Weeks 11-13 & Weekend Trip to Charlotte (March 31 - April 2)

Well the first 3 weeks after break have been more then interesting, and im devoting a whole entry to the events of the past week (april 3-9), but alas, that is for the next entry which I will post after this one!

I'm not going to lie, the first week after spring break was hard. I wanted to do nothing else then be back on break and getting back into the study routine was hard, but I eventually opened a book to try and do some reading...notice I used the word try. The first week back from break was spent bascially catching up with Eric (who went on a medical mission trip to Haiti), and this usually involved alcohol, 4 nights to be precise (Monday, Tuesday, Wenesday and Friday)

The first Friday after break was a big partying day. I started off drinking with Eric at about 3 in the afternoon and we each had a shot of this haitian grain alcohol (which is 95%, thats right, 95%)...1 shot gives you a strong buzz for 3 hours. Eric has since given me the rest, which is about 600ml, so I might try and smuggle it back home!!!! Later that night I attended the Duke OUTLaw party, which was real cool (and had more alcohol) and then proceeded back to campus for some more drinking with Eric and his friends, including another shot of Haitian grain alcohol!!!

Other highlights include seeing the movie "Capote", which I all strongly recommend you go and watch as well as becoming regular patrons at "James Joyce" an Irish pub in downtown Durham!!! I also now have a new favourite beer..."Blue Moon", man it is sooooo good, I wish we would get it back home (Fitzy, get your father onto this, haha)!!!

The highlight of the past 3 weeks would have to be my trip to Charlotte (the biggest city in North Carloina). I went down to catch up with a good friend, Brian. Charlotte, in one word, is just Beautiful. It reminded me a lot of Melbourne, it is very clean with a lot of artwork in the city, so I felt right at home!!!! While there are no "major" sites to see I had an awesome time hanging out and catching up with Brian and meeting his friends and his sister (who is also a Duke fan, so we got along great!!!). I love the city so much I will definatly be heading back before I head home!!!! Some of the pictures above are from charlotte!