I'm not going to do a post covering each day coz then that would be about 18 posts lol. I will post a few days into one post, so some might be lengthy and some might not.
This post covers the first few days.
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Day 1
We planned to visit the Liverpool FC store when we got there but it was closed and i wasn't too happy about that :P
As everyone one of us were tired, an early meal was in order but it wasn't just any meal (well, i suppose it was) but there is a pizza place in Liverpool that my family *always* go to when we are there coz the pizza is simply amazing!
So we took our pizza back to our hotel (i say hotel, it was a basic Travelodge...) and we ate while watching some World Cup game on the tv, i've forgotten which.
Bed followed not long after.
Day 2
Early start on Friday morning... 4am.
Why so early?
2 reasons. We wanted to avoid traffic as much as possible and we were going to Thorpe Park (an amusement park which opens at about 9am)
Groggily, all 5 of us piled into the car and off we set. I don't normally sleep well in travelling vehicles of any sort but i got a little doze on the way to London :)
As early as it was appropriate, i text Lauren to tell her we were on our way :) (she would be arriving later that night)
I also got some glorious 20 minutes of wi-fi at a Starbucks when we stopped for a while.
Anyhoo, we got into London at about 8/9am and were greeted by our cousins who live in France, along with their parents and my aunt and uncle who live in California.
So, hugs and handshake all round lol
We checked in to our room etc but we didn't dilly-dally, we headed straight for Thorpe Park - 9 of us in total went ; 2 of my uncles, myself, my brother and sister, my dad and (what we call our cousins who live in France) The Frogs - not that it mattered tho, the queue was still about an hour long. We didn't get in till about 11am...
Now. I ask the question, is it better to go on a big water ride at the start or at the end of the day?
I ask coz the water ride was the very first thing we done and my hair got destroyed!
My lovely straightened hair was a curly mess for the whole day :'(
Ho hum, i didn't actually care that much, just would have preferred to go on it at the end.
Right, i'm not a huge fan of crazy, scary, make-you-shit-yourself rides but i was dragged on this contraption called Stealth.
Yeh...Little did i know it was Europe's fastest rollercoaster (0-80mph in 2 seconds) or that the queue was an hour long for a 10 second ride.
Anyway, needless to say, i was a nervous wreck for about an hour and my bladder almost killed me but that's another story.
I got the ol' butterflies in the stomach just before it was our turn to go on but when it was i just got on like any other ride. We took our seats, i was beside my Froggy uncle and a few seconds later... PHWOOSH!
... and 20 seconds later i was standing up again.
Here's a better idea for you :D
That's me screaming btw ;)
After that, we just kinda did a tour of the park, went on a bunch of other stuff and had a wonderful time.
Had a quick shower, tidy up etc. when we got back to the hotel and then everyone went to this pub/restaraunt in the evening.
I wasn't very hungry coz i knew that Lauren would arrive when we were there, it was just a matter of time. Every car that pulled into the pub i was like "Is it her!?" lol, even thought i had no idea what the car looked like :P
Must have been there for a good hour or so before Lauren and her parents did arrive and there were more hugs and handshakes when they did.
This was followed by general chit-chat and MONSTER desert!
They did not get finished...
Not long after, we left, we got the bum's rush. J/k.
I got in a car with Lauren, a French cousin of mine (who is known as "TCWSTT" on here) and Lauren's dad, who drove of course.
Biffy Clyro's "Only Revolutions" was in the cd player and so there it went. A bit of "singing" commenced and that was quite funny. There's also this thing in my uncle's car where you can connect your phone to the dashboard through bluetooth. We did, and the dashboard says the name of the person you are trying to call in my uncle's voice. So he called Lauren's mobile and he has her listed under "L Mob" and then you just here this thing from the dashboard blurt out "ELLLL MOBBBB!!!"
It's one of those "you have to be there" moments i suppose but i'm sure Lauren will know what i'm talking about.
Anyhoo, nothing much else happened worth speaking about. We returned to the hotel and went to our separate rooms (which, btw were waaaay too warm) and i had to share a bed with my brother. Why my mum didn't book two separate rooms, i'll never know but there you go.
Regardless of the warmth in the rooms, i fell asleep fairly quick, it was a long day and i knew i needed some decent slumber for meeting the rest of my family and the birthday party the next day.
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It's a good thing i have all this to talk about or i probably wouldn't have much else interesting to say lol.
Erm... i got a new mini-fridge...?
Oh, actually there is someone i need to say thank you to. One who goes by the name of Chris Bright. I haven't seen you around here in months Chris but what you sent me at Christmas, i put into use yesterday and well... thanks a lot :)
Just remembered something else actually lol
The poll. Queen won with 53% of the votes. Other came in 2nd. Muse 3rd. Rage 4th. Wolfmother 5th. And Kasabian were last with no votes :(
Poor Kasabian. I'll just say one thing. I watched the highlights of their show at T in the Park and they were epic, so there! *blows raspberry*
Anyway, i thought Queen would win, so now i am going to do another poll :D
"What is your favourite Queen album?"
I'm going to leave this up till next Friday evening and you can select multiple albums if you like. (but don't be a tool and select all of them, just 2 or 3 will do)
Let's hope this one goes well, personally, my vote goes to "A Day at the Races"
What's yours?
Hugs,
Rowan
This is one of the songs that Lauren and I "sang" along to :P
