LONDON BABY!! - Day 1

I woke up bright and early to meet Christine, Liz and Michelle at Dublin airport so that we could catch our flight to LONDON!! This was my first trip outside of Ireland and I was really excited. I got to the airport first and checked into RyanAir and waited for the rest of them to get to the airport. Once they arrived we went through security and then got something to eat. We then went to our gate and waited to board the plane. Since this was my first time flying RyanAir I was not sure what to expect and boy was it an experience. There are no assigned seats on RyanAir and once it gets near to your departure time everyone lines up by the door. It is a mad rush to wait in line and sometimes you are standing, waiting in line for awhile. Once you get through the line you walk outside and up stairs onto the plane. Once you are on the plane you just pick any seat you want and put your bags in the overhead compartment. Everyone waits in line even though you do not have to because if you are one of the first on the plane you get your choice of seats and you have a place to put your luggage (both of which are worth waiting in line for). We all got on the plane and found seats near each other. We were about to take off when Michelle touches my shoulder and asks me if I just saw what happened. I of course am oblivious and missed everything but apparently one of the girls on our plane partied a little too hard on St. Patrick's Day and was very hungover. She walked up to go to the bathroom to throw up and threw up in her hands but caught it. She then threw up again causing the throw up to explode out of her hands and land on a guy in the middle seat, four rows, and on the other side of the plane from her. The guy had vomit all over him and the guy on the aisle had some in his hair. It was disgusting and I felt awful for the guys. The girl went to the bathroom and stayed there for awhile as people came onto the plane to clean up the throw up that was all over the floor. This of course delayed our take off and RyanAir didn't even kick the girl off the plane. She eventually walked past everyone and never even apologized to the men she threw up. It was so rude and embarrassing for her. We eventually took off and landed in London safely.

Michelle getting on the plane.

Once we landed in London we had to figure out how to get to our hotel. We had to take a train and then the tube to get to our hotel. It took us a long time trying to figure out how everything worked and we got to our hotel later than we expected. We were meeting Michelle's boyfriend in London and we were staying at a hotel (instead of a hostel). Since it took us so long, Danny had been waiting a long time for us to arrive. We checked into the hotel and put our bags in the storage room and decided to start sightseeing. We started by taking the tube to King's Cross so that we could try to go to Hogwarts. At the King's Cross tube stop is where Harry Potter was filmed and they have the luggage cart sticking out of the wall and it even says platform 9 3/4. It took us a little while to find it but luckily with the help of some nice people we were informed as to where it was. When we finally found it we were very disappointed because it looked really fake. I had seen other people take their pictures with it and was pretty sure that this was not the real platform 9 3/4. Liz is a die-hard Harry Potter fan so we all took our pictures anyway and tried to push the luggage cart through the wall so that we could take the train to Hogwarts. Unfortunately, we are all Muggles and were unable to get through the wall. After we were done taking our pictures I asked a worker if this was the real one and she told me that since the station was undergoing construction they had to tear down the real one and put up this one until the construction was finished.

Me trying to get to Hogwarts.

Once we were done at King's Cross, Danny showed us some other touristy places around London. His brother studied abroad in London and he visited him so he knew of all the cool places to see. We saw St. Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge. Both of which were very pretty. It was rainy and we were all tired so we decided to go back to the hotel to shower and get ready for the night. Once we were all ready it was kind of late so we decided to just walk and find a restaurant to get a bite to eat. We all had a beer and some food and then called it a night since we had lots to do the next day.

Liz, Christine, Me, and Michelle on the Millennium Bridge.

Michelle, Me, Liz, and Christine on the Millennium Bridge.

Liz, Christine and I shared a room. It was only meant for two people so we lied to the hotel and told them there was only two of us. Not only did it work but they upgraded us and our bed was huge so we were all able to fit in it and the room was really nice. When we got to the hotel and turned on the television there was a welcome message saying "Welcome Christine Miecuna."

Our welcome message on the television.

Our bedroom at the Shaftesbury Hotel.