Battlefield's tour weekend!

So Friday morning we all woke up at the crack of dawn (6 am) and scarfed down some breakfast and carried our overnight bags to the gigantic coach bus that would be our comfortable ride for the next two days. An interesting fact about the coach bus we were riding in is that it is going to be the same exact bus that the Brazil soccer team will be using when they come here for the World Cup this summer! I though that was pretty cool. Those soccer players get to sit on the same seats that our butts touched! How lucky for them!! haha Anyways, We were starting our battlefield's tour and were driving for about 5 hours away to visit different battle sites and listen to Tony. Tony was our elderly but very intelligent speaker for the weekend and he was so enthusiastic about the history of these battles! He is a very wise guy and did not take any crap from us this weekend, including yawning. Which was difficult considering that we just finished an intense week of finals and we were supposed to gather enough energy to be motivated to listen to a bunch of history.
So there were a few incidences where Tony freaked out and snapped at students in our group for yawning. I found it sort of funny but after a while we all were resenting his crankyness more and more. But I tried telling myself that he is just an old man, it is hot outside, and he just wants us to be so pumped about what he is talking about. But it just wasn't happening... haha.
Now many of you who know me, know that I am not a history learning kind of gal. So this weekend was just beyond exciting for me ;). But besides the history aspect of the weekend, a highlight was definitely our stay at this adorable inn! In was in the town of Dundee and we each paired with one other person! I was paired with this very sweet girl named Rachel!
For dinner, we had such a delicious meal! We ate lasagna, pork, rice, potatoes, and really good veggies! It was like a 3 course meal. And after dinner, a bunch of us attended a get together that enabled anyone to ask questions to Regg and here his insightful opinions about anything and everything! It was interesting to hear a lot of what he has to say because he knows so much but is so humble about it, too! So then the next day we had two other battle sites to visit, and trust me, many of us were counting down these sites.... I was very anxious for the bus ride back cause I just wanted to sleep!
So when we got back, it was such a homey welcome! I had felt so lazy the past two days because we literally were sitting down the entire time! Besides a few walks to wherever the battles took place, I felt like a blob. So a bunch of us (within 10 minutes of our arrival at AE) decided to work out to Jillian Michaels! Now let me tell you, Jillian has become a favorite amongst many of us here! It is a quick but VERY EFFICIENT 20-minute video which works on toning the arms, legs, abs, and works on aspects of strength, cardio, and core! hah! Many of us love to do this! And then I believe I was so exhausted from the weekend that I crashed pretty early Saturday night! This picture below is my friend, Daniele and I at the Blood river Battlefield!!