As everyone may not know yet, I'm in Swansea, Wales since the 6th of September to study as an Erasmus student. Since this day, I have noticed that the way of life here is very different from France. So I will talk about it and the main events which occur here, in this new category: Life in Swansea. I've also decided to wrote it in English. But, in an altruistic spring for the English non speakers I'll also write it in French so that I can improve my English and permit to my foreign friends who have troubles to read English to understand what is written here.
What I'd like to talk about today is an event which took place this Wednesday: the Beer Race. This is one of the main student events of the year and I dare say I'm glad to have been part of it.
What is it?
Participants get in teams. The aim is to go in the 8 bars participating, to drink one pint of beer in each and finish the night in the Play (this is the club at the end of Wind street, aka Wine street where all the pubs are). All gains are for a charity.
What are the numbers?
More than 1,600 participants, hundreds of inventive costumes, 16,000£ of benefits, litres of beer spilt in a complete debauchery, hours of having fun, 15£ for each participants.
How did I take part in it?
I was a Steward! I was in a bar to say people where was the exit or to help them if they had any problems. In return, I could take a lot of pics, free drinks, free entry in the Play and access to the V.I.P. part, the official shirt of the Beer Race and an after party in the pub of the uni, where we will have free drinks too.
The only little problem was the date. In fact, this party was at the end of an exhaustive week of work, which I spent nose on my laptop screen to do my fucking American history essay. Knowing that the system here is not the same than in France I spent almost 2weeks to do it when in France I'd have had enough with 2days of intense reflexion. In short, with 4hours of sleep in nights for two weeks, i was completely stoned, but not enough to prevent me from having fun in this crazy event.
I let you watch some photos Marie Laure and I took, some are good, but we missed some very good costumes as the Titanic (people were in cardboxes embodying the funnels of the boat) or the ones who won: the transformers. Hoping I can get more from others.
Comme tout le monde ne le sait peut-être pas encore, je suis actuellement en Erasmus à Swansea, Pays de Galles, et ce depuis le 6septembre. Depuis mon arrivée j'ai pu constater de nombreuses différences entre le style de vie ici et en France. J'ai donc décidé d'en parler dans cette nouvelle catégorie, où de citer les évènements principaux qui s'y déroulent. J'ai aussi décider d'écrire cette catégorie en anglais, mais pour les anglophobes je fais un geste altruiste et j'écrirai aussi en français. Ainsi ces articles serviront, si ce n'est à améliorer mon anglais, du moins à m'obliger à écrire dans la langue. Cela permettra aussi à mes amis Erasmus qui prennent la peine de passer ici de temps en temps de comprendre de quoi ça s'agit.
Ce dont je voulais vous parler aujourd'hui est un événement qui s'est déroulé mercredi de cette semaine, la Beer Race. Il s'agit d'un des événement étudiants les plus importants de l'année et j'avoue être très contente d'y avoir participé.
En quoi ça consiste?
Les participants se mettent par équipe, nombre au choix. Le but du jeu: boire une pinte dans chacun des 8 bars qui participent à cette course et arriver le 1er au Play, la boite au bout de Wind Street, renommée Wine Street car c'est la rue où il y a quasiment tous les bars. Les fonds sont reversé a une association caritative.
Je vous laisse regarder les déguisements sur les photos que Marie Laure et moi avons pris, il en manque, mais j'espère pouvoir en avoir d'autres plus tard.
