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On Friday morning, 6th October 1995, at 9:15 I took a BA flight from
Düsseldorf to Birmingham to visit my boyfriend of
that time Christian during his university year abroad at the University
of Birmingham. The following week I accompanied him to some of his lectures on economics or I worked in the library on my own studies.
We also went to a couple of parties and we did a boat tour around the canals of
Birmingham. On the 11th we went to Stratford-upon-Avon
by train (Cheap Day Return for £3.20) where we
visited Shakespeare's Birthplace (£2.75 each) and
the theatre. On
Friday evening the 13th we took a train to
Hastings
(Saver Return for £40.00) to visit Michael and
Rosemary. On Sunday afternoon we took a train to
London and I just about made it to my flight from Heathrow at
19:30 as I had underestimated the time it would take us to travel on the tube.
On Wednesday, 22nd November, at 10:10 a.m. I went to Birmingham
again. Christian and I went to parties and to the cinema. On Sunday the 26th we
visited the Cadbury chocolate factory. The 29th was his birthday and we went to
the theatre (Moorpool Hall) to see "How the other half loves". On
Friday, 1st December, we took a train to Glasgow (£68
Saver Return) to visit Christian's Norwegian pal Tore-Jacob who was studying
there. On Sunday the
3rd we went to Edinburgh
together. In the evening
we returned to Birmingham, and the following day at 19:15 I took a flight back
to Düsseldorf.
My next trip to Birmingham was
on Sunday, 21st January 1996. My flight was scheduled for 19:35, but after I had
checked in it
was suddenly cancelled! Luckily there was a flight to Manchester shortly afterwards which
wasn't full so that they booked all the Birmingham passengers onto that one and
the plane had to make a stop in Birmingham first. We finally departed at 20:45. As I had to
return already on the 24th (19:15) I was glad this worked out with just an
hour's delay!
I didn't go back to Birmingham again until Saturday, 25th May
1996, and this time Christian and I went on a little tour around
Wales until the 29th.
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