Cum va spuneam in postul anterior, am avut placerea sa fac un pic pe gazda. Un pic la modul propriu! Pentru ca Alina a ales a stea doar o noapte la mine (acum regreta asta, stiu! :P), dar chiar si asa, am fost extrem de bucuroasa sa o am aici.
Am recuperat-o din statia de autobuz, ne-am plimbat putin prin oras, mi-a parut rau ca nu am luat camera cu mine (ma bazam pe a ei, dar se pare ca nu are baterii "loiale"), am trecut pe acasa sa isi lase bagajul, apoi am pornit din nou spre centru.
Evident, Catedrala a fost prima destinatie si chiar am intrat in Turnul celei vechi. WOW! Am urcat o groaza de trepte, din alea inguste "spiralate" (exista, totusi, o zona de refugiu pe la jumatatea drumului) si am ajuns la nu-mai-stiu-cati metri altitudine, de unde puteam vedea aproximativ Coventry-ul si imprejurimile. Am putut merge de jur imprejurul Turnului, la fel ca in Domul din Berlin (evident, Turnul este mai mic si nu iti ia 10 minute sa il inconjori, ca la Dom, ci doar vreo 2 :D). Gabelu, sper ca te bucuri ca nu ai ales sa urci in Turn! La coborare a fost mai usor, dar tot aveam frica sa nu cumva sa ma rostogolesc (sau Alina peste mine) :)
Am mai hoinarit putin prin oras, prin zona medievala, unde am stat de vorba la un caffee latte/o ciocolata calda intr-una din cele mai placute localuri din oras, apoi am poposit din nou acasa, la o portie de carbonara (varianta Oana). Trebuia sa mai avem grija si de aspectul asta, caci mai tarziu aveam planificata o iesire in oras. Nu o sa va povestesc, totusi, despre experienta noastra legata de umflatul saltelei...Asta ramane informatie clasificata!
Iar daca va intrebati cum am avut timp de atatea lucruri, o sa va lamuresc acum: Alina a ajuns in Coventry la ora 12.
Mancat, aranjat, plecat in oras! Normal, in Phoenix (via caminul unor prieteni francezi), unde era extrem de multa lume, ca in fiecare vineri seara, de altfel. Am putut astfel observa ca Alina si-a pierdut antrenamentul (sau a imbatranit, nu pot preciza exact :P). Nu am stat prea mult in bar, eram amandoua destul de obosite, iar Alina avea a doua zi un autobuz relativ devreme si mai voiam sa vizitam si noua Catedrala pana sa plece.
Asa ca am fost destul de matinale sambata, ne-am trezit pe la 9 (incredibil, nu?), am luat micul dejun si am avut timp sa vedem ceea ce ne propusesem (nu-i asa, Alina, ca ai fi regretat daca nu intram?), plus sa facem niste cumparaturi, suveniruri & cadouri (de fapt, doar Alina a facut asta, eu inca nu :D).
Iata, deci, ca intr-o zi (mai mult sa mai putin) poti vizita cam tot ce e important in Coventry. Atat de mic este (centrul) :)
Acum pot doar sa sper ca am fost o gazda buna, ca Alina s-a simtit bine si ca va duce vestea acasa, in Romania, ca Oana stie sa gateasca si ca nu moare de foame :D
As I've been telling you in my previous post, I had the pleasure to be a hostess for a little while. Literally! Because Alina chose to stay over just one night (she regrets it now, I know! :P), but even so, I was thrilled to have her here.
I picked her up from the bus stop, we walked a bit around the city, I felt sorry I didn't take my camera (I was counting on hers, but it seems she doesn't have "faithful" batteries), so we passed by my place for Alina to leave her luggage and then we went back to the city centre.
Obviously, the Cathedral was the first destination and we even went to the Tower of the old one. WOW! We ascended many narrow "spiralled" steps (there is a refuge zone, though) and we ended up I-don't-know-how-many-meters above, from where we were able to see approximately the whole Coventry and the surroundings. We could walk around the Tower, like at the Berliner Dom (naturally, the Tower is not that wide and it doesn't take you 10 minutes to bypass it, but only 2 :D). Gabelu, be glad you didn't choose to go up into the Tower! getting down was easier, but I was still afraid that I might roll down the stairs (or Alina over me) :)
We wandered around the city a bit more, through the medieval area, where we had a chat over a caffee latte/hot chocolate in one of the cosiest places downtown, then we went home again, to eat some carbonara (Oana's version). We had to take care of this aspect too, as we planned to go out later. I won't tell you, though, about our experience on inflating the mattress. This remains classified information!
And in case you wonder how come we had so much time to do so many thing, I'll clear it up now: Alina arrived in Coventry at 12 o'clock.
Eating, getting ready, going out! In Phoenix (via the student hall of our French friends), naturally, where it was extremely crowded, as every Friday evening actually. I was able to notice that Alina has lost her practise (or she's getting old, I can't really tell :P). We didn't spend a lot of time in the bar, we both were pretty tired and Alina had a quite early coach the next day and, furthermore, we wanted to visit the New Cathedral.
So on Saturday morning we were bright and early, we woke up around 9 (incredible, right?), we had breakfast and time to see what we had planned (you would have regretted not entering the New Cathedral, wouldn't you Alina?), plus some shopping, souvenirs and presents (just Alina did this actually).
As you can see, during one day (more or less) you can visit everything that's important around Coventry. It's that small (the city centre) :)
Now I can only hope that I've been a good hostess, that Alina had a great time and that she'd spread the news home, in Romania, that Oana knows how to cook and she's not starving :D
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