gothikmaus: (David Tennant 2019)
I've been back for almost a week, but I couldn't find the time and energy to write about my London trip until now. I've been very tired for some reason, it's like the 1-hour time difference made me really jet-lagged. Anyway. The highlight of my mini holiday was, of course, seeing David Tennant live! I'm so, so happy! I really enjoyed the play, it was about a very serious topic (well, a tragic topic, since it was set in Nazi Germany), but with a touch of British humour. And the actors were amazing. And I was so close to the stage! My seat was in the 4th row, but the theatre wasn't too big, so it was really just a few meters away from the stage. And I got an autograph! He was so nice, even if he didn't stay long, he took the time to sign something for all the people who had waited for him after the show. I still remember the way he practically jumped out of the stage door. And he always looked up and looked at the person in front of him after signing each authograph. He's so lovely. >_<

I actually saw him twice: on Friday night I saw the play and got an authograph, but I was too star-truck to say anything other than "Thank you", so I went back the next day, to see if I could sneak another look. It turned out he had guests that night, so we had to wait for over an hour, but he did come out to sign programmes and tickets. I didn't have anything to sign (he had already signed my programme the previous night), but I really just wanted to see him again and try to say something. In the end, I thanked him and told him it had been worth coming from Milan, and he replied "Thank you for coming all this way."

I'm such a ridiculous fangirl, but I don't care.

Other than that, I was really lucky, it didn't rain a single drop, which for London in November is a miracle. I saw two exhibitions on Japan, one at the Japan House and one at the Japan Embassy, I survived a Tube strike, went to Camden Town and Covent Garden, had mulled wine at a Christmas market in Leicester Square, saw the famous angel Christmas lights on Regent Street and the less traditional ones on Carnaby Street, saw Leadenhall Market and Old Spitalfields Market, visited House of MinaLima, and walked so much my feet were screaming at me every night. And I treated myself to fancy cream tea, because why not?

I also did a bit of Christmas shopping for my friends and finally bought myself Cards Against Humanity. And I got Christmas pudding, mince pies and Christmas crackers, just to have something a little different for Christmas this year.

A very successful trip, I'd say!
gothikmaus: (David Tennant 2019)
Guess who bought a ticket to see "Good", a play starring David Tennant, in London in December? Spoiler: IT'S ME!!!

Some time ago I read that David would be back on stage later this year, but I only checked the dates quickly, as my mind was elsewere. But last night, after finishing the first round of proofreading, I went to the Playhouse Theatre website and had a good look. At first I only focused on Saturdays, because who knows how many leave days I'll still have after the summer, I've already used quite a few, but then I realised the 7th and 8th December (a Monday and a Tuesday) are holidays in Milan and thought "F*ck it, I'm gonna buy a ticket!"

I just wanted a regular ticket, but when I selected the seat (5th row, because I WANNA SEE HIM, DAMMIT), the only available option was the "Champagne Experience".

Champagne Experience: Includes Ambassador Lounge entry, glass of champagne, savoury snacks and an ice-cream

And, well, who am I to say no to free champagne and ice-cream? XD

I will be in full fangirl mode in December: David on the 7th in London and Die Ärzte on the 19th in Berlin! 2020 started off in a horrible way, but if things go according to plan, it may end spectacularly!

(I also added an insurance to my ticket, something I've never done before, but you can never be too cautious, what with the Coronavirus hysteria and bloody Brexit...)
gothikmaus: (London calling)
I wanted to write something earlier, but, as usual, I got lazy.

I was in London with my parents from 27th April to 4th May, it was my wedding anniversary present for them, as they'd never been there and mentioned they would like to visit it. We had a brilliant time, walked A LOT and even found decent weather. The focus of the trip was showing the city to my parents, of course, but I still managed to get my hands on "In between days", a photographic book on The Cure that recently came out.

ExpandA few pictures under the cut )

My mum's favourite parts was the Changing of the Guard and the afternoon tea, while my dad loved the Churchill War Rooms (as I was sure he would). I always have a great time in London and I'm happy my parents liked it too.

