Oct 11: Tourist in London
We decided to use this day to actually visit London. So after having breakfast and a small stop to the local Primark, where we bought some 80's sunglasses, a "back to the future" t-shirt for my brother and a "packman" t-shirt for my boyfriend, and to an "all 1£" store where I bought a useful vacuum bag, we got to Circus station.
We walked around London: Covent Garden, (we went really close to buy a ticket for a musical) Piccadilly Circus, Saint James park, Buckingham Palace, the London eye & the Big Bang, then we got on the subway at Westminster station to go to see in person the Tower Bridge. After all that a stop at the nearer Starbucks for a cappuccino was needed!
Great day! We arrived at home at about 8pm really really tired. I went to Tesco to buy something for dinner, I close my baggage and I decided to go to sleep dressed cause the day after I had to leave home at 5 am. Since my flight for coming back home was at 7:10 in the morning.
So, now there's the worst part of my London experience.
Oct 12: leaving for Milan
The alarm clock (from my cell-phone)rang at 4:45am (since the first tube run at 5:00 ad Agnese lives 8 minutes walking from the station). Or at least that's what i thought. When I get to the tube I find out it was already 5:20 am.. I find out my cell-phone clock was about 15 minutes later than the real time. So I get to Victoria Station at 6:00 am just to see the train leaving in front of me. My flight was scheduled by 7:10 am and it takes to the train 30 minutes to get to the airport and the next available train was at 6:30 am. That's exactly when I realized I was screwed.
I waited for the next train, I run as fast as I can in the airport but obviously I needed to get to the further gate in the whole airport. When I got there the door was closed and the airplane was in front of me ready to leave. Worst sensation ever. That was the first time in my life I missed a flight
Thus, after waiting for more than half an hour, two women arrived to take me at the easyjet desk to pay a 43£ fee to book a seat on the next available flight to Milano Malpensa at 13.
And guess what? Since while I was running trying to catch the flight I lost all my coins, I didn't have any pounds to buy something to eat.
So, I spent the whole morning at the airport waiting for my flight. In the meanwhile I noticed a sign saying that the gate earlier I reached in 7 minutes (running) requires a 20 minutes walk from the security checks.
Then, my (new) flight was more than 30 minutes late. The first thing that I thought when I saw it on the TV screen was:"You gotta be kidding me!" -_-'
Finally, I got to Milan around 4pm. While I was on the bus I called Valentino and Salvatore to fix the details for the day after.
Regret. Not buying these amazing wedges from Primark for 20£ when I was in London is the biggest "shopping regret" I have ever had. Luckily a friend is in London right now and I really hope she can manage to buy them for me. *_* When I saw them for the first time I thought they where kind of extreme but know I just think they are awesome! :) Additionally, Agnese offered to buy them for me and give them to me when she will be back for Christmas, but hopefully I'll have them on my feet next week!! Finger crossed for that! Now I have to go, have lunch and meet my group mate at the University. I can't still believe that 4 out of 5 of our courses require at least one group work.
