Safest City in the UK? Debatable (Sept. 26th)

You can really learn quite a lot about a person based on their pajama choice-really, it says quite a lot about people!  No better way to get to know someone, as far as I'm concerned.

So imagine my surprise this morning when the fire alarm woke up the ENTIRE courtyard at 7:00 am.  Yup, nothing says "welcome!" like an ear-splitting, kick-in-your-shriek coming from your ceiling.  Talk about up-and-at-em.  But hey, quality flat bonding time!  Everyone went right back to bed as soon as we realized it was just a drill.  Hours later, I am actually kind of laughing about it…seeing everyone's shocking faces in the freezing morning air, confused and embarrassed?  This will be a morning that I remember when I am back home.

And if that weren't enough?  Norwich proclaims itself as the "safest city in the United Kingdom".  Seriously, you can look it up.  Facts, people.  Well riddle me this: why, in the safest city in the UK, did three American exchange students get EGGED whilst walking to Tesco for a nighttime spot of ice cream??  And how does ONE EGG hit THREE PEOPLE, leaving one bruised, and the other two ashamed beyond belief??

Needless to say, we did not make it to Tesco for that ice cream-straight back to my flat to clean up, wash our clothes, and laugh about it the entire night.  

What are the chances that this would happen to the three of us (in a foreign country no less!)?  I'm not sure what the numbers are, but this day has been one for the books.  Bloody hell (I won't apologize for saying that).

xx