Social Event for EC Gold Coast Students :)
A new venue On a Monday this month we decided to go across the road. This was to Fin McCool’s Irish Pub on Cavill Avenue, Surfer’s Paradise. This pub has existed alongside EC Gold Coast for many years. However, we have never organised a meeting of our students there. Despite this, after our experience there last Monday, we are very happy to announce that we will be planning meeting there from now on, at least once a month. Arrival and engagement So what is the place like, and what happened? Well, it’s a large, welcoming, colourful establishment. It was not so busy when the first of us arrived, but quickly became very lively and friendly as more and more students arrived. Arriving students found a shot of red liquid, whose name I can’t quite remember, and the event went off from there. There was plenty of seating, but many of us remained standing. We could see people getting drinks, engaging in conversation or playing pool against one another and the other patrons. I played a game of pool with J. which was rather oddly for free. We ended up playing a second game with a New Zealand national and a man from the UK. We only just managed to beat them in the last shot, so we all really enjoyed a good game. From there other students joined in, displaying their competitive skills and acumen. An enjoyable time It would seem that the majority of students were drinking beer. However, many of them were also drinking soft drink, juice and water. Everyone had a great time meeting up with one another, and getting into casual conversations, frequently in their English! From the photos taken we estimate that we had at least fifty of our students … Read more