Monday, March 17, 2014

London and Quidditch

For those of you who don't know, this past weekend I made my way down to London to participate in a Quidditch tournament in Reading. I myself have never been to London nor have I participated in such an amazing display of athleticism and sportsmanship. I may have come away bruised but it is not an experience I am likely to forget. During this trip I was not alone. I traveled with a great group of people known as the Holyrood Hippogriffs. They are an outstanding team and an even greater group of people. I had the honor to play with them and see parts of London with them. I got to see places like Hyde Park
The Science Museum, which has an awesome flight simulator by the way,
And the hectic, Irish congregation that was Trafalgar Square.
Overall, I want to say thank you to everyone that made this weekend a possibility. It is moments like these that I will take home with me and cherish.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Realizing how out of shape I am or the day I played quidditch again for the first time in almost two years...

I have been looking into the Harry Potter society and thought I would check out their quidditch team since I had played in my freshman year. I got there and met some of the other players and they were all nice people. We started out with simple stretches and a few laps around the pitch. All well and good. As we got more into it is when I came to the realization that I hadn't done much in the ways of serious physical activities in some time and I have thrown myself into a situation in which tackling is not uncommon. Overall it was a great experience and was fun to get back into this equally great sport.i am glad I made the decision to come out and practice with them and look forward to doing it again.