Travel log of a confused college girl

Back in college I did Spring Break by myself in England and Belgium. Today I found a travel diary I wrote with a pen on paper (original!) while my trip progressed. For the first time ever I reveal my secret notes of that trip:

Day 1

Arrive Heathrow 930am
get luggage, travel cards, ticket for bus
take bus to Reading
take train to Twyford
call V and R to come get me
arrive Woodley around 130pm
get oriented

Day 2

Train from Twyford to Paddington
tube from Paddington to Victoria
arrive Victoria 11am
get boarding pass for coach (rail to Ramsgate is down)
coach is full, have to wait till next one
catch coach 125pm
fatal accident on motorway
arrive at ferry dock too late for jetfoil
take 630pm ferry to Oostende
arrive Oostende at 1130pm Belgium time
take special coach at 12am
arrive Liège 330am, meet M, D
stay up with A till 6am

Day 3

Meet M
Walk around Liège with A
eat a Belgian waffle
see A's school
go to café for a drink
everything closed
spend evening eating, talking, etc.

Day 4

Get ready to leave
go downtown with A to shop
go to Art Rock Café
leave Liège by train 130pm
arrive ferry 5pm
jetfoil cancelled
take 530pm ferry back to Ramsgate
arrive Ramsgate 9pm
leave Ramsgate by coach 930pm
get to Ramsgate station 10pm
special train to Victoria Station at 1030pm
arrive Victoria 1230am
tube to Paddington
miss train from Paddington to Twyford by 2 minutes
take 125am train to Reading
take taxi from Reading to Twyford
arrive Twyford 230am

Day 5

Go to Oxford Circus to shop
Go to Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey

Day 6

Go to Longdon Zoo
go to Picadilly Circus to shop

Day 7

Go to Buckingham Palace, St. James Park
go to science museum
go to Picadilly Circus to shop
Guinness World Records Exhibition
go to Oxford Circus to shop

Day 8

Go to Oxford
visit museum of science and medicine
go to Lands End Pub

Day 9

Go home (V & R drive to Heathrow)

Yup, so that was my trip. A few added notes: In the Belgium café several people had dogs, and in the Lands End Pub the owners had a black cat who sat in the empty seat at our table. I understand that many people are allergic to animals, but I do wish that animals were more incorporated into our daily lives in the States. The "fatal accident" on Day 2 was that of a man on a motorcycle who somehow was decapitated as he was driving on the motorway. I guess I was never meant to take the jetfoil... Day 4's Belgian waffle was authentic -- made by a street vendor in Liège. Belgian waffles have sugar cubes at the crosshairs, super sweet and delicious. On Day 5 I actually spent the majority of the day with an Australian tourist. She and I took pictures of each other so that we'd have proof we were at places. Unfortunately my camera was having problems with feeding the film for the majority of the trip so I have no photos of many of my conquested visits. On Day 6 I distinctly remember walking up and down Picadilly Circus attempting to get locals to ask me to hang out with them, or to snatch me up into their world. It didn't work so I eventually went to a TGI Fridays and had a veggie burger with sparkling water. Whenever I watch Office Space and see Jennifer Aniston's character at Chotchky's I remember my time at TGI Friday's. While I was there I didn't know TGIF's was a chain. *sigh*

Last weekend I found a short story that I wrote after my trip about my experience called "Steak and Kidney Pie" in which I make V & R out to be quite evil. In the story V attempts to take my kidneys for the pie. In actuality they were the sweetest people I have ever met. I did eat a freshly made steak and kidney pie prepared by V, but it was beef kidney.

Kidneys aside, it's definitely time to renew my passport...