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Originally posted by omisan@Jun 29 2006, 06:13 PM
Ok, we want details... what happened??
I'm headed to Spain for Xmas/NYE week, possibly spending some time in London or wherever I have to fly through to get there beforehand.
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OOOOOH let me know when you know more about xmas, Omisan - 'd be cool to finally meet a TPunk
Have considered Spain as well for xmas/NYE but no price estimates available yet - so researching heavily these days...Spain is pretty cheap, yea?
Details....hmm...bear in mind I am still very much weirded out by the whole thing...well, THE PLAN WAS: fly to London to meet an old friend I rarely see, and he'd bring his gf and 2 of my old co-workers. Been a rough year - he knew this- and needed a big vitamin injection and inspiration, hence London and my heroes FOO
We'd been talking about seeing Foo together for AGES.I have previously got him tickets for Foo concerts I couldn't go to and his friends wouldn't let him bring me for an Amsterdam Foo-gig...wuzzes! So he OWED me! Solo-trip and meeting up for beer in the city and on the day of the concert and hang out to enjoy our heroes Foo.....turns out we booked the exact same flights out and back. I was told by him repeatedly that I should contact him at the Copenhagen airport before the flight so we could meet up....I did and got text messages saying we'll be there in 10, wait at the gate....I did, politely after having called and he didn't answer. TURNS OUT they'd been sitting drinking beers 100 feet away while he texted me - obviously I was not welcome to share a beer??? They were too drunk too notice my irritation...So, at Victoria- my friend's insanely jealous gf asked if he had invited me to join in at tonight's pub-crawl and lit up when my answer was no, hurried along with the guys who didn't even notice I left for my hostel check-in..."Nice"...DAY OF THE CONCERT....Still not a word from them and there's 3 hours before the venue opens. So, feeling like a fool and feeling like I obviously am not very welcome I write him saying I'll go get his and my ticket but I might not stay for the gig as I feel I'm imposing on them. He panicks and go "NOOOO ease up, we'll meet u soon, it'll be cool from NOW on, we're her TOGETHER
"( um?....o-kay......
????). Pick up the tickets and turns out he has MISTAKENLY told the rest of them that I felt crap due to fear of travelling alone so the tone is sweet but quite patronizing. Things feel really weird now and me and my friend can't seem to speak to each other. Weird looks. I walk around with them outside the venue, speak to my old co-workers(I quit the job due to severe harassment so mucho gossip they needed...) but things are obviously not right. Suddenly I become as silent as I'v ever been and just feel awkward and imposing, so I pretend to go to the loos but walk as far away from Hyde Park as possible, angry and sad. Couldn't stand to stay, knowing an old friend can't speak to me, even though Foo was on soon. Wrote him that I had left and he goes "oh, that's allright". So spent my 48 hours in London regretting I missed Foo but feeling awkward, secretly repeating the mantra " do NOT cry,you're in London, for fuck's sake, do NOT cry...." This says a lot as I am the least emotional chick u can find! Flying home we still couldn't speak properly to each other and we hardly gave a decent hug goodbye. Wrote him and his gf a long letter and told them I don't know what I did but things felt awkward. We can talk about anything but obviously not this. So.....unfortunately I don't think I will have the friendship anymore - he feels too awkward that I wrote him a letter and doesn't contact me. Miss him dearly and angry I missed out on a FOO gig and the party feel of London. So partly my own fault but never experienced him or any of them being like that - i am SO PERPLEXED!!!! Weird, weird, weird....
THE SADDEST THING OF ALL? Last year after being friends for years he and I finally agreed to try dating - and arranged a date. 2 days before the date he goes to a xmas party and falls deeply in love w current gf. Great for him, bummer for me. But very cool that our friendship wasn't blown by it - so was extra glad he didn't mind sharing the trip with me and gf and friends....but I guess he in some way did...
Well, enough details??? I hear you lot snoring now
but DAMN am I perplexed as you might have noticed - weirdest 48 hours of crap time ever! Got unlucky with a cramped dorm room, 5 American teenage girls a bit too hyper and loud for my crap mood, and the type who answered a question with a 45 min. long answer each time...and awesome but too humid weather for such a small room. Hostel was clean and cheap though and Hyde Park just absolutely beautiful. So need to see London properly the next time
So, Omisan - what is your worst ever travel experience? It won't exceed mine I'm sure but perhaps involve, um...say...for example.....alcohol????