• Esmee van Dijk
  • Esmee van Dijk

London 2.0 2024

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  • Trip start
    July 19, 2024

    Schiphol ✈️

    July 19, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Straight out of the ‘slotdag’ I hopped on the train towards Schiphol to meet Hessel. We were worried all day whether or flight was going to be cancelled or not due to the Microsoft disruption.

    Luckily we only had 30 minutes delay.
    At the airport everything went very smoothly. We got through security very fast and decided to meet up with our friend Annika who was coincidentally also flying around the same time.

    We had some nice dinner together, even though it was very very busy we found a place we could sit down. We chilled for a few hours (since Annika’s plane was delayed with 1,5 hour as well) and then our boarding was starting
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  • Arriving

    July 19, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    We had arrived super late due to our delay. We tried to follow up instructions on google maps but we ended up taking a shuttle service instead of a bus. Anyhow we ended up at a train station. Sadly due to Microsoft as well there were a lot of delays. But finally we ended up in a train towards king cross. We even connected with a man called Dave. And chatted the whole ride. Well. Hessel chatted. After a while I zoomed out lmao.

    At king cross we took the underground. But due to it being already past midnight it wasn’t operating fully anymore. So we had to wait pretty long. But finally around 0:30 or maybe even later we arrived at our Airbnb. We were craving so bad that we stopped at a supermarket to get some pizza. We realized the moment we’d payed that they were going to put it in to a microwave. It was absolutely the worst and most disgusting pizza slice I ever had.

    Luckily our Airbnb was around the corner and we quickly went over there. Without knowing we apparently booked a Airbnb in ‘quirky soho’. Well I can assure you; I’m glad that I wasn’t alone. Even though I loved the gay clubs I really didn’t feel comfortable with all the sexshops around us. Other than that the Airbnb was perfectly fine and very nice to stay.

    After we dropped our stuff (mind you it was already 1 something local time, so around 2 Dutch time) we went on a little walk to stretch the legs. We took a cute walk our Piccadilly, Waterloo, Leicester and trafglar square.

    Then it was really time to hit our bed.

    To wake up fresh and fruity at 8am the next morning
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  • Trip end
    July 23, 2024