Classics Lecture & Train Station Photos

Hiya!

I went to a classics lecture today, about prostitutes and players!

Fun fun ;)

It was actually quite interesting, and funny. Tom Holland was the speaker, who was engaging and clearly loved his topic.

But anyway, here are some photos of the train station I waited at for one and a half hours...

Cool shadows!

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I love you

ttyl

xxx

Paris Adventures Day 1 (12/8/15) - Travelling and the Eiffel Tower

Hiya!

Day 1 was spent mostly on trains, first the Eurostar, travelling from London to Paris, then the metro to get to our hotel.

The hotel was lovely. It was only a few minutes walk from the Eiffel Tower, and there was a most wonderful bowl of sweets permanently on the counter. They had to top it up twice during my stay (five nights) - every time I walked past the reception, I would take one or two...

Or maybe three or four, when no-one was there...

Anyway, we (my mum and I) settled in, then decided to spend the rest of the day by the Eiffel Tower, with a dinner break at a crêpe restaurant (which was amazing, and I'm also now drooling) nearby.

Oh yeah, forgot to say, I also turned into a troll in Paris. Welcome to my crib ;)

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I love you

ttyl

xxx

ANYTHING GOES!

Hi, my dearests!

I watched Anything Goes yesterday! It was so good! I loved You're the Top and Anything Goes especially.

And the tap dancing...phew! I'm so glad I watched it since I'm learning the dance in my lessons, although it was a bit disappointing to see that the dance had been tweaked a little and wasn't exactly the same as the one I'm learning...

Oh well, overall a very very good musical :)

But here's a little naughty something:

I had brought my camera with me, and at the train station, my friend and I went all the way down the station to the very end where the station dips down into gravel. We went to take photos, and we must have gotten too close to the edge...because next thing we know, there's an announcement on the loudspeakers saying:

"CAN THE TWO YOUNG LADIES AT THE END OF THE PLATFORM MOVE AWAY FROM THE EDGE, PLEASE!"

Oh, the mortification! Everyone turned and peered down the platform to stare at us, and at that time our train was due to come so we had to walk back up to our parents anyway. It was so embarrassing. But, I held my head up anyways and stared straight ahead, not meeting anybody's eye.

It was only when I had reached my mum when she told me that I had just barged past another friend of mine, who had been trying to catch my eye the whole time I was making my way up the platform. Why am I the most awkward human being in the whole world? And I'm seeing her tomorrow so...

Ugh, why?!

Anyways, I've got a few random photos I've taken these past two days and I like them, so um...I'll just put them here...

Just a little random photo of my candle and empty-Nutella-jar-with-gold-heart which I painted...

Terrible photo, I know, but it was all I could do before being startled by the announcement :(

Didn't your momma ever tell you it's rude to stare?

I like reflections in puddles...

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I love y'all, and goodbye!

I HATE BEING SICK! (30/08/2014)

Wow...I'm really dragging this out, aren't I? I'm still pretending that I'm in China... Well, only three more China blog posts left to go!

Near the end of my holiday in China, I became really sick. It was my last day with my grandma, my aunties, uncles, and cousins, before going to Beijing, and I was sick. As in, I actually woke up feeling sick, and then puked whilst in the shower. But let's not get into those details.

Ewww

Before leaving to catch the train, my dad and I went to my granddad's grave again, to say bye, and that was horribly sad. It was a really emotional day - leaving my relatives, visiting granddad's grave, and feeling sick, all rolled into one big fat emotional tear-drop.

After, we returned back to say one last final goodbye to all my relatives, and then we boarded the train.

The train journey involved the four and a half worst hours of my life. I puked twice and had to go to the toilet every half an hour or so to dry heave the air that was left in my stomach. It was nasty.

There's actually tons of gross detail that I was going to write here, but I'm not that mean, I'll allow you to keep your food down...

This time. Mwahahahahaha!

Anyways, arriving in Beijing, I took loads of medication, which just made me feel dizzy and sick. I then stupidly attempted to eat a little bit of dinner, which was at a restaurant, invited by my dad's colleague who was to be our tour guide for the next few days. I had only eaten one bite of spinach, when I had to rush into the toilet to puke, again. That was the fourth time that day, and by that time, I was just tired of it all. I didn't even care if I looked a mess at a posh restaurant.

Thankfully, I felt slightly better after that little incident, so I nibbled on a few fresh vegetables, just so that my stomach wouldn't eat itself up overnight.

When we arrived at the gorgeous five-star hotel we were staying in, and as soon as my head touched the pillow, I was out like a light. I used to always think that authors who wrote that in their books were exaggerating, that falling asleep that quickly is impossible unless you're a baby. But it is possible, I realise that now.

Anyways, I'm going to go now!

Only two more days to go, and hopefully, I'll finish it before the end of September...

I love y'all, and goodbye! xxx

ADVENTURE TO KINGS LYNN!

Hello, all you lovely people!!! So as its a lovely three-day weekend, my parents and I decided to go take the train somewhere. And where better to go than the furthest place the ticket can get you! It's for the same price, so why not? Anyways, today we went to Kings Lynn, which is really up north compared to where I live. The journey was so long, we started it at 10am ish and got to our destination at 1pm. There was a period of time where for a solid 1 hour I was standing at the entrance of a completely crowded train, only holding onto my sweaty dad for support. Although to be honest, if I lost my balance, I probably wouldn't have even fallen down too much considering the number of people that were all squished together. Or I could have set off a domino effect, and everyone in the carriage would fall down like a Mexican wave...

On the trains, I read some more of the Iliad and it brought back so many memories! It reminded me of when I was in Turkey with friends and we acted out a few sections of it...it was so fun...whilst reading it today I imagined acting it out with my friends on a coach, using a sunhat as a dead body... Those good old times.

When we were actually exploring the town, we found that there wasn't much to see and do, so we bickered about pointless things, such as Chinese restaurants vs. McDonald's. In the end, we opted for both, so it was cool. And seeing as there was nothing to do, we decided to shop. We went to the most exotic shops, like T.K.Maxx and Poundland, where we bought the most exotic things like a shirt and chocolate. Yeah, totally trying new things here! 

We had lunch/dinner (linner?) at Chopstix and McDonald's, had a little walk in the park and played on the swings, then went back to the train station to catch our train back home. Except it wasn't actually one train: it was a train, then the underground, then a little walk, then a train again. So it was a tube-and-feet sandwich with train bread. That sounds absolutely delicious! Not. It wasn't fun, I'm so tired now from running from one station to the next.

We got back home at around 8:30pm, and I'm super duper tired so I'm gonna leave it here for today, goodbye!!!