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Ep. 7 - Back Home. Philadelphia, PA
Posted by Sean Blanda on Nov 8, 2008 in Podcast
Sean and Chris are back hone in Philadelphia. They go over their regrets and give you advice for your own Eurotrip.
Watching the World Series in foreign lands.
Posted by Sean Blanda on Nov 1, 2008 in Commentary
Sadly, no roiting in Berlin. (Jessica Griffin / Inquirer Staff Photographer)
Like many events in my life, I had pictured it much differently. I thought I’d see the Phillies win it all somewhere in Philadelphia surrounded by red and white-clad die hards. Instead it was Chris, a Canadian, and I in an empty bar in Germany.
But, hey, I’ll take it.
Phillies chance at victory, Part 2: what to do in Berlin, Germany
Posted by Christopher Wink on Oct 29, 2008 in Plans
Another rainy day in Philadelphia. Fans hang out in the rain waiting for the game to start between the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals on Opening Day March 31, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images North America)
What else could a proud Philadelphian be doing at 1:30 A.M. in Berlin, Germany than watching what’s left of Game Five of the 2008 World Series - a chance at seeing the Phillies beating the Tampa Bay Rays.
Sean has particularly followed closely, despite our international travels.
We had dinner, went out for a few beers, but now we’re getting ready to amble over to a sports bar that will be showing the only American baseball left to be played. Hope you’re tuning in to too.
Oh, and Peter Gammons is lame.. and a jerk.
Photo courtesy of Zimbio.
Checking the Phillies score, Game 2 of the World Series
Posted by Sean Blanda on Oct 24, 2008 in Experiences
Unless we can con some bar into staying upon until 6 a.m. it is very unlikely we will be able to watch the Phillies take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series. Something awfully tough for me, as I’ve posted before. We are resigned to something a little less exciting to check the score. Below has become our morning routine ever since the Phillies made the NLCS.
English slang: British versus American
Posted by Christopher Wink on Oct 7, 2008 in Foreign Perspectives
Ask your friends who studied abroad in London and want to defend their cultural immersion. You might be, if only for the briefest of hesitations, stunned at the differences in conversational mechanisms between those gosh darn red coat Brits and red blooded Americans.
So, Seany and I decided to investigate beyond those common British stereotypes Seany reminded you of recently. Why? Because we are here to make all of your experiences a bit smoother than ours.
First the London, U.K. phrase, then our rough translations in.. American, at least the urban Mid-Atlantic around Philadelphia.
