newcastle in it's glory...

this place...
this place!
let's just say if i was hanging out in morris, manitoba i could probably have more fun.
even if the stampede and the mcc sale were nowhere in sight, and the mcc store was shut down!
we are in newcastle.
the name makes it sound new and refreshing.
but what's in a name?
we got here 2 nights ago. 2 nights too many.
we checked out of our hostel this morning, and we don't leave until 9:10 pm tonight.
we called today "boss day"
we take turns each hour being the boss.
i had the first hour, i got to decide how we are gonna kill the first of 11 hours.
i chose a stroll to marketown. (approximately a mile away)
again, what's in a name?
i had visions of markets and quaint little shops and cafes, dancing in my head.
i was wrong. horribly wrong.
turns out after walking about 18 million blocks in ghetto-ville u.s.a, we should have got a clue what we were getting ourselves into.
i swear this is the dirtiest town ever.
and marketown?
it's smaller than the steinbach mall. and not even HALF as awesome.
every building from here to there was either pee'd on, had a broken window, or was boarded up.
i'm not even exaggerating!
derek and i have been purposefully debbie downers all day.
all we have done is complain, and drag our feet and count down the minutes till we can leave this dump....8 hours exactly.
the coolest thing about this town so far was the noodlebox restaraunt that we had dinner at last night...our meals actually came in a little chinese box. wow.
and then i found a really cool leaf the size of my head. (i have a big head)
i picked it up and threw it down almost immediately...it was covered in pee and bird poo.
newcastle also blows because d and i had our first semi-fight.
we both got over it fairly quickly once i stopped with the silent treatment.
ok i have successfully killed an hour online. woot woot. byron bay here we come!!!!
love love love.
e.