After our Defro event last night, the team went out for a late kabob (not everyone had been able to eat that much), had a brief review of the day and discussed how neat it was to see all of Derek’s efforts together in one room and finally got to bed around 1 or 2:00 am. Needless to say, everyone had quite a slow start to our Saturday morning. We all walked the few blocks down to the Swansea city center and market, bought some hot (and extremely good) Welsh Cakes for breakfast, and set the team loose on the area to wander, explore, hand out flyers, and seek opportunities for conversation. After a nice lunch at Greggs (famous chain of a british speciality called a pasti, pronounced “pass-tee”), we gathered the group for trip out of town to watch Gareth’s old rugby team play a match.
The rugby game was really fun: Gareth’s father somehow worked a deal to get us an invite to the sponsors balcony and we even had our attendance announced over the loudspeakers and Gareth’s home team won the game and pass on to the next level of the tournament. That night, we gathered and all experienced a “curry” (many more Indian resturants there) before ending the night a local pub to play an oversized version of Jenga, pool and other games.
Everyone was quite pleased to return to the Dragon Hotel for another night and get a fresh bed, long warm showers and a big, full breakfast the next morning.
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