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Disneyland Paris. Part 1

Posted 31 Jan 2010 — by eddieh
Category Disneyland Paris

So lets travel back in time, say Tuesday night, this was when I woke up from sleeping once I got back home. Why was I sleeping at 17:30 in the afternoon you may ask? I decided it was a good idea to get some sleep because of having to wake up to get to my college at 5:15 in the morning. The thing is that I couldn’t get back to sleep easily because I got rather worried getting told off by the college. I had to note down my thoughts on the situation in my hardback notebook. (That I even used to plan this post!) Once I did that I could get back to sleep with the knowledge I will be able to sort it out when I return back.

Time is now Wednesday morning. I put the alarm clock on for 4am. I slept though it. I woke up at 5am. ‘Crap!’ I said loudly when I woke up. I dashed around for a couple minutes managing to down some cornflakes and orange juice. Got my mother to put my contacts in as I didn’t have enough time to do it myself. Then dashed to the college with a lift in the car. My dad didn’t help by mentioning how late I was every second. Thanks. But I dived out the car and the coach arrived. I discovered when I got on the coach that the Witney folk was right at the back and that it was roasting, I hate warm air when I am travelling as it makes me feel ill. So I didn’t say much on the coach as I didn’t have a drink with me to sip on.

The ramp that wouldnt come downFinally we arrived out the Eurostar station in London and headed for the coach parking area. However the coach had to reverse out of the entrance as the floor ramp wouldn’t come down like it meant to. This therefore annoyed road users that was near the entrance. There lots of car horn action going on. But everyone quickly got out and grabbed their bags. To the station! We got in plenty of time and had three hours waiting around.

In some of this period we went into Costa and I brought a overpriced bottle of water. I couldn’t wait to buy it anywhere else. You have to remember I was feeling unwell from the warm air that I travelled with in the coach. After that I sat on a freezing cold metal seat that froze my bum so much that I ended up standing up. After doing that for some minutes, we looked around Marks and Spencer’s food where which I nearly knocked all the stock off with my large bag on my back. I scored extra by tapping some people with it as well. I am sometimes known for being clumsy. I brought a cheaper bottle of water there that was so much more bigger than the one in Costa which made me feel gutted.

I sat down so more and noticed that one of the girls handbag had one of them big willy bears. I found it funny that we were heading to children friendly Disney with that on her bag. Little did I know I would be seeing worse later on in the trip.. :P Finally it was time to check in. When you check in, you have to make sure you have nothing in your pockets and that it get x ray scanned. So the trick is to put it in your jacket/hoodie to put with your bag. However I was concerned it would fall out of it. Thankfully it didn’t. Also I had to remove my belt which meant I have a groovy shifting walk to make sure they didn’t fall down the period I didnt have the belt on.

We were waiting for the train and somebody thought it would be amusing to play my rap. I was rather disappointed at the group for them to play it in front of everybody. I made this clear to them and after I stopped it, they got the message not to mention it ever again on the trip. How I wish I modified the lyrics to the rap now. Its a hit I guess with everybody though. When the train did arrive it was such a trek down the platform to get to our coach. The journey was such a long one. Three hours in fact. It was however made less boring by eating the brownies I love from the coach shop and listening to Spoitfy on my mobile.

Disneyland Paris. Part 2

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Posted 31 Jan 2010 — by eddieh
Category Disneyland Paris

When we arrived at Disneyland Paris train station, it got there early, and we managed to arrive at the hotel minutes before we would get there. it was booked with a different company to last year and I so glad it was as it meant that our rooms was ready to go in to straight away which meant we could settle in. I wasn’t too brothered by which bed I was on and it ended up being top bunk which worked well for me. It meant noone else used it but me. No crumbs or anything. :D The room linked with the other guys in my media group which was cool.

I had a day in the park which I managed to went on all the rides in one day which I was seriously chuffed about. First time I managed to do that with any theme park which I am rather shocked about. Wednesday ain’t a busy day for them it seems at this time of the year. I might do a another blog post reviewing each ride I went on. I had to go on one ride with the tutor that got me in trouble which was rather awkward. His advice of never holding on helped me not injure my back which I managed to before last time I went.  I headed back to the hotel before the others in the afternoon, had a shower, charged my phone for abit, and called home. I managed to put a different set of clothes on as well for the evening before the meeting. After the meeting, I headed out with my group.

