6.00 AM No shit, 6.14, I’m late.Wonderful,my departure day (or D-day if you must) and I got up late. I can’t believe it. Oh well, this is the day, the first day of my internship, on my way to London indeed.
7.45 AM In the car, outside it’s raining cats and dogs and I wonder if my plane will depart at all but when we enter Schiphol I can see the KLM planes head up.
8.03 AM Checked in and all, kissed my parents goodbye (secretly hoping some handsome long lost lover will come running after me before I enter the gate, crying: “GEMMA
WAIT I LOVE YOU!!”…. But no), with a large coffee and a muffin I sit down and watch planes take off. That will be me soon, well at least within an hour.
9.39 AM Or so I hoped…
9.55 AM Still no take off and why?? There is no crew to fly the plane!! Just my luck.
10.12 AM And there we go. Up, up and away. Next to me a man clenches the armrests of his seat as we take off, I guess he’s not a big fan of flying. I love flying, mostly the take off and the landing because it is the most dangerous part. I called my parents before take-off to complain about the weather and I hope that when I am up in the air the weather will be better.. but above the clouds the sun always shines I realize.
10.24 AM (GMT) Ok I’m here!! I’m in jolly old London.
11.25 AM As before the hotel is HUGE and not just for the eye, 1058 rooms, 40 Conference rooms and space for a maximum of 10.000 people. And here I am, just one little person on to start a new adventure, to learn all that there is to know about Leisure Research and have great time.
12.54 PM Got my key – funnily the previous girl to sleep in my room was also named Gemma – and I am now ushered into a black cab where I spend the next ten minutes explaining to the cab driver how to spell the address and eventually I end up finding the address in a phone book!!
1.25 PM Made it out of the cab alive, I must admit, I am not that fond of a driver who considers the sidewalks extra roads and pedestrians just moving objects which can be dodged by honking the horn. Love this town. The people in the employee house were not aware I was coming and so I was ushered into my room feeling just as
amazed as they but no harm done, we still had a nice time and eventually were joined by another girl named Inga from Germany.
9.35 PM Wiped out, tired and looking forward to my first working day I make one last cup of tea and go to bed, my head full of deadly cabdrivers and a missing cabin crew.
Tomorrow I will really start, finally my first day at the Hilton London Metropole.
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