I went to a taping of The Voice this past weekend which was absolutely AMAZING!!!! Anyway, we couldn't have phones there, so I printed off GoogleMap directions. Foolproof, right? WRONG!! The call time on the tickets was 7:30 and they recommended being there at least 30 minutes prior to that. So my friend and I set out at 6:00 am. We get off the train at 6:30 (GoogleMaps said it was a 10 minute walk from the Metro station) and have no idea where to go. None at all! So we pick a direction and walk. We were headed to Gate 3 at Universal Studios and saw a sign for Universal Studios. We walked up this GIGANTIC hill for a good 20 minutes and find ourselves at the theme park. Sooo we walk back down and study our map again. Still completely confused! We picked another direction that looked like it was the right way. We saw Gate 5 and decided this was the way to go (the gate only said Gate 5...no other signs around at all). So after walking a few blocks I look up at the intersection and the street sign says Main Street--the opposite direction we were supposed to be going according to GoogleMap directions. So we once again turn around and walk like 4 or 5 blocks the other way and run into a residential area. We finally asked someone at Subway and they had no clue, but knew we had to go back the way we came from. So we did. And we finally made it...after over an hour of wandering around lost. My biggest fear was that we wouldn't get in since the tickets were free and they clearly stated that they slightly overbook. But we made it in and had AMAZING seats!! (The studio wasn't very large at all.) We were right across from the coaches!! The performers' backs were to us, but we could see plenty. It was such an amazing experience! My next mission is to find tickets to the live performances ;-)
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| See! Clearly not our fault!!! |
In other news, I'm headed up to wine country with my uncle and Dana this weekend! Should be fun! It'll be nice to get out of the city for the weekend as well!
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