Weetniet

Spoilers ahead throughout my entire post.


We were welcomed in the U.K. with buckets of rain. The first test for our newly purchased bag. Luckily for us it was waterproof. :-)
We arrived at the hotel and got our key from a cute trainee surrounded by arguing staff. Nice.
We dumped our stuff in our claustrofobic little room and headed for Sectus to meet madscot.

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On Sunday we said goodbye to our Scottish friends and on Monday we welcomed Spikey. He had read the book online so Harry Potter was never far away. we scavenged the streets of London in search of the perfect shoes we didn't find and occasionally we went to see the sights.

I had a great time, although my feet hurt and I sleepwalked the whole day on Wednesday.

random remarks 'bout DH and London in general:
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Made it through the batch of photo's I took when I went to London. You can see them all here.

There will be a detailed update soon about our six day holiday in London. Currently I'm busy with the pics and reading The Book. And plucking cat hairs out of the sofa, making a decent meal (wink @ madscot), buying tons of HP related stuff on the internets because Sectus was on that part a big letdown and enjoying the car. My feet are currently supporting a blister the size of London.
Anyway, back to cleaning the house and cuddling the cats.

The last few days things got a bit crazy when it came to our holiday. After we had some trouble getting our train tickets for the Eurostar we jamaisneutral decided to e-mail the hotel we're staying at to confirm our booking. We got a mail back saying they didn't found our name, so "no we hadn't booked a room at their hotel. If we maybe could send some more info, sometimes the internet agencies book under their name..." jamaisneutral mailed all the info we had received and we waited patiently for an answer... that didn't came.
jamaisneutral then surfed to the site we booked our trip through reading aloud some answer on a FAQ: "when you have received an email confirming your booking you shouldn't be worrying, everything will be fine."
We both checked our accounts: nothing. At that point panic was starting to set in.
jamaisneutral ever the confident, serious, relaxed person decided to call the agency. And called again. And emailed. And emailed again.
It was nice and not at all nerve wrecking! hem hem.

But yesterday we got confirmation so we'll get to see [Bad username: Madscot"] and slashers and whine about how J.K. fucked up the last book. She will, I just know it. And after the Harry Potter convention I'll get to buy lovely all stars and relax in London's many parks. Yay!

The Sweetie has two days off. With the weekend included this means we could have been on a city trip of some sort. Unfortunately I had the brains to check our accounts first. There is no way in hell we can afford it. So there we'll be no visiting Edinburgh (something I was talking about since June) or any other part of the Island over there. *sigh*

On another note: in two weeks it's my birthday. I hate cards because they are never original. But if someone wants to give it a go: send me a card on the 7th of September and if I don't kill you because it's filled with cliché's I'll buy you a drink at the next Trouble OR I let you give me a birthday hug (I hate kisses, except from a select crowd). The choice is yours.

*sings* Got myself a new camera. Tralalala... *stops singing*

The Sweetie is in holiday for two whole weeks. Squeeee! There's already been a lot of Buffy watching (*sigh* Tara&Willow... Tara&Willow and I... Tara&Willow and Sweetie&I *siiiiiigh*)

We're going to the Zoo Wednesday. Whiiii! And tomorrow we're going to conquer our fear for travel agents and their freaky/scary people and book our first holiday together. Wahey..

*dances round living room table*

The Sweetie and I would love to go on holiday. Only one problem: we're on a (very) tight budget. So dear English/Irish/Scottish people do you know a cheap hotel, hostel, sleeping shack near your village/town/tree house? Yes we're coming to a place near you! :-) That is if we find a place to sleep. :-/ We thought we found a rather cheap place but it involved sleeping in bed bunks and that's just not an option! I want to sleep close to my Sweetie on our first holiday. ;-)
So suggestions, any one?