The last few days have passed by in a whirlwind!
On our last night in Krakow Dad texted to say my pack had turned up and would be couriered to our hostel in London, fantastic news! On Friday flew in to Gatwick with Reece then we split up – he went to the Isle of Wight for a family birthday and I headed in to London to meet Mum and Dad. Over the weekend I dragged them to all the places I wanted to see – The Red House and the William Morris gallery (I so love his wallpaper and fabric designs), Wesley’s Chapel, Shakespeare’s Globe, we also walked across the Tower Bridge and saw the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, although we were only close enough to see them marching in and hear the band, not to actually see them do the changing around inside. Also went to Harrod’s, I didn’t realise how huge it is! Only had enough time for a quick walk through the food market and a look around their Christmas shop, loved their displays but I have to say looking back I prefer the French and German wooden decorations than the fancy sparkly balls.
The tube was an experience but once I got the hang of it I loved how you can get around the city centre so quickly and easily. My pack never turned up at the hostel where we were staying, I was really gutted because I’d been looking forward to having all my nice clothes etc. for the rest of my trip, and on Monday morning I spent a long time on the phone trying to get answers out of Singapore Airlines because the courier was insisting they’d delivered it, but the hostel was saying it hadn’t arrived. In the end it made us late for the changing of the guard and I gave up on it arriving in time and resigned myself to carrying on with the cheap stuff I’d bought in Swindon (near Mum & Dad’s). I was pretty depressed and stressed from all the hassle, and worrying about getting to Victoria Coach Station on time to catch my bus to Dover, but cheered up when I met up with Reece and his parents there, and still had time to spare. Then as I boarded the bus there was a guy there waiting with my pack – brilliant! So now I’m in Belgium with all my nice stuff and Mum and Dad have organised a courier to collect the surplus from the B&B we stayed at in Dover.
*big sigh of relief*
Heya, I’m glad your luggage has all finally been sorted – it must have been such a pain not being without your stuff and having to make do with other things – though I guess you do end up with some free clothes and things at the end of it. Did you end up spending your whole insurance allowance, or were you still hanging out for your bag to arrive? I talked to the parentals on Skype just before, which was nice as I wasn’t really expecting to hear from them today other than the email Dad sent earlier. I’m looking forward to dinner at Bethany’s tonight (we’ve had brunch and lunch there before, but not dinner), and a pot luck type BBQ dinner tomorrow night with Sus’s family and friends, and Faye and Richard + kids. The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow, but it’s been raining today so not holding my breath too much.
WTF, I posted a comment too – fail! Cbf typing it all out again now.
I think you’ve done well to handle the loss of your bag – I would’ve been a massive stress ball.
Mmmmm chocolate