Took ages hanging in the village trying to find a place to eat at as we had loads of different people to please with the menu. We ended up eating in the Rainforest Cafe. It such a lovely place and I regret not eating out last year. (I only ate at McDonald’s in the evenings last year.) I had a chicken burger which I admitly modified to my needs. I firstly drunk a Coke then braved up to drink cocktails. The one I loved was Tropical Toucan which had a blend of Bacardi rum, banana liqueur, orange and pineapple nectar with grenadine syrup. Yummy! I also sampled other peeps cocktails which got me more tipsy.

When we got back after another meeting we headed to the other guys room that was linked to ours and watched telly. We then went sleep in our room where I got woken up by the girls as one of the guys in my room have them a card to our room. Thankfully they just went next door and we locked the linking door after getting the card back. I had rather good sleep due to the drink.

Loose Women

Posted 29 Apr 2009 — by eddieh
Category Misc

London EyeYesterday I had a fantastic and gob smacking awesome time with my media group in London. It took along time to get to South Bank, London from Oxford though. On the coach journey in the way in, James pissed off a white van man by taking a photo of him without turning the flash off, but as the traffic hardly moves fast in London.. He got out and started banging the coach window. It felt like something out of The Inbetweeners. I found it funny for some reason.

Once we arrived to the South Bank, we had a hour to spare which mainly was spent taking photos and drinking soft drinks at the bar. It was the first place I found which serves eggy bread. I was so tempted to order it but I didn’t have anytime to spare. I love to have a life style that involved going out to these places regularly.

When we arrived at the studios, there was guys with headphones with a mic. I had laugh with them when a posh sliver car nearly ran me over. Once we checked in, it was a case on waiting outside in a line right against the studio building. After half an hour outside, we got in. I didn’t think that we would walk though different sets but we did where one of them had the car from ‘Back from the Future’.

GaffitiBehind the Loose Women set had loads of duck tape to repair it as got wore out after the much usage it gets. I didn’t know how much lights that are involved for shows. It makes the set looks really different without the lights on. It was really good show and I really enjoyed doing the clapping etc. During one of the breaks when they do Q&As, somebody wanted to steal a mug. So when the show finished, a runner quickly carried the mugs away in a basket. BTW, they don’t drink tea or coffee, they drink bottle water.

The rest of the day was good aswell. Walked right next to the London Eye to get a McDonalds. The express line was really fast aswell. I was surprised how far down you have to walk to get to the toilets though. The rest of the day was mainly buying fast food. lol

Anyway, I need to do gym.

Gym Review

Posted 22 Apr 2009 — by eddieh
Category Abingdon

I had a gym review today. It was one of the most excusing thing I’ve done in a while. I got weighted which is these strange scales that you have to have bare feet so it can find your body fat. It turns out I have gained five pounds which is going forward to one of my goals I’m committed to. They altered my plan which wears me down much more but it could be also that I was incorrectly doing some of the work outs before today. I’m honoured that my file now has gained a place in a different folder system. Its mean I don’t have to bother putting it in which day I plan to go now and getting told off if I don’t attend that day. :)

One problem I had today is that person I was going to interview this evening has been hospitalised. I hope she gets well and still wants to do the interview or I will be stressed out again as I will have to find another subject to do. It means also that I wasted my efforts this lunchtime walking to the college to pick up the recorder. However I’m not annoyed as I wouldn’t want to be in the situation having to have a bowel transplant.

I’m looking forward to Ultimate Events which is happening in May. For people who don’t know what Ultimate Events is, its a day out at Alton Towers (a theme park) and then a music festival in a large carpark. The thing I love is that even if you don’t listen to Christian music you can still enjoy the whole event. Another thing I like is that I haven’t got a clue who I’m going with apart from David and I think whats his name. Its bad when you forget a name of a person you know of for years.

Tuesday will be something new, going to London with my media folks and being in the audience of Loose Women. Not like you know I’m on it as you never see the audience. You might hear us. Thats one thing I’m on edge about. I wouldn’t put it past some of the people I’m going with to shout something rude out and getting the group kicked out. I’m not that sure if we be let in anyways.