LONG WEEKEND LONDON!

Friday October 23

07.51 (am) Backpack is almost ready to go


08.33 (am) Parked bike at the trainstation



08.41 (am) Intercity to Rotterdam

Was supposed to catch Intercity to Brussels there but when I arrived in Rotterdam at 11.27 there was an announcement that the train wasn't going (no explanation) and they adviced to take the slow train to bordertown Roosendaal. It left at 11.33, I managed to get to the platform just in time. That was only the start of a nerve wrecking journey; I had an assigned seat for the Eurostar from Brussels to London, that would leave at 14.59. Checking in and bordercontrol takes about 30 to 60 minutes. The intercity would have gotten me there with about an hour to spare. Now I had to get another slow connection from Roosendaal to Antwerp. When I -and loads of other stressed out travelers- got on that train we were told to change trains just across the border for an intercity connection to Brussels. They forgot to add that this train didn't leave for another half an hour. Eeep. Finally arrived in Brussels at 14.32. Had to run and pass not-helpful-at all check-inn staff, but made the Eurostar just in time...


13.46 (1.46 pm) Made it: Eurostar to London!


14.48 (2.48 pm) Somewhere in France :)


16.06 St. Pancras Station London!


My Hotelroom (bathroom behind the bed:)


Unpacking and getting ready for night out to the theatre.


Hey hello, sunshine!


Dinner at Pontis in the middle of Covent Garden (Potatoe Skins and homemade lemonade)


The Old Vic Theatre: play Inherit The Wind with Kevin Spacey


I so love the posters on the Underground. Although I'm not so sure about the 'staches;) Russel Square station near my hotel.


WWYD?


Hotel Royal National


Bathtime: bliss.


Bathtime #1: chocolate bathpearls (a gift from mom)

Saturday October 24

English Breakfast #1


J and J in Camden!


Art across from Camden Lock


Detail Camden Lock


Detail Camden Stables


Lunch: Crepe with lemon and honey + lemonade


Jen's eating Mexican. Love these seats! (Oh, it started raining again)


Time to relax in the cinema (Empire on Leicester Square)


After saying goodbye to Jen I took the Underground to Embankment and got my musical-ticket at The Playhouse Theatre: La Cage Aux Folles


Looking for food I came across this awesome poster of Pete Townshend


Bought a Cornish pie and Cookie Dough flavoured milkshake at the Spar


and had dinner with a view on the London Eye.


Busstop near hotel


Mission accomplished: I bought shoes in Camden:)


I also scored a beltbuckle and a collar \o/


and bought souvenirs from La Cage
(John Barrowman's performance of I Am What I Am made me cry)


Bathtime #2: bubblebath!

Sunday October 25

I am what I am!


English Breakfast #2


As I said: love the posters on the Underground;)


No comment.


Shopwindow Regentstreet


Underground station Tottenham Court Road


Pretty poster


Heh. Ikea.


Snacks for on the Eurostar: Best smoothie I ever had: mango/papaya with ice. Also: lemon cheesecake (hiding under the double chocolate brownie;)


Still so pleased with the shirt;) Toilet on Eurostar.


Score: John Barrowman's autobiography, 2 DVDs: short films Boys On Film and Death Note.

Absolutely awesome weekend!