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10:15 sister and I left for the airport. But not directly, we went to the post office first. I got my stamps \o/, sis also got herself some stamps and for me (because getting to her phone was quicker than I could have gotten to my camera) a photo of posters they sell there.
The homecountry of this show is a wonderful place!
We took the Northern Line and then the DLR to London City Airport. This is when I noticed that the DLR has no drivers O_o, only people who lock the doors and occasionally check that people have tickets. I'm guessing the DLR drives automatically at a predetermined speed as soon as all door are locked. Well, if you don't have to share your roadway with other vehicles, you can do that.
About 11:30 we arrived at the airport and checked in our luggage. I had food at Pret A Manger for the actual last time and then we went through security.
I bought a 0.5 liter bottle of water for 2.20 Pounds - which means I actually got the same amount of water for less at a music venue! Just like on previous occasions, I had trouble seeing the value of the coin I was holding (Gah, redesign your stupid coins and put the value in a big number on it!), so the cashier told me.
While waiting for our gate to open, I saw the 2 armed policemen again. It's a really fucking weird sight to see a guy with a big gun walk into a store and buy something, let me tell you.
Although our gate wasn't open yet, 12:50 sis and I started towards Gate 10, which was ours, according to our bording passes. When we were at Gate 4 or 5, we read on the display board that our gate opened and it's now #6. Ha, good timeing! We were the first people there, which was a bit creepy. It made me feel like we were at the wrong gate. I don't think we've ever been so early for boarding.
So then came the other passengers and there was the old classmate again, heh.
Around 13:15 (a time I'm quite fond of btw, because the average schoolday with its 6 periods ended at 13:15) we could get into our shuttle bus that took us to our plane at gate 10. As I had overheard, we didn't use gate 10 because the door wasn't working.
13:30 our plane took off.
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The homecountry of this show is a wonderful place!We took the Northern Line and then the DLR to London City Airport. This is when I noticed that the DLR has no drivers O_o, only people who lock the doors and occasionally check that people have tickets. I'm guessing the DLR drives automatically at a predetermined speed as soon as all door are locked. Well, if you don't have to share your roadway with other vehicles, you can do that.
About 11:30 we arrived at the airport and checked in our luggage. I had food at Pret A Manger for the actual last time and then we went through security.
I bought a 0.5 liter bottle of water for 2.20 Pounds - which means I actually got the same amount of water for less at a music venue! Just like on previous occasions, I had trouble seeing the value of the coin I was holding (Gah, redesign your stupid coins and put the value in a big number on it!), so the cashier told me.
While waiting for our gate to open, I saw the 2 armed policemen again. It's a really fucking weird sight to see a guy with a big gun walk into a store and buy something, let me tell you.
Although our gate wasn't open yet, 12:50 sis and I started towards Gate 10, which was ours, according to our bording passes. When we were at Gate 4 or 5, we read on the display board that our gate opened and it's now #6. Ha, good timeing! We were the first people there, which was a bit creepy. It made me feel like we were at the wrong gate. I don't think we've ever been so early for boarding.
So then came the other passengers and there was the old classmate again, heh.
Around 13:15 (a time I'm quite fond of btw, because the average schoolday with its 6 periods ended at 13:15) we could get into our shuttle bus that took us to our plane at gate 10. As I had overheard, we didn't use gate 10 because the door wasn't working.
13:30 our plane took off.
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