Halloween in London

Hello,

In 2010 I went with my sister, parents and family friend to London for Halloween. Because in Belgium we don't really celebrate it enough, we think, we wanted to go somewhere they did.
Here's our story.

We went with the Eurostar and left from Lille (France). Once at the checkpoint they see my identity card is expired and i can't get on the train. I call the taxi driver from my travel company and ask him to go back to my home and get my international passport, then I call my brother who is home that the driver will get my passport. The rest of the group took the train and I waited for the driver and could take the next one. Once also I arrived in London we first went to the hotel and dropped the bags of. We stayed at the Holiday Inn and I was really pleased with this hotel, really nice service.
Then we took a bus to Buckingham Palace and visited around. Then we went to the London Eye because my sister, my dad and Stéphanie had tickets to go on it. Me and my mom went for a cup of tea while waiting for them. After an hour I guess they where back, but they didn't get on the London Eye, they had tickets with the time on it but the waiting time was still 3 hours and they didn't felt like it anymore. So then we went shopping :)

The second day it was Halloween!! After an amazing breakfast we went on a 2 hours walk with the Harry Potter tour, we went to all the places where they filmed for the movie, daigon alley, the leaky cauldron,... It was so much fun, cause we all are great fans of the books and movies! At one point it started raining and I fell but apart of that it was amazing. After this tour we went eating at Burger King. Then we went to the London Dungeon, yes we did that on Halloween :) My sister was so scared, I think she even cried at one point, but she was only 12 at the time so she did good for her age. It was scary, I have to admit that.

The thirth and last day we went to Madame Tussauds after breakfast. It was so much fun and we laughed so much and at the end it even was scary. You had so many actors there :) They just had made a private section for Robbert Pattinson where you could let take your picture with him. But at that time it was closed and I really wanted a picture... So Stéphanie got ready with my camera and I jumped over the rope to get a picture with him. Just at that time the photographer arrived, he was friendly and asked if I wanted a picture he took from me, and yes I did it :)  In the afternoon we did a little shopping before we had to go home again.

This was an amazing Halloween trip! One day we will go to the U.S.A. to celebrate it, who knows... I always love traveling with my family! Let me know how you feel about traveling with family ;)

Love,
Sarah

Los Angeles 2010

Hello,

Today I wanted to share my second big travel, I think you will know by now I have a big love for L.A. I can't really explain why, maybe it's because everything I need is there, the sea, downtown,...
This trip I did with a friend of mine. We went around may, then the weather was perfect for me.

The first day we made the trip itself, we flew with Continental Airlines. I had a really nice flight with them, nice crew. We stopped at N.Y. to change flights and then continued. We stayed at the same hotel I did last time with my mom. This time I did the driving :)

The second day we went to Warner Bross, this was so amazing last time I had to go again. After that we went to Beverly Hills. We found some affordable clothes after all :) We had a nice lunch at L.A. Food and after that we went to the Beverly Hills mall to go shopping.

The third day was Hollywood time :) We did the walk of fame, the Hollywood museum, Madame Tussauds and the Chinese theatre. All of those things were so amazing, I would really recommend them. The hollywood museum is really good, I loved to see all of it. Of course we also went shopping and did a tour to see the homes of stars.

The fourth day we went to Santa Monica! Beach, hot guys and shopping, all a girl needs :)
This was a really relaxed day.

The fifth day we went to Disney land. I already did the one in Paris and didn't loved it, but my friend really wanted to go so we did it :) and it was better than the one in Paris and bigger. We were stuck in the Peter Pan ride for a while and at one point we thought we had to clime down with a ladder :( I was happy that wasn't the case. The parade was nice and funny and I loved the fireworks!
On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a Burger King :)

The sixth day our GPS broke down :( By the time we found the rental place it was 7 P.M. But on our way their we stopped at a Walmart where we bought food and cookies to take back with us when we had to go back home.

The last day we did the things we loved the most again. Santa Monica and the Beverly Hills mall. We also found a mansion in the hills that you could visit with beautiful gardens.

And then it was time to go back home :( always a sad moment for me, especially after such a nice trip.

I hope you enjoyed the story about my second trip to L.A. If you have any questions, or you wanna go to some of those places, don't hesitate to ask me. I love talking about my travels and other peoples experiences.

Love,
Sarah