ok so heres what i did this weekend:
on thursday morning sarah and i left oxford at 7:30am, went to london by bus, and then took the eurostar(the train that goes underneath the english channel) to brussels! : ) we got there mid-afternoon and it took us forever to find our hostel. then we ate at this little restaurant by our hostel -it was pretty good. i had a waffle with chocolate syrup for dessert! yummy!!! then sarah and i walked around brussels-we couldnt do much because almost everything closes in europe at like 5pm!! which i absolutely hate! sarah and i got asked if we wanted a boyfriend just for the night by a guy who worked at a restaurant on a street we were walking down. SCARY!!! plus everyone kept staring at us!!! it was the most awkward thing ever! so we went to the "grand place" which just has a bunch of old pretty buildings and took pictures. then we went back to our hostel and took showers and went to bed : ) then we got up friday morning and saw the statue of the peeing boy, which is a really famous thing in brussels... so we took a picture.... lol oh and bought some chocolate because thats what you do in belgium!!! : ) then we went to see the fabrege eggs!!! how exciting is that?!?!? they are SO gorgeous!!!!!!! then we had lunch and i had an AMAZING turkey and cheese sandwich!!! it was seriously really good!!!! oh and a waffle with chocolate of course! : ) then we got on eurostar and went to brugge! i love brugge!!! its a much quieter city with no dirty men etc : ) so we went to our hostel, checked in and everything and they told us we had to wait 45 min before our room would be ready. so we left our luggage there and went into the city. we walked around and went shopping(i got a pair of black gloves with black beads on the top of the wrists : ) and a teal sweater). then we went back to the hostel and slept for about an hour because theres a gap everywhere in europe where all the shops close and the restaurants arent open yet. so we slept and then we went out and ate dinner in one of the squares, then we walked around the canals and got some hot chocolate. then we went back to the hostel and went to sleep. the next morning we got up and got breakfast at this little place-i got hot chocolate and THE best waffle in ALL of belgium!!!!! with chocolate syrup of course! : ) and while walking with our breakfast to the square we ran into amanda, rachel, shelbi, nathan and brian. they had just signed up for a bike tour and they talked me and sarah into going with them!! nevermind that i hadnt riden a bike since like eighth grade! ok so there were 11 of us total plus our tour guide. we biked a bit through the city and then we biked up along the canal that leads to holland. then we stopped at a little town just north of brugge and had some lunch-i had a really good toasted ham and cheese sandwich, a waffle with....surprise!... chocolate! : ) and sarah and i tasted krick this belgian beer. it was alright. then we biked back. it was alot easier than i thought it was going to be and it gave me a bit of a workout : ) then sarah and i went on a boat ride down the canals which was really really pretty, plus our tour guide/boat driver was funny. then we went back to our hostel, got our luggage and went back to brussels. we found our hostel and then we ate at this little quiet swanky restaurant. we had some good chicken with riceand two glasses of baileys each! : ) yum yum! then we went back to our hostel, showered and went to bed. then we got up the next morning at 6am and went back to london to meet lisa and lara at leceister square for the harry potter premiere!!!!!!!! ok so we got there at 9:30am, went to starbucks and then to mcdonalds to meet them, but they never showed up. so me and sarah went to leceister square and met caryn who was there from ireland by herself. we tried to find the best place but we had no idea where that would be since none of us had ever been to a premiere before. so to make this story short... we moved around a few times, found lara and lisa whos train had been delayed, and then ended up in the spot we were at to begin with. so we stood there til 5:30pm waiting. actually we were standing there longer than that but thats what time the premiere began. anyways it was kinda drizzling all day and the people were so rude! there was s stupid french girl who kept pushing up against me and i just stood there. then she started pinching me!!! on my side!!!!!!!! and i got pretty mad! then she had the nerve to tell me to stop pushing her! so i turned around and told her that i was not pushing her and that i would prefer it if she would stop pinching me!!! lol she pretty much stopped but her body was pushing up against mine THE entire time! but we managed to slowly move up to where we were only one person back from the gate! we started out about three or four people back. the gates were set up in a double circle in the square and the actors/actresses walked in between the two gates. so outside looking in there was the edge of the square, us, a gate, where the stars walked, a gate, the press, a statue thats in the middle of the square. we were at the "front" of the circle with the theatre and the interviewer lady to the left. we saw all the actors/actresses and the director. and i got four autographs which was cool : ) it was alot of fun and i am glad that i went but i dont think i will ever go to another premiere again! but after the permiere was over lara and lisa went and talked to one of the security guards to see if we would have a chance at seeing the actors/actresses after the movie was over. and he said probably, that there were usually a lot less people that waited around for the movie to end. so we went and ate dinner and then me and sarah went back to the eurostar station to get our luggage and then met everyone at starbucks. then we went and waited by the theatre, a few yards back, near the cars that were picking up the celebs. we waited about an hour playing scrabble and talking to some really funny drunk guys. so then the people started coming out of the theatre and we saw madonna!!!!!!! thats right... madonna!!!!!!!!!!!!! she was the first person to walk out and no one made a fuss or anything so no one was really paying attention. just a few people were kinda whispering theres madonna!! and so we looked over and sure enough it was her! i dont care much for madonna but it was still really cool : ) and i know you are all jealous of me : ) so then we took the train back which took forever so we got back to oxford just before 1am. we took a taxi home and then i crashed! : ) so yeah... that was my weekend : ) it was a blast!!!! gtg love ya! ~jen