How much you learn from one house of people...
So you put a Chinese, Frenchie, Englishman, American, Canadian, and a German all in a room... Sounds like a really bad joke right? Nope just another night in 3 Colum Road. What more can a group of 6 people from all over the world do rather than listen to each other talk. Thank the gods that everyone can speak English.
It's amazing what a bottle of wine and a wok full of pasta and chicken and garlic can do to a group of people. After Ashley (Canadian) cooked dinner for Scott (English) for his birthday and I (American) provided wine, soda, and garlic bread, John (German) started us off with a nice ballad for the meal. He was genuinely amazing! I loved it. He was so good, not only with guitar, but his voice as well. No matter how much he wants us to believe that he can't sing, Scott, Ashley and I strongly disagree.
When a plate of pasta was done, the other two members of the house, Paul (Chinese) and French girl whose name I don't think I've ever learned, joined us. We kept the music going, the conversation entertaining, and the laughing floating. It was just an amazing night! When conversations come up about student riots, how the chinese government will just take your house, strikes going on in paris, how to say words in other languages... It was mind blowing, and so much fun. So much so, that I became an honorary house member... I only live about 200 m away, but it's still far enough and not close enough at the same time :)
I would have never had this experience back home, or at least it would have been very difficult. Consider it reason # 37 to love Cardiff. The multitude of people that come from every type of background. I have only met 2 other Americans: one living downstairs (Taylor from NC) and one from WV on the tour bus... It's kinda amazing. I love it
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