Back in the big smoke

[fluffymark]

I’m back from some fantastic adventures around central Europe. Lots of gorgeous fairy-tale castles and pretty christmas markets and mulled wine. Sadly no snow - we got there just as it had all melted! Wah! However there were still lots of pretties to keep me happy, and lovely museums and art gelleries (lots of lovely Klimt!!) I find it’s always the odd things that make adventures special. We were eating chocolate pancakes and hot mulled wine for breakfast in Bratislava christmas market, when suddenly about 50 big hard bikers dressed up as santa roared into the square and started giving out sweeties! In Budapest castle, we stumbled across a German rock band recording a music video, amusingly miming singing and playing guitar in front of a large statue. The hostel in Budapest was also something very other - a old decadent building with sculpted stonework in a state of total disrepair - paint peeling and walls crumbling everywhere. Huge rooms with big old solid doors with all sorts of big old wooden furniture and pretentious lights, a huge bath and shower with a broken lock on the door (which could have been interesting, given it was a shared bathroom with the girls in the dormroom next door). Huge thanks to snow_leopard and sleep_er for sharing these adventures with me.

Traveled straight from Budapest to doseybat‘s birthday party, which had lots of lovely people and nice conversation - I’m really sad I couldn’t stay longer, and there were lots of people I wanted to talk to but never found the time (791point43, you free for lunch on Friday? ...actually, if anyone else fancies lunch in Wimbledon any day midweek, give me a shout - I’m feeling all sociable right now)

Horrible thing happened! Broke my glasses while passing through Victoria station - the screws holding the lens in fell out and was never going to be found again. *sob* Does anyone know how I go about fixing this? Is there somewhere I can get lens screws or something? In the meantime I’ll be forced to wear prescription shades, which will give me lots of strange looks at work tomorrow!

Me and Nini were discussing earlier how the sky had been eaten up a few hours ago, seeing a big black cloud roll in over London. I just looked at the news and found big fire at fuel depot. Gosh. That was dramatic - I thought that cloud didn’t look natural. I wonder if it’s still there - it’s gone dark now.

I just ate a week’s worth of advent chocolates in one go. Twice, as I have 2 calendars. Yummy. I feel happy and content.

Update: snow_leopard has put up lovely photos (and also some photos of me in silly poses...!!!) of Bratislava,Vienna and Budapest.

Also - please point me to anything I shouldn't have missed reading in the past week. Assume I won't read last week's LJ unless prodded.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Don't panic. Just go back to the opticians you got them from, or at a pinch any optician and look pathetic, and ask them to fix it. They have replacement screws.
In the mean time you may find that threading a paperclip through the hole and tightening it will hold the lens in, though it will do nothing for your fashion cred.

[fluffymark]

though it will do nothing for your fashion cred.

That's why I'm going for the prescription sunglasses option - I can read in them just fine. :)

[atreic.livejournal.com]

Yes, I just went into the glasses shop on Kings Parade and looked useless and blind, and they fixed mine for free.

[791-43.livejournal.com]

Yes, I wanted to chat too! Friday should be fine - we can refine times later in the week.

Boots and Claire's Accessories both used to do nice and cheap glasses fixing kits, with tiny screws and tiny screwdrivers (cuteness!). If not, I imagine most opticians would be able to help out.

[fluffymark]

Yay! Friday it is then. :)

I hope Claire's Accessories glasses repair kits don't make everything pink and sparkly - I'm already accused of being too girlie around the office at work. Or something.

[pinguhateseng.livejournal.com]

This has happened to me both in the UK and Russia and both times they were fixed for free at the first opticians I walked into.

Glad you had such a nice time.

Not sure what you missed - nowt really.