My next trip is going to be Brussels at the end of May. Yes, I'm going to see the last DÄ concert of the tour on top of seeing them in Milan, because hell, why not! And after that it's going to be Florence to see The Cure in June. Which I've just realised I still need to buy train tickets and book a hotel for. Oops.
gothikmaus: (Die beste Band der Welt)
I was going through an old tag and realised it's a pity I rarely update this journal these days. The social aspect was very important of course, the interaction gave me motivation to write and check LJ every day until a few years ago, but I should really make an effort, it's so good going back to things you wrote years ago and think "I had completely forgotten about that!"

For the moment I'll make a super quick recap of the last few weeks, we'll see how often I'll update after this.

- In February I went to Frankfurt for a training, which was surprisingly useful. I think I also impressed the trainers with a ton of suggestions on things to see in Berlin (they were planning to visit it after the training).

- I recently had a DÄ-related dream: I was at a concert, but the venue was weird, it had two separate rooms and I couldn't see a thing from where I was standing, but for some reason I didn't want to move. After the concert I saw some fans trying to sneak backstage and being unceremoniously thrown out, so when I went out and saw DÄ actually walk down the street, I was afraid I'd end up like that if I bothered them, but then I thought "I'll just go and thank them for the concert". Farin was actually very nice and gave me a thank-you card. My subconscious is clearly getting excited about the May concert in Milan.

- Talking about concerts, I'm veeery tempted to go to the Brussels show as well, it would be the last show of the tour. But I'm not 100% sure I can take the extra day off work, we'll see.

- And the reason why I'm not sure I can take the extra day off is because I'm already taking a week off in May to take my parents to London as an anniversary gift. They've wanted to visit it for quite some time and are really excited about it!

- Last week I went on a guided tour of Milan and the theme was legends and ghost stories. I really liked it and discovered a few things I didn't know! Like the column where the devil allegedly got his horns stuck after being kicked in the butt by St. Ambrose and the statue of a snake that was apparently forged by Moses. Plus I finally visited San Satiro, a church I must have walked past a hundred times that has an amazing perspective illusion choir painted by Bramante.

That's about it for now. Hopefully it won't be so long before the next update, but I wouldn't hold my breath...

London!

Sep. 1st, 2015 10:07 pm
gothikmaus: (*pout*)
Back from London. Where do I even begin? I'll just start from the end, aka the main reason I went: "Three days in the country" at the national Theatre. The play was unbelievably funny, while also being very touching. I didn't think I'd laugh so much, but there were moments when the whole theatre would just roar with laughter. And Mark Gatiss was hilarious. His character and John Simm's were brilliant.

The only negative side was that on Saturday night Mark didn't show up at the stage door after the play. :( Which is very unusual, he always stops to take pictures and sign autographs. But there was a reason, and the reason was... Martin Freeman! Yes, he was there with Amanda Abbington, Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue. I did a double take when I saw them before the start of the play, I mean, what are the chances? But because Martin is a grumpy old man, he stole Mark from us and they apparently sneaked out through a side door. The rest of the cast and even Steven stopped at the stage door (there were only a dozen of people there anyway) but not Mark. I was quite disappointed, also because I was this close to buying a last-minute, discounted ticket for Friday night as well, but in the end I didn't. Of course on Friday he stopped at the stage door and everything. Oh, well, at least I got a picture with John Simm. :3

ExpandMore babbling and pics under the cut )
gothikmaus: (Ginger alert!)
My holiday schedule was accepted! \o/ I've already booked my flight and bought the ticket for "Three days in the country"; I wanted to book the hotel as well, but there was a problem with my credit card, so I'll have to wait until Monday.

I'm so, so happy. And because I'm a total nerd, I'm already looking forward to a visit at Speedy's, at Platform 9 3/4 and, possibly, at the Sherlock Holmes Museum.

(The fact that the place where I'm staying is near Baker Street tube station is a coincidence, I swear, but it adds up to the nerd vibe of this trip.)

UGH

Jul. 12th, 2015 09:22 pm
gothikmaus: (King Mark)
I hope my boss will approve my holiday schedule tomorrow, so I can book my trip to London to see "Three days in the country" with Mark Gatiss and John Simm.


Picture source

Please, flist (that is, the handful of people who are still reading this), keep your fingers crossed for me!
gothikmaus: (King Mark)
Mark Gatiss is in the cast of "Three Days in the Country" at the a National Theatre in London. If I'm lucky and tickets don't sell out too quickly, I might be able to go.

