Saturday, December 13, 2008
Euro Trip, Europe Tips. -Part 1.
Well i was going to wait until i had the phtographic evidence up on facebook before i wrote this post, but i realized anyone who actally reads my blog is already my friend on facebook(i think) so im just going to go ahead and write. So lets start at Singapore Airport then shall we, firstly it involves me running with a luggage bag, a video camera and a backpack through the airport before realising our flight wasnt for a next couple of hours.And after that, wait no no no, Just imagine alot of anoying people, alot of stupid security, alot of time wasting and even more anoying ppl and you have my time at Singapore Airport and even on the flight, oh do add in one very hot air stewardess and yeah. Doha Airport at 2am in the morning(Local time)And in case you don't know, Doha is full of arabics, so its abit ironic when ur going for the security check.I mean


It was 6 in the morning in Doha, but the weird part was, everyone seemed strangely widely awake.Bustling around everywhere.
Tip 1.
Never say the word BOMB in an airport.
Why u ask?Well this guy in front of me was speaking in arabic to his friends, making some kind of joke. He said bomb once or twice,before he was approched by these two guys and brought aside. Later i saw his friends boarding the plane, but he was still MIA. Woah. Stopped my quick tounge from any bomb cracks...
Another 7 hour and 50 minute flight later, in which i watched Mamma Mia twice.... Yes i did.Its a disease i tell you, oh and The Incredible Hulk, the one with Edward Norton is beyond awesome! I cant belive i hadnt watched it since then .
Tip 2.
This tip is meant for my mum and my bro, firstly for my mum. When ur watching a show with earphones on a plane, dont L.O.L and that repeat the lines as though everyone is watching the same thing or yes, people will stare. Secondly for my brother, when your asleep on a plane, dude do not snore, or yes people will stare.
Anyway finally touched down in London at Heathrow Airport. When we finally got off the plane there were only two thoughts in my head, Hell yeah im in london and Hell no its fukin cold. And once i got into the main street another thought crossed into my head, hell yeah english chicks are hot.Running through the streets of Notting Hill to get to our apartment, which we passed twice withput noticing of course. And as soon as we got to london , i realised something about my entire family, we had all started slanging, and asides from mine of course, most of it was well horrible. I actually heard my mum say
"Shall i go prepare some tea then love ?" to my dad. Never in my 14 years of existence have i heard her use those words in in that pattern.Wow.
Tip 3.
Unless you can pull off an english accent, dont try to use one.
So we decided to leave the apartment around 8.30 at night, in actuality, it was only 5. It gets dark wayy too early in london. During winter of course. So this time prepared in my 6 layered clothing, we ventured out in to the night to pursue that flightly tempress adventure, or something like that.It was awesome, from the hot girls to the hobbos. Woah, and that woah was for the hobbos, go to London, you'll see what i mean.Right , the next day we decided to take down the main London Sights, which are of course London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Tower of london, Big Ben and the Parliment house.We actually manage to cover all of that in the afternoon belive it or not, well they are all relatively close by anyway. London Bridge is probably the most overrated thing in the history of london, where in fact the hyped up bride commonly mistaken for london bridge is in fact Tower Bridge. Common Misconceptions all over England, another one would be Stratford upon Avon. But i'll get to that soon enough, Anyway the Big Ben and Parliment house were especially cool to see if you've watched V for Vendetta easily 10 times like i have, though its not blowing up and overture 1812 cant be heard from anywhere, but still , Worthit.By then it was dark as we made our to Buckingham Palace, and by dark i mean around 5. This was a conversation that took palce amongst us in front of Buckingham Palace.
F:Eh not bad ah, Orchard Road also have aper...
All:Hahah.
Me:Eh sekali Fabio Capello come out ah.
All:Hahahah
This went on for more then 15 minutes, yes thats how free we were.
We hopped on the tube and made our way to the most hyped up shopping centre in London, Harrods. Owned By the Late Princess Diana's finaces family. How posh was it?
The loo(as they say in england) is nicer then my sitting area, and the cheapest tie, was 20 pounds above my budget. So after many blows to our self-esteem, we deicded to call it night.
