Crazy things I did in life #1

I think it's fair to say that I'm quite impulsive. And if it's not that I'm probably crazy. But I did some unusual things.. Especially in the last few 3 years. So I thought I would make this a recurring blogpost.
Most of these things will have to do with my love for movies, fantasy and travel. I absolutely love going on trips like this and don't mind spending my money on it, as I never regretted doing it.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - worldpremiere 

This is actually quite of a funny story. And the end of it.. Me and two friends went to the Narnia worldpremiere in London. And no, not to see the movie, just to be a fan waiting for the actors. Crazy? Yes. But so much fun!

I've been a Chronicles of Narnia for.. I think the last 7 years. I really enjoyed the movies and had quite a crush on William Moseley. (Peter Pevensie) On a fun afternoon visiting a friend we were browsing around when we found the date of the worldpremiere in London. Just for fun we looked up the prices for flights and a possible hotel. We really thought it wouldn't be more then a joke. But as we saw it would only costs us around 70 euros a person, we really started to consider it. We found a cheap hostel in the middle of the center, of which we could walk back from Leicester Square. We texted another friend who was a big fan as well and she decided to join. The next day.. We booked our flight and hostel. This was only 3 weeks before the actual premiere. 

30 November 2010, we left for Eindhoven airport at 6 in the morning to catch our flight around 10. With a bit of delay, and us stressing out on not being at Leicester Square on time we left 45 minutes later then expected. When landed we made our way to the center of London. To found out it was still absolutely quiet, because the weather was very bad. (the cause of our delay) It started to snow and people couldn't get to the premiere because of trouble with public transport. 

We decided to do some shopping before we joined the queue. After the HMV, Starbucks and Accesoirize, we went back while carrying our massive backpacks. Which we had to bring in. But because the queen would be there (yes it was a 'Royal Premiere') was a lot of security. They checked our bags and we were able to go in. It was 4 o'clock and we had wait until at least 6 o'clock for the first guests to come. Well that wasn't to bad, but the cold and snow didn't really help. All though it felt really magical to be in an all decorated Narnia Leicester Square while it was snowing.

We waited while meeting some really nice English girls and talking to one of the guards on the red carpet. It was very cold, but actually quite enjoyable. And then finally.. People started to come in. The queen arrived but we didn't see that much of her. One of the most rememberable quotes came from the British girls we met: 'Oh look! It's Queen Lizzy, flashing her ankles!' We've been laughing about this the entire night. One of my friends decided to make pictures, me and the other girl, decided to try and get some autographs. And as at a premiere.. There isn't enough time for the stars of the movie to step by everyone we met: Georgie Henley (Lucy Pevensie), Will Poulter (Eustace) and Shane Rangi. (one of the stunt guys) And other then those, a few competitors from the X-Factor UK visited that year. And as I was following it online I recognized all of them. And believe it or not, that is why I am now able to say I saw One Direction, Rebecca Furguson, Joe McElderry and Matt Cardle. One Direction is the only of those which I didn't get an autograph of, as I wasn't a fan of them in X-Factor. Now.. I kinda regret that decision as I know so many people who would've wanted that autograph. Unfortunately we didn't get an autograph of William Moseley and Ben Barnes, who we were dying to see. But we did see them just like Anna Popplewell, Andrew Adamson, Liam Neeson, Simon Pegg and Skandar Keynes. 

The funnest to meet must've been Shane Rangi. We met him before as he was a guest on the Elf Fantasy Fair which he attended in 2009. So when he passed, we were one of the few people who recognized him and shouted his name. He directly came up to us, and when we told him we met him at the Elf Fantasy Fair he seemed to remember. He was very surprised that we were here and gave us his album, which he said was only one of 100. He also gave us an autograph and a lovely talk. Now he's one of my friend on Facebook (oh the joy of internet) and actually sends messages to one of my friends who I was with.
We also spotted ourself on X-Factor really shortly. And we could hear ourself screaming 'SKANDAR!' (..Keynes, Edmund Pevensie), in one of his interviews. These little shots are also included in my video.

We had such an amazing time and had another short day the next day for some shopping before we had to leave and catch our flight. I also made a video about this trip which you'll be able to watch here:

Would you ever do something like this?