Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Day75, The New South Wales Waratahs vs. the New Zealand Crusaders

It was a day full of experiences on April 29th, 2012.  Before heading into Sydney for the Rugby League game.  Our school held an international food fair in which students that were studying abroad made a traditional food from their country.  Best part was it was free for the students.  America made some good old mac n cheese with some brownies for dessert.  I had a cinnamon pie and apple crumble from South Africa.  England produced some mashed potatoes with onion gravy.  Sweden made these heavenly meatballs in gravy with chocolate balls dashed in coconut ( I didn't eat that but they would have tasted good without the coconut.  I had perogi's from Poland and Norway by far had the best dessert.  It was this oatmeal/rice cream with rasberry sauce, absolutely delightful.  I had some lamb from New Zealand and India had the most interesting combination of food I have had in a long time.  It was spicy spicy rice with curry with yogurt on the side and in a weird way it worked.  From Malaysia I had chicken something but the dessert was the best: banana cream strawberry pudding with real fruit pieces.  I had nutella crepes from France, pasta from Italy, Chicken stirfry from Vietnam, Chocolate fondu from Switzerland.  To all of you that know I don't like fish I want to explain why I ate sushi....There is this international kid from Japan whom I know and he is a good guy.  He saw me and gestured for me to come over and try the sushi he made....He was so happy and proud to be serving all his Australian and American friends I couldn't turn him down.  So...I ate sushi raw and all...I successfully swallowed with a smile on my face. However, beef should be in the middle in my opinion hahahaha.
Once we had finished at the fair we hopped on a train and headed to Syndey for the game.  here is a look at the outside of the stadium.

A little closer view.

They were handing out free stuff so I grabbed a flag to wave during the game.  I also snagged a blow up seat cushion.  I didn't know what to cheer for really so whenever the crowd got excited I would wave my flag around yelling sounds like WOOOO! or YEAAAA!   Other than that the only time I knew when to cheer was when there was a "try" and the "extra point"
Here is the view from our seats of the stadium.  It was a relatively small stadium but beautiful in design and layout.

Introductions and pregame rituals

The first scrum of the match!

A throw-in!

You need to zoom in, but this is an extra point attempt!

Here is the link to the match highlights where you can see all the trys and extra points.

Here is a link to the rules of the game.

The Waratahs ended up losing but it was a close match and it was very entertaining. I'm glad I got to experience a rugby match in Australia it was a very fun experience.


1 comment:

  1. Hey,traveler! The biggest part of being a traveler not a tourist is eating! KUDOES FOR TRYING SUSHI! Think about how healthy it is and try again! I am at Shorewood Inn for my weekly AHI TUNA. bETTER THAN ANY STEAK! TRY AGAIN!

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