First Weekend Abroad. (Inside Bristol, England)

When going abroad, I recommend you go on little local tours in the cities you are staying in. Since Bristol, England was a medium sized city with a lot of history, the first weekend, our study abroad group decided to all go on a  Pirate Walk, by the river in Bristol. If you ever visit Bristol, England, I recommend you go on this walk.  Bristol Pirate Walk Information  I remember learning many interesting facts on this walk.  One of the first things, I thought was interesting, was that, according to Pirate Pete,  John Cabot was the one how really found America. I remember others and I not really believing him, but it was still interesting.  Bristol is a very interesting and cool city because it had huge tides, back in the day before, dams were built. The boats were in mud when the tide went down; and that is why there is a restaurant alongside the river called Mud Docks. Mud Docks is a really good place to go. They serve eggs on burgers there.

Also, I remember it being interesting to learn that ship captains used to throw their crew overboard instead of the slaves because the slaves were worth money.  It is really interesting that Bristol’s location was picked because they were afraid of the Vikings coming in. That night we went to the Penny Farthy Pub and watched a Chicago Black Hawks. Then, we went to bar named the Bar Hum Bug. If you go to Bristol, I recommend you go there because they had beach themed parties.