Lock’d invited Ms B, me, and two of our friends today to try out one of their escape room experiences. I have to admit that I mainly went along, because Ms B and her friends were absolutely convinced that escape rooms are brilliant. My 30th birthday is quite a few years back, I consider myself a pretty level-headed person, and I’m not a natural when it comes to being locked up with other people in a room in a stress situation, having to solve a puzzle within 60 minutes in order to be allowed back to join the living out there. I watch Sherlock Holmes movies to be distracted, to switch my mind off, to loosely ponder how someone with a funny face like Cumberbatch managed to become a world-famous actor and hottie with the ladies, and to relax, not to help the detective solve his crimes (I’m not a […]
Vertical sightseeing over London with The London Helicopter – A fabulous experience
Earlier today, the good people from The London Helicopter invited Ms B and me to try out their 18-minute helicopter ride over London. The tickets sell for £220 per person, which isn’t dirt cheap, but it’s worth every penny. For Ms B it was her first helicopter flight and she was completely off her head, in her usual collected, feminine, pleasant way, of course. I had done a few flights during my one-year obligatory military service in Germany, but I felt very excited too. I’ve always been into helicopters, it’s simply the most fun way to get from A to B, to buy groceries and run your errands, or to do a bit of sightseeing, whatever’s on your agenda. The pilot makes every effort to keep the ride as smooth as possible, and even the most sensitive souls would find it hard to get queasy, there’s really nothing much […]