So in the subway, my bro was reading something about how rich beyonce and jay-z were and that they were one of the richest couples in the world or something like that, and he said "Imagine if they have kids"
Then me, forgetting where i was actually said "Wow, those would be some spoilt n*ggas" and my immediate reaction was O.O. As was my brothers.
Tip 4.
If your in London , in a subway , in the middle of a night. Don't you ever say the word i said, cause if your not as lucky as me. You will be killed.
Looking around breathing heavily, we realised there were no coloured people around . Though a few white ones were staring. PHEW.
Day 3.
I got off the train, without looking back, i ran out into the street, as it drizzled i ran faster, glancing at my watch , i ran even faster, teh i paused , i stopped and i stared in awe. There i was, EMIRATES STADIUM!!!!!!The tour was beyond awesome , like wayy beyond. WAYY. The tour guide was this cool guy who went through all Arsenal facts, I got pictures in the Dressing Room with RVPs,Almunias,Captain Cescs,Adebayors, Walcotts and Nasris Jersey, As well as on the field. One word.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Yes. And i found out someething about Arsene Wenger, during his 10 years coaching in Japan, he picked up Feng Shui and became a keen follower. Now in Feng Shui, the best shape is a rectangle, so the arsenals dressing room is a perfect rectangle. And the worst shape in Feng Shui is a square, so u bet you can guess what shape the away dressing room is.After the tour, my bro headed off to meet his friends at Oxford and the rest of us made our way to Winsdor Castle.
Tip 5.
Before you go to a 700 year old castle, make sure its open.
Yeahs, Windsor castle was closed. So we made our way back to the apartment and yeah. not really sure what else we did then, hmm.
The next day , the original plan was to go to Stratfor upon Avon.The birthplace of Shakespeare and his Queen and with a chance to actually see his actualy house, however we soon found out that it was never proven shakespeare actually lived in there and the only proof they have is that the house was left in Shakespeares name, of course i didn't care and still wanted to go. But the other option was to go to Bath, a town nearer then Stratford and the home town of Jane Austen, Jane Austen happens to be my mums favourite and of course shakespeare is mine.
Tip 6.
If theres a conflict of interest regarding where to go, and your mother is my mother.You cannot win.
So Bath it was, well i cant say i didn't enjoy myself, it was cool, especially the roman bath, which is where julius cesar use to chill when he was in england, and i got an awesome picture with a resteferian guitar playing dude. We checked out Hyde Park back in london after that, if you don't know where that is, you must not have watched Mr Bean. If you didn't watch Mr Bean, your parents must not have loved you.
Next day, got up early to check out the Portabello Market where i of course got lots of awesome stuff. Including my beatles shirt!Muahahah!Inside joke...
Anyway, after spending the afternoon there, we headed to Soho. In case you don't know what that is, its the red light district of London. Yep, and if you don't know what a red light district is, then you're obviously not very good friends with me. But it is times like these i really enjoy the fact that my parents are as moden and as open as they are. And right after that we headed to the Greatest Castle in london. Where the original King and Queen were. William and Ann. Shakespeares Globe Theatre.
Tip 7.
If youre going to THE GLOBE make sure its open!
Though i still cant complain, just to see it from the outside, was beyond amazing. To walk on the original Jubilee Walk, and to see the original Jubilee Hall.
Wow.And so we were heading back to our Apartments when we passed by a store in the underground, and i glanced in and walked on. Before doubling back to the store and going WOAH. What?Had i lost track of dates during the holidays? How could i forget?
This is what i saw.




And so i bought the latest and supposedly the last addition the Harry Potter collection, in London. How cool is that?And for about 6 pounds if i remember right, and of course i finished it the very same night, My favourite quote is from the fountain of fair fortune
"Pay me the proof of your pain"
And the very next morning, we were to depart for Paris..
And so for the second time in 5 days i was running while pulling a luggage bag, a video camera and yes a backpack.
~Z Husref Signing Off~
Its wayy too long too include Paris in this post as well, so i divided it into parts.



Signing off @ 7:11 AM