Work's the only real problem: I started working there 2 weeks ago, I'd feel really awkward asking about holidays now, even if it's just a few days in the summer of even early autumn. Luckily the play runs from the end of July to the end of October, so I may have a little time to plan things out. Though of course all the best tickets are already gone (they went on sale today WTF).

Did they have to make the announcement and start selling tickets right now? *grumbles* Yes, I could get a ticket for a Saturday performance and only stay for the weekend, but I'd much rather spend a few days in London: I haven't had proper holiday in 2 years! I think I'll just informally ask my colleagues about holiday plans and see how that goes. I really want to visit London this year and I probably would go nonetheless, but this seems like the perfect opportunity to kill the proverbial two birds with one stone. Wish me luck!
gothikmaus: (Ginger alert!)
So, there's a date for the recording of the final episode of "Cabin Pressure". I'm so tempted to enter the draw to win a ticket. So, so tempted.

OMG! XD

Jan. 10th, 2014 03:35 pm
gothikmaus: (Ginger alert!)
So, of course I knew that Giuseppe Mazzini was exiled and lived in London for a few years. (He was one of the most important Italian patriots who promoted the unification of Italy in the 19th century.)

Well, today I discovered where he lived.

I can't fucking believe it! XD

Also, I was invited by one of my best friends to spend "a torrid Friday evening on the couch rewatching Sherlock". How could I refuse?
gothikmaus: (Die beste Band der Welt)
As I predicted, "The boat that rocked" was fucking brilliant. It's probably the best film I've seen this year (all right, I don't go to the cinema sooo often), but really, it made me want to raid my CD collection and just listen to '60s music for hours. (And there's a character called "The Count", come on!)

Today I've been listening to Suede, Pulp and Menswear instead and getting all nostalgic. Ah, my youth. I'm so tempted to accept a friend's invite to London, I haven't been back to England for far too long. But no, I'd better save up for September and next autumn.

I've been translating random technical stuff into German all day, I'll consider this a "warming up" for the Business German course...
gothikmaus: (Default)
My London weekend was bloody brilliant. I got to meet some of the people who post in the Cure Forum, saw Easy Cure live and drank pints and pints of beer. And didn't even get drunk, go me! :P

During the Easy Cure gig there were 2 girls in the front row that were sort of putting up an adult show for the band, kissing and touching and rubbing against each other. The guys seemed to appreciate it very much. ^_^ One of them called the guitarist over while he was playing and snogged him in front of everyone! O_O After the show Demi and I chatted with the band and he said he wasn't expecting that and that he thought she was just going to request a song. Yeah, right. Everyone teased him to no end about that. :P The bassist, on the other hand, wasn't very happy, he said there was a bloke in front of him who kept reaching out and touching his hand during the show. And while we were talking a guy walked over and said he was sooo sexy and caressed his arm. You should've seen his face... Poor thing, he's so straight. XD

On the shopping front, I bought a very cool Nightmare Before Christmas bag, a black corduroy skirt and a pair of over-the-knee socks with skulls and crossbones on them. Demi, on the other hand, bought the whole Camden Market. :P

And now I'm back. *sigh* I wish I could've stayed longer, 3 days can't possibly be enough.
gothikmaus: (Default)
Yes! I'm going to Curedrink UK 2005! YESYESYES! And my parents paid for the flight as a birthday present! >_< I booked the flight this afternoon and on Tuesday I'll book the hostel (because I couldn't do it today). I'm so excited, I'm going back to London! ♥ ♥ ♥

This has been the best birthday I've had so far. Short report:

- Friday night: I went out thinking I was meeting just Demi and Vica. I found out my friends had organised a surprise birthday party for me. No one had done anything like that for me before. *_* I had a lot of fun and Demi made a DOUBLE CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT CAKE! YAY! And I got this very cool Nightmare Before Christmas wallet. ♥

- Saturday night: I went out with some other friends, we went to a pub I'm quite fond of. Good drinks, some vegetarian food and lovely gay boys. There was this couple sitting at the table next to us, they were really cute. Especially when they started snogging. =D Then we went to the cinema and watched "A series of unfortunate events". Again, I had a lot of fun.

- Today: my father got me the LoTR Return of the King DVD, I ate my mum's lasagne and apple pie at lunch and booked the flight to London in the afternoon.

Well, happy birthday to me and Happy Easter to you. =)

Current mood: happy

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