Its all about Comedy of Errors.
Hear about Ice bar while Shaun & Ankit are chatting. Decide there & then , that I just have to visit this place. Check out the net to find out about this place. ABSOLUT ICEBAR LONDON, is kept at minus 5 degrees all year round with everything inside made out of crystal-clear ice from the Torne river in Sweden, truly the coolest bar in town, at the coolest locale of Central London!! They have time slots of half hour, coz , one cant really stay there for more than that time. About 50 people in one slot , I think!!
Call the bar to make reservations & can you imagine my surprise , when I am told that the bookings are made for the 28th day that one calls. Hello … I might be dead in 28 days time … kya rule hai!!! Really now.
But then … where there is a will there is a way , Ruchi finds out that you can book online, & we go ahead with the bookings for 18th Jul 8.45pm slot. Here on begins another saga…
Ruchi’s aunt , Sangeeta, too manages to get us bookings, & so we cancel our booking. When we ask her the time & date , she says, its for 20th Jul. Helpppp … we cannot go on Friday , since Sabrina gets back from Barcelona that day & Bapi M will have to go to the airport in the evening. So , its back to square one … no bookings & then Sangeeta manages to book us back on 18th July.
Come 18th July, we are all ready to go partying for a time slot of 845pm. I call Uma to reconfirm the time & turns out, no one really knows the exact time the slot has been booked for …. No one has asked Sangeeta about it!!! Bhagwan bachaye … so it is a quick call to the Bar & they tell me the booking is for the 8 pm slot. Now, that completely chills me , coz flip side to this is the fact , that Fenu M is working & can only be free at 830pm. So, noways can we reach Ice bar at 8pm. Quick decisions time , & I request change of slot to a later time & we get it … wow to that … & gives us a slot of 1015pm.
Now, its change of plans & we decide to eat a quick meal somewhere and then go to Ice Bar. Shaun & Gaurav from work, Ravi, Uma, Ruchi from home, Bapi M, Mom, & I after collecting Fenu M from work , at Leicester Square ( mullah ke daud masjid taak!!).
A head count on where we want to eat & turns out , max no. want to eat at KFC , except for Ruchi who wants to eat healthy food at Subways. Well, Ruchi has to eat the oily chicken coz Subway has finished with all the breads for the day!!!;-)
A quick meal & we walk across to Ice bar. A total paisa wasool. Its an experience , no doubt about it. Everything made of Ice, including the glass in which we are served drinks!! A cute place , with loads of etching on ice. Guess you will understand what I mean when you see the pictures. One has to experience it to truly enjoy it!! Hands freezing while holding the ice glass, breaking the glass once the drink is over, dancing to the music, & taking loads of pictures!!!!
All in all … All’s Well, that Ends Well…..
Highlight… wanted to take a picture without the Eskimo outfit( which you have to wear, to protect the ice & yourself!! ). I spot these 2 girls huddled together coz they are so cold. I just have to take a picture of these 2 girls with me .. the coolest one … & when I saw the pictures, it is amazing , they look like mannequins!!! But they are very Real!!! See the pictures for yourself & u will know , what I mean …………
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