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slowdead and eagleeyes84 in London~! ♥!
Pffft! O___O! It was pretty exhausting? I'm still on antibiotics for a kidney infection and feeling a bit wobbly in general... also, I wasn't the only one not feeling 100% healthy - so it was a rather challenging trip! Mostly because we had to rush about from one sight-seeing-opportunity to the other in order to do all the stuff we were interested in? *laughs!* B-but, we had a lot of fun despite all that!
Our Main Mission Objective~! was to listen to Bradley James' voice at the British Museum - he voiced the Family Guide to The Book of the Dead Exhibition! - and to watch Colin Morgan in Our Private Life. MISSIONS = ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ONLY BARELY.
We had an appointment for the exhibition at the British Museum at 2 PM for which we were nearly late due toeagleeyes84 and I wanting to see Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station (WHICH THEY TEMPORARILY MOVED ELSEWHERE SO IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND?) and us needing to drop our luggage off at Saint Jim's Hotel first. B-BUT, WE MADE IT. ONLY TWO MINUTES LATE.
The exhibition itself was amazing... b-but, I have to admit I thought it was rather crowded? It was very hard to see most of the things because there were so many people cramped inside. O.o; In the end, we just sat down on a bench and listened to Bradley James tell us all about the ancient Egyptian spells (with some entertaining Merlin references!) and watched the images on the little screen of the listening!device instead of actually walking around and listening to each number one by one. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside - understandable but still a bit disappointing. (I'm a lot like Ritsuka from the Loveless anime AND NOW I'M ALL "NO MEMORIES FOR ME? :(!" LOL!)
We still had time to visit the Museum Shop, Forbidden Planet, Covent Garden (Build-A-Bear Workshop, yay!), EAT DINNER!!!1one! and make a quick pit-stop at the hotel hotel to change into something slightly nicer before it was time to head over to the theatre for Our Private Life! The play was not my thing at all, b-but I enjoyed it quite a lot anyway? It was a very interesting experience! There were only 5 or 6 rows to sit on and it was a veeery small stage/room/whatever? We sat on the second row while we tried to avoid making eye contact with the actors, haha. SLIGHTLY AWKWARD BUT VERY INTERESTING TIMES, YES.
I made a new friend after the play, too! Welcomemrs_leary! xD! It's always nice to make new friends~! Especially with other Merlin fans? ♥!
slowdead and eagleeyes84 in London~! ♥!Pffft! O___O! It was pretty exhausting? I'm still on antibiotics for a kidney infection and feeling a bit wobbly in general... also, I wasn't the only one not feeling 100% healthy - so it was a rather challenging trip! Mostly because we had to rush about from one sight-seeing-opportunity to the other in order to do all the stuff we were interested in? *laughs!* B-but, we had a lot of fun despite all that!
Our Main Mission Objective~! was to listen to Bradley James' voice at the British Museum - he voiced the Family Guide to The Book of the Dead Exhibition! - and to watch Colin Morgan in Our Private Life. MISSIONS = ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ONLY BARELY.
We had an appointment for the exhibition at the British Museum at 2 PM for which we were nearly late due to
eagleeyes84 and I wanting to see Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station (WHICH THEY TEMPORARILY MOVED ELSEWHERE SO IT WAS VERY HARD TO FIND?) and us needing to drop our luggage off at Saint Jim's Hotel first. B-BUT, WE MADE IT. ONLY TWO MINUTES LATE. The exhibition itself was amazing... b-but, I have to admit I thought it was rather crowded? It was very hard to see most of the things because there were so many people cramped inside. O.o; In the end, we just sat down on a bench and listened to Bradley James tell us all about the ancient Egyptian spells (with some entertaining Merlin references!) and watched the images on the little screen of the listening!device instead of actually walking around and listening to each number one by one. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside - understandable but still a bit disappointing. (I'm a lot like Ritsuka from the Loveless anime AND NOW I'M ALL "NO MEMORIES FOR ME? :(!" LOL!)
We still had time to visit the Museum Shop, Forbidden Planet, Covent Garden (Build-A-Bear Workshop, yay!), EAT DINNER!!!1one! and make a quick pit-stop at the hotel hotel to change into something slightly nicer before it was time to head over to the theatre for Our Private Life! The play was not my thing at all, b-but I enjoyed it quite a lot anyway? It was a very interesting experience! There were only 5 or 6 rows to sit on and it was a veeery small stage/room/whatever? We sat on the second row while we tried to avoid making eye contact with the actors, haha. SLIGHTLY AWKWARD BUT VERY INTERESTING TIMES, YES.
I made a new friend after the play, too! Welcome
mrs_leary! xD! It's always nice to make new friends~! Especially with other Merlin fans? ♥!
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Date: 2011-03-03 02:11 pm (UTC)But, they moved Platform 9 3/4?? O_o
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Date: 2011-03-03 02:14 pm (UTC)I got a great picture there, though! :D So, it wasn't THAT disappointing? B-but, it would've been really awful if we missed the exhibition for some random temporary!Plaftorm 9 3/4! *SHAKES FIST!*
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Date: 2011-03-03 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-03 03:14 pm (UTC)I can't decide if I regret it or not? It was not as bad as I was expecting, but some of the jokes made me question humanity just a tiny little bit. There was some inappropriate - in my opinion, at least - laughter, too. But, freedom of speech and all that. I guess I should be happy that there are some people who can still laugh about it. (B-but, I'm not? Not really.) IDK, over all I'm glad there was a lot of (non-awkward!) humor in it too... at least I didn't leave the theatre all depressed and upset. *sweat drop!*
It all kind of reminded me of the Penny Arcade stuff a while ago? ^^; Pffft.
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Date: 2011-03-04 07:30 am (UTC)I had so much fun with you guys. I was exhausted though when I came home, but in a good way! <3
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Date: 2011-03-05 11:24 am (UTC)WAIT WHAT??? Bradley James reading out the Book of the Dead? *thud* i thought my love for Ancient Egypt couldn't get bigger ö