maandag 9 juli 2007

Day 3

July 5- London & Den Haggs

I accidentally set dad’s phone an hour early, so instead of waking up at 7:15, we woke up at 6:15. arg sorry. Haha. Dad thought there might be crazy, extreme security, so we got there like 3 hours before our flight. We took a first class train there. We ate at Costa where I had a chocolate twist and dad had an almond pastry. The check-in and security only took about 30 minutes. The check-in took longer than the securing, about 25 min for the check-in and about 5 min for security. Frequent flyers can do this really cool eye thing for security. Like a machine scans their eye. Pretty cool. Our gate number didn’t appear on the screen until an hour or so before our flight. We went to another Costa’s in the airport where this time, dad got the chocolate twist. Then we slept at the cafe for about 20-30 minutes or so. We walked across the airport and there was a drawing for a Ferrari on one end and an Aston Martini on the other. I took a picture with the Aston. IT WAS REALLY COOL to see really expensive cars. Even though it said “do not touch” on the Ferrari, I felt all over it. IT’S SO SMOOTH AND SHINY. Very smooth. Then our gate appeared on the screen. It first said gate 6 and no one was there then it said gate 1b. It was pretty stupid. Got on the plane and I didn’t like my seat at all. There was this stupid girl I felt really uncomfortable next to. She first look around 16 but then when at the luggage area, she looked like 20 or so. Pretty rude girl. Anyways my teeth got really sensitive while on the flight so it was extremely hard to eat the wrap they provided. When we got off the plane, we booked a train to go to the Haggs, which was about 30 min. from the airport. We took a “snail train” (different spelling), which is a fast train which doesn’t include frequent stops. There was a line of taxis but the first one was a lame SUV and behind it was like 3 mercedes taxis. So dad and I pretended we were taking pictures and talking so someone else could take the SUV. Dad told me that the majority of the people in Haggs ride their bikes. We got to sit in a Mercedes, but it wasn’t leather. The taxi behind us had leather seats. It’s was good seeing people drive on the right side of the road this time. We are in the Crowne Plaza, which is a 5 star hotel. Ehh…the bathroom is the only 5 star thing in the room. It’s like white marble looking wall color. We went down to give Mr. David the chips and salsa, because Mexican food sucks here. Then we took Tram 1 to go to the coast. We went into the other 5 star hotel overlooking the beach. It looked more prestige than ours. I would have gladly liked to stay at that one instead. We took a long walk on the beach. It was a little chilly, but I like beaches that way. Dad dared me to go into the water. It was cold at first, but then I got used to it very fast. There were small boys and girls in bikinis. Now I wouldn’t have survived that. It was very pretty. We saw like kite things in the water so we thought people were flying kites. But then we saw one in the middle of the sea and we were a little confused. Then we saw people, and they were “kite surfing” (I don’t know if it’s called that) and wind surfing. It was pretty cool. Then we walked to the city and mostly all the little boutiques were closed because it was already 8. Then we went to the Passage, like the galleria Houston. And we ended up in the busiest street in Haggs on Thursday for shopping! I went into H&M and bought 3 things, even though I wanted to buy more. But they were all 50% and 70% off, so that was good. Then we went into a busy shoe store, where all the shoes were 5, 10, or 15 euro. It was the first shoe was price, then the second pair was only 1 euro! Can’t believe it. Then all these people were speaking Dutch to me and it was really scary. Then dad recognized and saw a church restaurant that he and his colleague, Ron, liked a lot, so he decided to take me there. I had to wash my hands because they were all dirty, but instead of having a picture of a man and a woman, it was in Dutch, so I felt pretty hopeless! I had rose with French vanilla tea and dad ordered his usual gaseous water. The tea was very good. We had scallops for appetizer, which was amazing because we both believe there was soy sauce and Asian sesame oil in it, which the Asians do love. I had a fillet, I think, and dad had beef teriyaki with coconut sauce. Mine was very good, and his too. The mints were also very cute. It was about 9:30 when we came back. Took a tram home, watched some TV (watched a show called Vanity Insanity about beauty. Pretty scary what people do to be “unique and beautiful”) I also watched some 70’s show, South park, Arthur, etc. When went to sleep, I believe.

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