And were Off! - Sabbatical day 9.
Aug. 8th, 2011 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bobAfter about 5 hours sleep I get up to get ready for my cab to heathrow at 07:45. The cab turns up promptly and I make it to heathrow with plenty of time to spare. So had breakfast at Plane Food which fine if not a little pricey. Spent some money in the Nokia store to get a few bits and bobs.
On the plane I ended up having two seats to myself which is always good. I should really remember to ask for vegan meals in future given my probable lactose intolerance. Although I suspect BA do that as an option anyway.
I watched most of 3 films. Thor was enjoyable. Fast Five was enjoyably ludicrous. Sucker punch was interesting with some great fight scenes although im not that upset I missed the ending due to us landing.
To get to my hotel I decided to take a bus to South Station. The bus was confused though at one point it converted to overhead electrics instead of a normal engine and then it went in its own tunnel like it wanted to be tube. There were no longer bus stops but stations.
Once I got to South Station I got confused and it was raining so I got a cab to my hostel.
My hostel is fine if not a little basic. There is free wifi though.
After attempting a nap I decieded to go on a flaneur and see where I ended up.
I ended up at Fenway Park where I queued for game day tickets for about 2 hours and got in.
So I saw the Red Sox beat the Yankees at Fenway Park from a pretty good seat although it did go to extra an inning so by the time I had walked back to my hostel I had been up for 24 hours. Thankfully caffiene now has an effect on me so the Dr Pepper and Coke I had drunk during the day kept me awake.
Flickr set of day 9
On the plane I ended up having two seats to myself which is always good. I should really remember to ask for vegan meals in future given my probable lactose intolerance. Although I suspect BA do that as an option anyway.
I watched most of 3 films. Thor was enjoyable. Fast Five was enjoyably ludicrous. Sucker punch was interesting with some great fight scenes although im not that upset I missed the ending due to us landing.
To get to my hotel I decided to take a bus to South Station. The bus was confused though at one point it converted to overhead electrics instead of a normal engine and then it went in its own tunnel like it wanted to be tube. There were no longer bus stops but stations.
Once I got to South Station I got confused and it was raining so I got a cab to my hostel.
My hostel is fine if not a little basic. There is free wifi though.
After attempting a nap I decieded to go on a flaneur and see where I ended up.
I ended up at Fenway Park where I queued for game day tickets for about 2 hours and got in.
So I saw the Red Sox beat the Yankees at Fenway Park from a pretty good seat although it did go to extra an inning so by the time I had walked back to my hostel I had been up for 24 hours. Thankfully caffiene now has an effect on me so the Dr Pepper and Coke I had drunk during the day kept me awake.
Flickr set of day 9
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Date: 2011-08-08 02:37 pm (UTC)(Yes, I was watching the game too, but when it looked like being a really long one I gave up and went to bed. The problem of the game starting at 1am)
EEP!!!! EEP!!!! EEP!!!! EEP!!!!
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Date: 2011-08-08 02:42 pm (UTC)Tell me about it :) I probably shoudlnt have done it since Id been up so long already but since they seem to be playign away the next few days the opportunity was too good to pass up.
It was possibly one of those things on my lifetime wishlist but not one I really care about liek seeing England winning a Rugby World Cup in person. Heres hoping for this year.
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Date: 2011-08-08 02:48 pm (UTC)And yeah, I recall one year I went over to SF (and got upgraded by BA to Club class yay!_ when I sortof just kept on going, ignoring any relativeness to the concept of time. Easily done.