I will tell here the story of my last day in Leeds, actually the last night. Since people are extremely reticent to believe what actually happened, there will be a lot of pictures :P
It starts on January the 30th. We were coming back from our Scotland Trip. We were tired and a bit sad. On the way to Leeds we already lost Freddi in Manchester (Or M'cer as in the motorways :S), his flight to Stuttgart was from there. After the sad goodbyes with Freddi the remaining 7 (Angela, Daniele, Héctor, Jenny, Julia, Laura, René) set way to Leeds.
The plan was to arrive to Leeds, unload the cars at St. Marks and Angela's place and then take the cars to europcar. But what was not in the plan was how to get to europcar, traffic jams and... well me distracting the driver and not taking the proper exit hehe. We were already late so we decided to go to europcar directly without unloading the cars, but we lost our way and it was already too late. In the end we couldnt give back any of the cars! The new plan was to unload everything and everyone, park one car near europcar and give back the other the next morning(Because we only had one driver!). So we kept one car!
Then after unloading and parking the other car we took Julia to the train station (And only 6 remaining :( ) and then we met at Montague Burton. Daniele had to pack his stuff and take the bus to Liverpool at 22:00. We took him to the bus station and had another sad ceremony(Only 5 remaining :\).
Then I was joking about going to liverpool with the car, arriving before him and how silly it would be to pick him up at Liverpool's bus station... I didn't imagine that what I thought was joke Jenny and René would consider a good idea. Then the crazy plan started: we were going to Liverpool before Daniele and give him a surprise. We had the car and had nothing to do that night, so it was a good idea!
First we needed to have dinner, so we went for pizza at simpsoms pizzeria and planned what was left to plan at Marle's kitchen.
We had to eat really fast, time was running against us :( We also had to convince Laura that we were really going to Liverpool, she wouldn't believe me hehe. Finally at 22:30 we were all in the car ready to go. Hopefully we would arrive to Liverpool before Daniele but...no one knew the way to the bus station! we would find it somehow...
As you can see in the picture it is night and we are heading to L'pool!
After 1 hour and 10 minutes of jenny driving too fast ( :P ) we were approaching Liverpool in record time. We didn't know where to go so we chose a random exit of the motorway and head toward city center. Then Jenny asked one of the cars near us in the traffic light where the bus station was... And it was in that street we were on, just a few meters ahead!!! So lucky!
So that's us at Liverpool's bus station. We arrived there at 23:45, ten minutes before Daniele's bus. And then we waited...and waited... and no bus came! Panic!!!
Then we were even kicked out of the station, because it had to close!!! We wandered around the bus station parking lot in despair, looking to the horizon in search of a national express bus... and then the bus caught us red-handed in the middle of the parking at 00:05. Everyone ran as fast as possible to hide behind one of the buses parked there, hoping Daniele hadn't seen us. And when he got down we all appeared suddenly.
Surprise!
Then we were in Liverpool, with a lot of free time, so we went for a night walk through the city! (Heading to matthew street)
We went to matthew street because the plan was to have some drinks at The Cavern.
Unfortunately The Cavern was closed that night, Argh!
We settled in another of the pubs in matthew street, which had karaoke and a lot of middle-aged people, but was almost the only one open. We had some drinks there and enjoyed the music and atmosphere. There was a granny dancing all the time, René couldnt resist to have a picture of that:
When the pub was about to close at 02:00 we went back to the car and took Daniele to the airport. Now that was the real goodbye, but not as sad as the one in the bus station after going out in Liverpool. We headed back to Leeds as it was very late and everyone was very tired. Everyone fell asleep in the car but me and Jenny (Dangerous! :( ), and by 4:30 we were back in Leeds with the satisfaction of our last crazy thing in UK.
From that point, I slept a few hours in Marle's Kitchen floor, and woke up, did a few things I had to do before leaving, and then Laura, Jenny, René and me went together to the airport. Jenny and me left that day. My flight had 2 hours dealy :( The way back home was fast because I slept most of the time....I think I also snored in the plane, judging the amazed and disaproving looks that the people sitting close to me gave me.
