Wilmington – day by day blog..well kind of
Saturday:
we went down town and went to see Clothes over bros/Karen’s cafe , also went for a walk along the river front..which was really nice. went to the mall afterwards and cant believe how different it is from uk one’s. had a bad stomach in the afternoon though..which was weird…after a couple of hours i was fine again. Saturday night we went to the Calico bar and met James Lafferty from One Tree Hill. We both had photos with him and even brought me a beer, which was really nice of him. He’s a really nice bloke and Lauren seemed to enjoyed herself, so it was a good night all round really.
Sunday
Woke up in the morning and went for breakfast. Sent a few messages to people back home..hope everything is ok back there. 11 am and start to feel ill again for another couple of hours…have no idea why..maybe the climate cus it was ridiclously hot. We made our way to screen Gem studios for a tour of the OTH sets. Got to see Hayley& Nathan’s house, recording house, brooke’s beach house and another place that i cant remember. we went into the screening rooms too, which was awesome…cus it was really interesting to hear the history of features in Wilmington. Had lunch at the Reel cafe, was reall nice then went for a walk by the river front to chill out for a bit. we stayed in and had chinese which wasnt very nice…went to bed pretty early.
Monday
We went down to the studios to see if we could see anyone, but by the time we left no one came out to talk to meet somebody. So we went down town and went on a boat ride to the rivercourt, went to the reel cafe for dinner. Had a nice walk along the river front, the scenery is stunning here. we chilled for a bit outside Kilwins then went back to the hotel to chill. We then went for some food at the Mayfair part of Wilmington..it was really nice.
Tuesday
We started off by going to some OTH sites. we went to see Peyton’s , Brooke’ s and Lucas houses which were beautiful especially Brookes’s . After that we headed down to Wrightsville Beach..it was awesome..such a beautiful place…makes a changed to see beautiful blue sea for once. We then went to the ball park at Half 2 because we found out ‘One Tree Hill’ was being filmed there. Loved every minute and the ballpark looked awesome even if it was stupid-illy hot. Ive never sweated so much just sitting down in all my life. They didnt finish filming until half 6..those 4 hours went so quick and Lauren met and got a photo with Sophia Bush, which was awesome. So happy for her that she met Sophia. She puts her on par with Kelly Clarkson….so really awesome. We then went down town for some food and beer, which was nice but left early becuase we were both really tired.
Wednesday
Chilled out this morning then went to down town for some food and to check out then sights/shops for a final time. Chilled out for the rest of the day really..went to the gym for 20 minutes..but couldn’t carry on,,i was too knackered. watched a nice horror film…cant remember what it was called but was really good, then ordered pizza and sat and ate that for dinner, which was lovely. Then just chilled to watch a couple of hours of Reba ..which i found really good. Realised how strong our friendship is and no one will ever changed it…the 3 months of hard work…really paying off and making me realise ..its so worth it.
Thursday
Its 9.15 am on Thursday morning, were at the ILM waiting to check in. It looks like ive been away for a while..feeling so tired. probably cus i know there’s alot of waiting around today. had breakfast after check-in and went to look around the gift shop. i really dont wanna go home. Im in the departure lounge and i feel so privelidged to have spent and shared this expierence with my best friend. Nearly got on the earlier flight but the original passenger turned up. We had to wait while the flight attendant pulled back the jet bridge and it started moving…Lauren said she was scared and she looked nervous ..so funny. Got on the plane to Atlanta and right at the front of the plane..we went through a cloud, which is awesome. Arrived in Atlanta and waiting for the connecting flight to Manchester..had a burger king for lunch and chilled for a bit. ive been thinking while waiting for the flight ive had the best 8 days of my life….it has been amazing..u never thought u could have more respect for a person..i have even more towards Lauren. Im sitting on my seat waiting for my plane to depart from Atlanta. Lauren is 8 rows infront of me, in on the right end aisle. When i walked passed her Lauren attacked me with a pillow, so we had a pillow fight on the plane..being the fully grown adults we are. on the plane, just about to take off and its been delayed an hour. an hour later and now we cant even get to Manchester on this plane…so we have to wait and get on another one. haha Lauren getting vexed with the guy infront while boarding plane to manchester…priceless haha
Friday
Got back in Manc and was greated by Lauren’s uncle who took us to her house where Jean, Tony and Jack where waiting for us. Nice chillin waiting for Mum, Dad and Dan, who were lost somewhere in Derby. arrived around 4 and they came in to meet Lauren and Jean, which was fantastic. left about 5 and got home for around 6.30.
Lauren – Thanks for letting me share this wonderful experience with you. it really was the most amazing time and always remember what we say “And the dreams that we dare to dream really do come true”
