It started on the 23th of March. We had 4
days ahead. The plane to London took off at 7:30 in the morning, so we left
Torrijos at 4:15 am so it was still dark . We were really sleepy in the bus which drove
us to Madrid, but we resisted and nobody fell asleep. When we reached the
airport, we were wishing that the time of the take-off arrived. Fortunately we
all passed through the police control without any problem. 7:00 stroke at last,
boarding time. At 7:30 we were already flying. After two hours, the
long-awaited moment arrived: WE WERE ALREADY IN LONDON! After passing another
control at the customs and walking through Gatwick airport, we went out to the
street and took the bus which picked us up to the hotel. From the bus we could
see a preview of what we were going to see later.
When
we arrived at the hotel, everything started to go wrong. Everything was like a joke;
no one expected what was going to happen. The room reservation of the girls had
been mistakenly cancelled by the travel agent. In that situation, we´d better
taking it like a joke… Fortunately, after being waiting at the hotel´s hall for
a long time the problem was solved.
The
first day we were tired, but the fatigue didn´t prevent us from starting seeing
things and having a good time. We reached the hotel around 6 in the evening,
but before going up to our rooms, we went to a nearby supermarket. And as usual,
we got noticed along the street. That night we went early to sleep, but before
this we had been together in one of the rooms but we behaved well.
The
next day was the best day of our trip. Despite getting up early, we resisted
all day like the champions we are. That day everyone was staring at us, because
we were shouting and singing like crazy people all along the streets. We
visited some museums and other landmarks in London. The night was the best part
of the day. We slept seven people in three beds; we couldn´t move and we didn´t
stop laughing all night.
The
third day we visited some of the most famous landmarks of London. That day we
met two girls and one boy who were English and with whom we were talking and
having some good fun.
The fourth day we went to Oxford (thanks
to the man at the station because if not we couldn´t have gone). That day
everything was wrong with us: the queue for having breakfast was never-ending,
the queue to get the tickets for the underground was stuck, we got lost at the
underground, we missed the train to Oxford… When we finally reached the train
station, Luis and Angela got other tickets to go to Oxford. After all
these problems, we arrived in Oxford!
Oxford was a beautiful
city; the best thing at the city was Christ Church College where Harry Potter
was filmed. That night was the last night, everyone was sad and anyone wanted
to return.
The next day, we had some surprises for
Luis and Angela, to thank them everything. But it wasn´t the only surprise.
When we were at the hall, ready for leaving the hotel; a reception guy told one of the
professors that some students had been throwing things out through window.
These students had to collect what they had dropped and to disguise they told
us that they were going to buy bread.
Unfortunately, the unwanted moment
arrived. The bus was waiting for us, we
had to go. Leaving the sadness aside, at the bus we were remembering the best
moments of the trip. We reached the airport. The flight back home was coming
closer. We took the last pictures. The plane took off again. After two hours we
were back in Spain. Our faces showed fatigue, sadness and desire to be still in
London.
When we reached Torrijos, our parents,
brothers, sisters and dogs were waiting for us. We said goodbye and everything ended.
The following days we were under the effects of the post-trip depression
and today, after two months, everybody continues remembering special moments
and with a lot of desires of returning.
There are a lot of anecdotes that we
will never forget, as the day when we were participants on a video by a fan of Madonna in the very Westmister Bridge; You don't believe this? click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqgWec4kPRE&feature=youtube_gdata_player as well as our concepts and hastags of twitter
(#JoseConquista, #NoEresAmigoDeJoseSi, #NoHasIdoALondresSi)
Thanks to everyone for making this the best experience of
our lives! We have made good friends and also we had met great people.
LONDON 2014
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS
By Diego Calvo
Andrea Martín
