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LONDON: Wicked, Diamond Jubilee, Harry Potter

Last week (2nd-5th of June), my sister and I went to LONDON!! God I love that city soo much! I don't think I've found anything that I don't like about it (actually maybe the high prices!). We basically went down for an early birthday present for me although it didn't feel anything like that so I'll probably discount that.

Anyway I'm going to give you a quick(ish) overview of what we did etc etc!

Day One
I won't bore you with all the travel stuff! But we arrived in London at about 1ish but we couldn't book into our hotel until 3! So we had Burger King at Euston station and sat people watching for a good 2 hours. My pathetic phone died :( so it wasn't the best start! However after we got into our hotel we went to Victoria (to see WICKED!).
We went for dinner at Cafe Rouge (which I love so much) then we made our way to the Apollo Theatre!!



I can't even describe how good Wicked is. Seriously. It is beyond amazing!! Rachel Tucker & Gina Beck were spectacular! I can't stop listening to the soundtrack now, think it's annoying Seb & my flatmates but they do need to be introduced to good music some time...

Day Two

Gemma was desperate to go to the Thames Pageant. So we go up early and made our way to the Chelsea Embankment. Although on judgement now we probably should have got closer to Big Ben or Tower Bridge for a better atmosphere. However it was fine there. We go a good spot but it was only 12pm and it wasn't passing until 3pm! Unfortunately a couple behind us starting pushing us forward (they were like 70) and there was no one behind them so I have no idea why they were doing it. We decided to move because I couldn't stand this old mans stomach touching me all the time (ew perve). We walked along the embankment for 2 hours and then found a spot next to a screen.


Saw this cute little doggy!

Eventually the boats passed and it was exciting to see the royal barge and I did see the Royal Family but they were teeny! Thank god I have contacts!
We left shortly after the RF passed and made our way to Victoria station for some food. Think everybody had the same idea! It was mobbed but luckily we got a seat quickly at Garfunkels. Good food but that restaurant need to employ more staff & work on their customer service!

Day Three



IT WAS HARRY POTTER STUDIO DAY!!
This was truly amazing! So much to see! One of my friends spent apparently 6 hours in there which I think is a bit of an exaggeration! I only spent 3 hours in there and one hour of that was standing waiting for this:



I can't help but laugh everytime I see this! so so funny!

And that was really a quick overview of the holiday. Don't want to write too much or else I'll be here all day!

Chloe
x

LONG WEEK

It's been a very interesting week. Busy yet not at the same time.
Finally secured a flat wooohoooo! Think it will be nice to decorate it to my standards and know that Kirsty won't spoil it.

Here are my photos from the week:

On our way to sign our lease me and Seb stopped off at a little cafe and had some beautiful BEAUTIFUL chips!! Seriously, they were so crispy and just beautiful!! And only £2.50 for this beautifulness. LOL.

KANGAROO pasta from Australia!!

Week in Pictures

My WICKED album arrived!! So I can start practising all the songs!! 2 weeks tomorrow and I'll be going to see it! Super excited. I genuinely feel sorry for Seb and Nikki cause I listen to the songs all the time and pretty much never shut up about them.

Looking through my Dad's collection of coins! He had a lot of cool ones but they didn't photograph as well as this one! My Mum and I have started our own collection! It's going well already!

Bought this beautiful stuff for 50p!! Ok it did go out of date on the day I bought it but it was soo good and worth it! Usually it's around £7. Bargain!

Parma violet cocktails!! yum yum yum!

Got my Art Essay back today and I got 67& which is a record high for me!! Wooohoo!

May

I always seem to neglect this blog...I don't mean too but it has been a seriously busy couple of weeks since I last updated.

Love my last update about KONY 2012. Did people cover the night or did I miss that? oops.

My life has been very uninteresting of lately. I'll briefly talk about the highlights of my awful essay month.

I can't even begin to talk about how much I love this teapot! My Mum bought it for me for a 21st birthday present but my birthdays not until August so she decided I should just have it now! SO IN LOVE!! It's actually amazing! Definitely has made my essay writing experience just a little bit better.

I was in Dobbies and I noticed they had a jigsaw selection so decided I had to buy one! It was 1000 pieces! Such a good detailed jigsaw though and not too hard! But it took me and Seb 3 hours. But we did it! So much fun!

