It has been 24 days since I have been in London. Now, Imagine living your dream for 24 days. When I write this, I might want to add that I’m working almost 12 hours a day during weekdays, I get up at 6:30 in morning and return back around 8 in evening. But I don’t want to complain, who wants to complain when you get to enjoy and roam a city like London on weekends. It has been 2 weeks since I wrote, and two weekends have gone by and I have made two glorious trips, the latter being one of the trips I was determined to go on when I came here.

Lets tell you about the first trip. I had no company on Saturday as my friends were busy working, no surprises and no regrets as I was working on Sunday. I had not decided where I would go when I started off, so I decided to go to central london and then decide where to head off. Being a Saturday and as holiday season was close by, there was huge rush near all the major paid attractions, the only one having slightly less being a cruise till Greenwich. Greenwich is known for its prime meridian line i.e. a zero degree longitude line which divides eastern and western hemishphere which is located at royal observatory atop of a hill. It was a unique experience both the cruise and the observatory. The cruise goes along river thames along which majority of attractions of London are present and you get to experience both the old architecture and times of yesteryears and how the city would have been in previous decades or even centuries. You get to see both the old London, its shipyard and a new part Canary Wharf which they are calling London’s Manhattan.

                         

            

The old clock in the above picture was the first clock ever which sent signals to all the other clocks in different cities and thus our clock system was established. The need for clock system came up when train network was setup and it was necessary to synchronize times in different cities. One another attraction of Grennwich is the O2 arena which is massive and many concerts happen there. As I returned back, I captured a beautiful pic of canary wharf, a beautiful embankment of glass buildings with glowing LED’s and a scenic view of London’s tallest skyscraper The Shard. It was a beautifully spent day, visiting the places you dream of visting and discovering some breathtaking visuals.Next day I worked and slept which is one of my beloved timepass. Next weekend was going to be big, it turned to be spetacular.

                          

                          

When the offer was made to me to travel to England, the first thing which came to my mind was Liverpool. I’m a die hard fan of LIverpool football club and a chance to visit England meant I could make that journey from London to Liverpool and see the team in action for which I spend most of my time during my freetime. It was maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity and I was not going to let that pass. I had decide that I would travel on 21st december when Liverpool play Arsenal and it was a big match. I had even thought of buying tickets but ofcourse I was not able to as they were sold out on website within minutes. Till 18th december I did not have any arrangements of tickets but still I book my bus tickets in order to at least give myself chance to buy tickets outside the ground at a reasonably inflated price. I could not just let this go by, I had to go, I could not have sat at home in London when I had one and maybe only chance to see my team play. I had made several contacts on twitter with people who live in liverpool and asked them for a spare ticket. Till 20th, I had no response, but I was going anyways. 20th Evening, I get a response from a guy that he had a ticket and I was sorted. I had read this line back in march – “Anything is possible for those who believe” and yes it works.

Thus began the coveted journey. I woke up at 4:30 in morning without setting up an alarm which is a miracle if you get to know my sleeping habits. I had a 6 hour bus journey with a halt in between at Birmingham and I reached Liverpool. I always kept saying to myself and whoever I was talking to back In India that I couldn’t believe that I was going to Liverpool. I just could not believe that I was actually experiencing the scenes, the images which I had imaged millions of times in my head. I was thankful to god that I was getting the chance to experience which many people crave for. It was surreal. I reached Merseyside two hours prior to the match, took tickets from the guy who had promised me. I can now say I have made a very good use of social media, contacting a stranger for a ticket in a foreign land and being helped by a loyal supporter, this is why social media exists. If you take advantage of it, it can be very useful for you. So, I took the tickets, and went to Anfield, the ground, the stadium which has legacy throughout the world, where teams fear to travel to, where dreams come to life.

                         

                        

When I entered the stadium, i was on the brink of tears of joy. I saw the footballer i admired the most-Steven Gerrard and my day was made. Teams came out and I saw all the high profile players from a distance of not more than 30 mts. Then came the time of Kick off. If you follow football religiously, you know what happens before a match begins at Anfield, but for those of you who do not know, experience this.

This is not the actual video of that day, but It happens at every game. The moment, the time, the experience was so fulfilling and so overwhelming for me that I was not able to sing. I tried a couple of times and then there was a lump in my throat and I just thought of soaking it all in. It was magical, it was the best and the most fleeting experience I have ever had.My friends,brother were so happy that one of them was experiencing a magical moment.The match was a great one and it ended in a draw with Liverpool scoring in the last minute of extra time and people going crazy in stadium.I returned back to London the same day, and I’m still trying to tell myself that I have experienced the spectacle I wanted the most

This is probably a long post, but this was difficult to express specially the second part. I’m still searching for words to exactly express my feelings.I never doubted that I would not go to Liverpool, I knew I had to make that journey, and I made it.  I have learnt one thing and I always believe in that, always have Dreams and stay true to them, never concede defeat, and you shall be rewarded.