Hopefully now everyone will believe the story!
It starts on January the 30th. We were coming back from our Scotland Trip. We were tired and a bit sad. On the way to Leeds we already lost Freddi in Manchester (Or M'cer as in the motorways :S), his flight to Stuttgart was from there. After the sad goodbyes with Freddi the remaining 7 (Angela, Daniele, Héctor, Jenny, Julia, Laura, René) set way to Leeds.
The plan was to arrive to Leeds, unload the cars at St. Marks and Angela's place and then take the cars to europcar. But what was not in the plan was how to get to europcar, traffic jams and... well me distracting the driver and not taking the proper exit hehe. We were already late so we decided to go to europcar directly without unloading the cars, but we lost our way and it was already too late. In the end we couldnt give back any of the cars! The new plan was to unload everything and everyone, park one car near europcar and give back the other the next morning(Because we only had one driver!). So we kept one car!
Then after unloading and parking the other car we took Julia to the train station (And only 6 remaining :( ) and then we met at Montague Burton. Daniele had to pack his stuff and take the bus to Liverpool at 22:00. We took him to the bus station and had another sad ceremony(Only 5 remaining :\).
Then I was joking about going to liverpool with the car, arriving before him and how silly it would be to pick him up at Liverpool's bus station... I didn't imagine that what I thought was joke Jenny and René would consider a good idea. Then the crazy plan started: we were going to Liverpool before Daniele and give him a surprise. We had the car and had nothing to do that night, so it was a good idea!
First we needed to have dinner, so we went for pizza at simpsoms pizzeria and planned what was left to plan at Marle's kitchen.
We had to eat really fast, time was running against us :( We also had to convince Laura that we were really going to Liverpool, she wouldn't believe me hehe. Finally at 22:30 we were all in the car ready to go. Hopefully we would arrive to Liverpool before Daniele but...no one knew the way to the bus station! we would find it somehow...
As you can see in the picture it is night and we are heading to L'pool!
After 1 hour and 10 minutes of jenny driving too fast ( :P ) we were approaching Liverpool in record time. We didn't know where to go so we chose a random exit of the motorway and head toward city center. Then Jenny asked one of the cars near us in the traffic light where the bus station was... And it was in that street we were on, just a few meters ahead!!! So lucky!
So that's us at Liverpool's bus station. We arrived there at 23:45, ten minutes before Daniele's bus. And then we waited...and waited... and no bus came! Panic!!!
Then we were even kicked out of the station, because it had to close!!! We wandered around the bus station parking lot in despair, looking to the horizon in search of a national express bus... and then the bus caught us red-handed in the middle of the parking at 00:05. Everyone ran as fast as possible to hide behind one of the buses parked there, hoping Daniele hadn't seen us. And when he got down we all appeared suddenly.
Surprise!
Then we were in Liverpool, with a lot of free time, so we went for a night walk through the city! (Heading to matthew street)
We went to matthew street because the plan was to have some drinks at The Cavern.
Unfortunately The Cavern was closed that night, Argh!
We settled in another of the pubs in matthew street, which had karaoke and a lot of middle-aged people, but was almost the only one open. We had some drinks there and enjoyed the music and atmosphere. There was a granny dancing all the time, René couldnt resist to have a picture of that:
When the pub was about to close at 02:00 we went back to the car and took Daniele to the airport. Now that was the real goodbye, but not as sad as the one in the bus station after going out in Liverpool. We headed back to Leeds as it was very late and everyone was very tired. Everyone fell asleep in the car but me and Jenny (Dangerous! :( ), and by 4:30 we were back in Leeds with the satisfaction of our last crazy thing in UK.
From that point, I slept a few hours in Marle's Kitchen floor, and woke up, did a few things I had to do before leaving, and then Laura, Jenny, René and me went together to the airport. Jenny and me left that day. My flight had 2 hours dealy :( The way back home was fast because I slept most of the time....I think I also snored in the plane, judging the amazed and disaproving looks that the people sitting close to me gave me.
Hopefully now everyone will believe the story!
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that's awesome guys!!! i'm envying u!! luca
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