I went to see Calendar Girls with Gemma and my mum! I really wasn't looking forward to it at all just because I really didn't want to see naked ladies prancing about on stage BUT it was awesome! Although I felt super sick and was probably the youngest one there in the theatre it was one of the best things I've seen! I wasn't expecting it to bed soo funny! Sadly this is the last time it's touring (no idea why- it's great!) Hopefully one day it will come back.

So I have 1500 more words to do on my last essay! Definitely think I'm resitting my education exam but oh well! Have to think about that when the time comes!

Will try and post more often

C x

Invisible Children

I hate when things like this happen. I don't know what to believe. People are saying that the Invisible Children organisation is just a scam but others are bigging it up.

I've signed the pledge and I've also donated because I wasn't informed about the darker side of it until later on. Now I wish I could get a refund on that bracelet.

Awkward blog post.

Haldane Dinner

So on Friday night, the long awaited Haldane dinner finally came.
Goodness, I am not even joking when I say this but I felt incredibly sick and nervous all day! Total nightmare!! I had to sit and watch Coach Trip and My Big Fat Gyspy Wedding (mind-numbing tv) just to keep my mind off of it!

Eventually it came to 5pm so I had to get ready! I took my time though cause I still felt incredibly sick (haha). I finally got my make up and dress on and Nikki did my hair (which may I add was soo good-I'll post more photos once I get her camera!). Seb came round and got suited and booted up! I do have to say that I thought we looked very good haha!

Ok so it was time to go! I was talking sooo fast! SOOO NERVOUS! Our taxi arrived and we made our way down to Old College. Everyone looked lovely and my nerves calmed a little. A lot of Seb's male friends shook my hand and said hi. I felt that a lot of the girls were glad to finally see me because apparently Seb talks about me all the time (HA-HA!). It was nice to meet people that I've heard so much about but I did feel slightly under pressure to live up to my expectations. I felt like Daisy in Gatsby. I was on that pedestal! Overall though I think I coped pretty well and I tried to make a big effort to talk a lot to the girls. With boys it's easy because they aren't judging you (well probably judging looks but hey I looked good that night).

Anyway back to the dinner! Apparently we were supposed to be getting champagne but we never. A lot of people complained about that but I was just glad I didn't add any unnecessary liquids to my bladder as there was only one comfort break (after about 3 hours!). We stood behind our seats for 1 hour! One of the big army guys (I don't know the order of the ranks, I am going to guess Colonel but I think I'm wrong) was late! Eventually the important people came walking in to the sound of bagpipes. Such a funny atmosphere! We shook hands and finally sat down! People arrived late, however and we had to stand up again which was such a nuisance as my dress kept getting stuck under my chair(!).

The starter was already at the table. It was parsnip panacotta which was just all sorts of wrong. It was surrounded by peppers so I ate that but the parsnip thing had such a terrible texture that I couldn't manage it. Forgot to add that we weren't allowed to eat until the important person at our table did so. I wasn't too fussed if he didn't eat cause the food was awful! The main was a salmon dish with potatoes and mushy peas. I tried to eat a bit of salmon but I just couldn't! That's right- I HATE FISH! The potatoes and mushy peas were good! The wine at our table was delicious too and was going down a treat! Thank god the dessert was cheesecake! It was so yummy!

After the meal we had to stand up and toast the Queen and Prince Philip whilst the national anthem played. I found this absolutely hilarious as the old army guy at my table looked so emotional! Oops giggle alert! Thankfully we got to sit down and listen to some speeches which weren't too bad! The finale came! Two boys in the OTC played their bagpipes for about 15 minutes non stop, walking inbetween the tables, deafening us! Good players and well done to them but seriously one song would have been enough! NOT 5! THE DINNER WAS NOW OVER HURRAH!

We made our way onto buses to go to the barracks! Now, Seb has been talking about the barracks forever and the image he had painted in my head was nothing to what I saw! They were massive and looked very old with some nice architecture! We made our way into them and headed straight for the photo area! I wanted a photo done before I looked drunk! The photo we ended up with is actually very nice! We then went to the bar and I had a lot of drinks! We danced a little and I talked to some people. We did good and stayed there for 4 hours! But enough was enough, I was bloody shattered, so we went home at 4am. Gutted though because after we left they had a ceilidh and did Scottish Country Dancing which is my fave :(

Overall a good night and I woke up without a hangover so all was good!