The weekend after my birthday, 18th March for anyone who doesn't know and needs to put it in their diary, I went with one of my best friends, Mel, up to Birmingham to meet her boyfriend Ellis and to go to the gaming festival Insomnia 57.
We had both planned the weekend down to the detail so we wouldn't get lost. To start the day off, Mel and I went and got McDonald's breakfast and then walked with our suitcases up to the first of many train stations.
Our first stop was London St Pancreas, then we got the tube to Marylebone Station and then on to Birmingham and our hotel. Mel and I arrived at our hotel around 2.30pm, had a sleep, went and grabbed food from a Tesco store down the road and then waited for Ellis to arrive. Later on in the evening we met up with Ellis and hung out for the rest of the evening before chilling out and finally going to sleep.
One of my favorite pictures we took at i57
Saturday came around and it was time for us to go to our first day at Insomnia. We got our wristbands and headed inside. This was my first actual gaming festival and a bunch of Youtuber's I liked were there to.
On our first train to London
Finally in Birmingham
Arrived at the hotel
During Saturday evening we got to go to the Pub Quiz and it was amazing! There were so many people all hyped up, the Youtuber's were there to and it was a nice time to have a laugh, have some drinks and chill out.
Starting to fill up for the Pub Quiz
During the Pub Quiz I got to meet Mini Ladd as well as...
Syndicate! The photo is a lil' blurry and I look like an actual egg but they were both so lovely!
The pub quiz finished around 12.30am and then a mini rave began and everyone was singing along to Bon Jovi, Queen and, of course, The Killers 'Mr Brightside'.
After that finished we drove home and quickly fell asleep as we were all shattered!
Sunday came around way too fast and it was already our last day. It was a really lovely day, I got a Syndicate t-shirt, we got some food and way too soon it was time to say goodbye to Ellis, his uncle and his cousin.
In the Bring Your Own Computer hall
Literally just before we left Mel spotted another Youtuber I love so we we went over and I got a picture before we walked to the car to say goodbye.
With Mini Ladd and Terroriser
After saying goodbye to Ellis, myself and Mel got a taxi over to the train station and started our journey back home.
At the last train station
The journey home wasnt too bad coming home but I started to miss being at Insomnia, it was such an amazing weekend with so many amazing and awesome memories. I hope to go back again this year, either in the summer or at the end of the year.
Also, huge thank you to Ellis for hooking me up with my insomnia wristband and helping me meet a bunch of amazing people and thank you to Mel for putting up with me for the weekend and making this weekend legendary.
Syndicate Original top I bought whilst at I57
Thank you for reading and hanging out with me on this post
I hope you enjoyed and have a lovely day
Love
The Girl With the Camera
x
