (see previous blog entry) and also it was announced that Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab for Cutie are coming to play on campus, and for students its only $25 so me and a bunch of friends are going!!! I also witnessed something really special on Tuesday night (Feb 14) - J.J. Redick who is a play for Duke now holds the NCAA Record for the most 3-pt shots made in a college career, and I was at the game to see it, it definatly was a special moment and I'm glad I skipped class to wait in line for 5 hours to get into the game (this time I was #3 in the walk up line ;-)) - now mum, don't kill me, but I am probably going to camp out, for a night or two, to get into the UNC game as this is the biggest rivalry in American College Sports, and to see it would definalty be a night I would never forget!!!

I have also attended the Duke tennis matches, and these guys really are good, and I will definatly be going to more. Also the Baseball and Lacrosse seasons are starting up so I will definatly be going to those matches as well!!!

Back to the Duke v UNC rivalry for a minute, the other week (Feb 7th) I went out to a friend's place to watch the Duke v UNC game that was being played at UNC (which is 15 minutes away), and it was such a good night and it was a close game but we came through in the end, so we were all happy, and we had a special cookie made for the occassion (see above)!!!

Another highlight of the past 3 weeks has been my trip to Baltimore, in Maryland. It was my intention to head down to Washington DC for a day during this trip but becuase of the snowstorms we could not, and as it turned out my return flights on the sunday were cancelled as the airports in Baltimore and New York were closed (yes, I had to fly via New York, which is amazing from the air - see above!!!)!

Baltimore Harbour was very cool, such a nice area, and we had lunch that day at ESPNZone, which is basically a restaurant with all TV screens in it playing the sport on ESPN (a sport channel over here), it was so cool, I actually watched the Duke v Maryland game while eating and Courtney (a friend from 043) watched the Villanova v DePaul game, we were both very content since both our teams won!!!

So when I got to the airport on the monday to return I found out that the NY airports were still closed so the lady kindly re-routed me through Charlotte (biggest city in NC), and I will definatly be hiring a car and driving down for a weekend as it looks pretty cool!!! It was ok becuase my monday night class was cancelled as our lecturer was stuck in NY himself!!! (Alan can we get some fake snow to cancel classes somedays???). To cap off that day I basically arrived back and as soon as I walked in the door I walked out again to go to the Women's basketball game!!!

On to other news, I got the confirmation that I have been accepted to stay here and work in a summer camp in Greensboro here in NC. It's cool because I get 3 weeks off between the end of uni and orientation in NY, so that should be cool, and I will be back in time for 063, all I have to do now is go to Canada and get another Visa, oh the US Consulate is going to LOVE me!!!

Well I think I have confused you enough for now so I will let you all go, be safe, keep in touch and make sure u check out my pics (http://community.webshots.com/user/thechadmeister2)

Only 3 weeks till Spring Break (New York City, ALbany and Pittsburgh!!!)