London continued..

Roight! The first day in London was spent with a few of John's friends from university, as well as some other friends. We went to the local pub for a hearty brunch (I had fish and chips, as per usual) and then it was off to the match!

We made it to Emirates Stadium for the Emirates Cup during the second half of the Celtic-Lyon match. So the men drank and I took in the stadium. While not as big as my home stadium of Beaver Stadium, it was still an absolutely beautiful place to be. (See above) The game was nice, it was only a friendly match between Arsenal and AC Milan so there wasn't any blood thirst or anything (which personally I would have enjoyed :P).

After the game we went to the pub across the street for more drinking. There were people supporting all the different teams there, and after a few pints the singing commenced. Eventually, everyone was getting really annoyed with the Lyon supporters and they got thrown out on their French bums :)

We were then heading back to the hostel to change out of our Arsenal shirts as it might have started a fight if we went anywhere that Arsenal wasn't supported. The group got split up as the sober ones (John, myself, his friend Oisin and Oisin's friend Niall) went ahead to get back but got sidetracked looking for a toilet at the Finsbury Park tube station. The stop ended up being a bust, but we stumbled into this Irish pub across the way from the station, and they were playing traditional Irish music. We stayed there for the rest of the night, enjoying the "craic" (Irish for fun).

More London adventures to come later!!