Halloween report

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Friday October 29. 04
This will probably bore you to death, but starting a day by day report for the London con, starting with Friday Oct 29.

hour by hour..
minute by minute....lol

4:30am, I'm woke up by my cell ringing. I glance at time, and reluctantly crawl out of bed. I get dressed and ready and pack a few more things.
5:15am my cab turns up.
5:25, and 10 minutes into the journey I realize I forgot my airplane tickets! quick turnround and head back.
%:30. Set off again
6:15, I arrive at the airport and call Angela. Then I head thru checkin, and I locate Angela.
6:45am Stop for coffee at 'Costa packet'
7:00 We board the plane
7:15 hey hey, plane delayed for an hour! which is dumb cause my flight is only 1 hour anyway. lol
8:15 we take off for London.
9:15am We arrive in an overcast London, and head to baggage collect. Angela and I looked for our hotel transfers, and we were soon on our way to the hotel.
At approx 11am we arrive at our hotel but check in is at 2:30, so we store our luggage and decide to head out to covent gardens.
So again, we call a cab, and head over to covent gardens. Covent Gardens is nice, lots of markets, Starbucks.. and outher touristy things.
We decided to grab some lunch and went to cafe Nero. And then we did the tourist thing. Yep we went to a museum! lol.
I think maybe we spent an hour in there. and at this time David and James were on TRL....*THUD* oh yes!
Then we decided to head back after a quick stop at my favorite place Starbucks. Almost as good as DB.
A latte for me, and non caffeined drinks for Angela..lol
Then we went back and checked in!
Then I got down to writing this very draft, and got a call.
Angela saying shes forgot a top and has to go shopping, and won't be registering today, but will pass my cell onto another lady. 'ok cool' I say.
and soon I get a call from Joanne. good to hear from another fan, and we decide to go to York hall to register then have a drink after.
So call yet another cab and set off for the Hall. about 7:45pm)
First impressions, the Hall isn't in the best area of London, and some parts look pretty rough. The Hall itself looks old too, and is pretty small for a 1000 people. But we line up anyway. I see a few friends from online and Chicago and I say hey to them. we get in about 9pm and are given an evelope with a schedule and wrist band inside.
Oh and got a free goodie bag! wooo
Then we head back, for a mcuh deserved alcoholic drink! well I do anyway...
And then its goodnights and off to bed...ready to met David Boreanaz.......

Current Mood: happy

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An early start as usual with any con. Not a problem as work begins 7:30am, but this isn't work. This is meeting David (Again..lol) and James for the first time. I set the TV alarm for 5am. So after about 4 hours sleep the tv comes on at 5am playing classical music, gradually becoming louder. Sorry neighbors.
So anyway I get up and ready and I get a call from my friend at 6:30am checking I'm up and ready for breakfast. Yep up..but not awake. wheres that coffee? *g*
I leave my room at 6:50 and head for breakfast. I find my friend and her son and we sit down to breakfast. We grab some croissants and I grab some coffee at last. We discuss the the day, and who's autograph we need....duh...and we then set our cameras. Ready to take the best shots possible.
At about 8am we decide to call a cab to head to York Hall. So after about a 10 minute wait our cab arrives at our hotel and we board for the 15 minute journey to the old York Hall.
On a personal note, I noticed as I traveled the Hall isn't in the best of areas and it could have been someplace much safer and with easier access and closer hotels.
We arrived at 8:30 and I went to line up. I saw a few familiar faces in the line. Karen from TDBUK and Sue from City of Angel. I also got to met Claire from DBUK and Breida from SDBUK. and lots more amazing people inside the hall. I decided to call Claire on my cell and to my surprise she wa a little ahead of me in the line. Causing her much embarassment when her Angel ringtone went off and everyone dived for their own phone..lol
I got into the hall and my friend had already reserved me a seat. So I was on the 6th row and 3 in from the right hand side. A great position for pictures. My friend had already seen James traveling round the building and she'd even said hey to him!
The Hall itself is actually kinda cool. Its an old building and is ususlly used as a leisure center / boxing hall. Approx 1000 people inside the hall. Green curtains decorate the stage with a fake spider web on the stage. A giant screen behind the guests and a huge inflated pumpkin and cat with David instantly took a dislike too, oh and an inflatable eyeball. hmmmm The balcony providing another great view and of course the guests.