BEAT DOOOOOK!

Helloooo,
Since last time the crazy weather has continued with more snow meaning two and a half days off school, and a tornado warning on Friday!
Last weekend I got to see the basketball team play against Pittsburgh. The atmosphere in the Dean Dome was amazing, and it was a really good game (so I’m told anyway, never having seen one before I didn’t have anything to compare it to!) Then I went round my friend’s house, and she cooked us crepes (she is French) which were soooo good!

They gave out free T-shirts in the UNC colours to stripe the stadium

Cheerleaders…GO TAR HEELS!!!

YUMMMMMMMM

This week on Tuesday I went out for a friend’s 21st, it’s really nice being able to celebrate with people and getting to go into bars I couldn’t go into less than a month ago! We ended up doing karaoke…and on Wednesday I woke up with no voice!
On Thursday we played basketball against our arch rivals, Duke University. It is the biggest rivalry in college basketball, by far, and in fact probably in the whole history of sport anywhere as people here absolutely detest Duke! It was particuarly hyped up because the match was originally scheduled for when it was snowing…although we maintain they could have travelled the 8 miles to get to UNC. I went out to watch the game at a bar…it was totally tense…and the game was really close too…but we won! Then it really kicked off…everyone ran to Franklin Street and started cheering/chanting/lighting bonfires/singing/climbing lamposts…it was craaazy, around 10 000 people out on the streets celebrating our victory… I’ve never seen anything like it !

Our mascot is Rameses and Duke’s is the blue devil

BEAT DOOOK!

WE WOOOOOOOOOON!!

This weekend I vistied the Duke University campus. It was a lovely sunny day, and their campus is really beautiful. All the buildings are done in an old style. It costs $60 000 to go there PER YEAR…I swear you could smell money!

Duke

Duke library

Not that far from home!..

Duke Botanical gardens

I also got to see two great films – 12 years a slave and Gravity this weekend. I’ve just been to yoga and am now in the dining hall but need to head off to the library soon!
Lots of love Xxxxxx