London here I come!

Finally! I am spending the week-end in London and I really need it because lately at work is a hell.

I am going to see an amazing show "30 years of Japanese fashion", at the Barbican Art Gallery (it's there until 6th of February so if you have the chance...) and I really can't wait. 

I actually decided to go in November: I discovered the show through twitter, I thought "Oh I so want to go!!" and the same day I received a mail from Eurostar with special offers for January: 79 euros return. I call it destiny, what do you think?

So I convinced my friend Mari (the lovely owner of the green flats in the "Life in technicolor" picture of this post, apparently we are the London duo) to come with me and finally the time has come. I am leaving Saturday morning and I'll be back next Monday, yuhu!

But of course, as always when I leave, there is a big issue. 

The luggage issue. 

Oh yes, you know what I mean.

A week-end in London means that you're basically going to eat in nice restaurants (Korean, wait for me!!), meet friends, visit cool places and night clubs. But you're also walking all day long for savage shopping and sight-seeing (mmmmh.... not sure about this one....). And we're going to leave the B&B in the morning and come back at night. So no change of clothes.

So here's the dilemma: What am I going to bring? Something comfortable but also nice enough to wear for a drink... and the shoes, oh the shoes! I have to walk all day long but I'm not going to wear Converse, NO WAY!

So in the end do you know what's going to happen? I will put a couple of dresses in the luggage and three different buttoned black cardigans to put over (one little in cotton, one long in cotton and one little in wool.... because you know, you never know what's the weather...); I will bring ten different pair of shoes and don't know how many trousers, skirts and shirts because "you never know what the mood will be that day". And let's not talk about make-up. And lotions. The hair-drier and the iron....

I also know that I am going to bring two coats... Oh yes, I know myself, I know what's going to happen.

And you know the worse part? I am traveling with the train so I've got no luggage size and weight limit! I am screwed.

I will leave with my 60 liters backpack and a full big trolley in the end, I know. For two days. Please don't let my mom know...

At least, I still have got 5 days to think where I am going to put all the stuff I'll buy. 

Can always buy a new trolley there, ah-ah!

Gotta go now, I won't have much time tomorrow and friday (and I'll maybe come back to the blog on monday or even tuesday :-( ) so I have to start to think about the luggage list... eh eh eh...

Kiss

Al

PS: and don't look at me like that: I know that EXACTLY the same thing happens to each of you when you go to holiday!