Marita's meeting
June 3rd,4th,5th,6th 2004, Holland

Finally... it was the day before the Westlife concert in Holland, and as my friend and I heard Westlife would arrive in Holland at night, we decided to go to their hotel.... crazy as we are.
We waited and waited... but finally around 2‘o clock, they arrived.
They didn’t want to go on pictures with anyone, as they just came back from Oberhausen and they were really tired.
First came Kian and Mark, and then Shane and Nicky... without the girls unfortunately...

We waited untill the next train to the venue departed, so we were at the HMH at 6.30.
Around 9‘o clock, we went to Schiphol (Samantha, Laura, Sandra and me) because we heard Gillian would arrive.
We waited at the arrivals, when suddenly a man with a paper saying: “Mrs Georgina Byrne” walked in our direction and stopped right next to us.
We were like: OMG we’re in the good place here...
And after like 15 minutes Georgina arrived. We asked her if we could have our pics taken with her, and as there were only four of us, it was alright.
She was really nice and friendly, and smiling all the way..

Then we went back to the HMH, and around 1‘o clock we went back to the airport, cause we wanted to see Gillian...
Unfortunately we just missed her, so we decided to go back to the HMH.
Sitting in the train...I was like....”I ain’t gonna wait there at the HMH, while Gillian, Georgina and the lads are in the hotel”....so me, Laura and Sandra went to the hotel.
There were a lot of fans there, and I really thought that if they came out, they’d never stop for a picture...
But surprise surprise... Shane and Gillian came out, and they stopped for pictures.
This was my chance to give Gillian her birthday books, that I had been working so hard on.
I went up to her and explained that there were lots of messages from fans in it, and she said:
“O my god! That is sooo sweet, thank you sooo much!”, and she started flicking through the album.
I also got my pic taken with her, and she posed with the birthday books.
I also went up to Shane for a pic, and after that Mrs and Mrs Filan went into the city, and I went back to the HMH.

After the show, me and my friend went to the hotel again, and we waited for Westlife to go out, but they all went into the taxi’s, and didn’t stop for pictures or anything.
Me and my friend were really tired, so we decided to go to bed...
The next morning, my friend waked my by hitting on my shoulder and screaming: “Get up now!! Kian has just left for the airport, so the others might go aswell!”
So I was stressing and all, doing my make-up, putting my clothes on etc, and we were in the train on our way to the hotel in 10 minutes.
When we arrived there, nothing had happened yet... but it was well crowdy at the hotel.
We heard Mark would go to the airport aswell, but as there were like 30 fans at the hotel, we thought we’d never had a chance to meet him, so we went to the airport...
On our way to the airport, a friend send me a txt messages, saying Gillian just came out of the hotel with her friends to go shopping, and I was like “grrr I missed Gillian!”
So when we arrived at the airport, I was like... ”What I am doing here? I should be at the hotel in case Gillian comes back”
So we went back right away, and in the meanwhile, Mark had arrived at the airport and posed for pics, but unfortunately we missed him... better luck next time!
We stayed at the hotel the whole afternoon, but nothing happened... At the end of the day there were only about 10 fans, and around 17.00 Nicky and Georgina came out.
Georgina was really friendly again (my god what a gorgeous woman that is!), so I had another picture taken with her, and with Nicky.
Then they went into the city, and 15 minutes later Shane came out.
He also posed for pictures with everyone, only he was a bit moody, and didn’t take much time..

At 17.30 my friend and I were starting to get hungry, so we decided to walk to the New York Pizza to get something to eat. We weren’t sure of we could use our bankpass to pay there, so we went in to have a look, and when we saw we could only pay with cass money, we walked out to look for a bank, and then... we bumped into Gillian, who got back from shopping (she had been shopping from 11.00 till 17.30, now that is what I call a shop aholic!)
We felt a bit guilty asking for a picture in that street with other people walking around, so we explained that we were waiting for her at the hotel and all... but she was really nice and didn’t mind going on a pic at all...
I also asked her if she had had a chance to read some of the birthdaybooks yet, and she said she hadn’t yet, but that she would definitely be reading them as she loved the books.Then we said bye to Gillian and went to get some food...

We missed Gillian and Shane coming back, cause they went through the back entrance..
We did see Nicky and Georgina coming back, so everyone went up to Nicky, but I went up to Georgina.
I was just having a little chat with her about the football game, and I posed for another picture with her (that woman must have got crazy with me asking for a pic).

Around 19.00 Nicky, Georgina, Shane and Gillian came out to go to the football match between Holland and Ireland, but they all went into a taxi and drove off.
I went home to get some rest and be with my boyfriend, and so did the rest. The other girls were going to the airport the next day, but I was so tired that I decided not to go...

Sunday June 6th... 11.00 ...
I was lying in my bed, really thinking to myself how I wanted to be at the airport...
I phoned my friend to ask them if they had seen anything yet, and if I’d be on time if I’d leave for the airport now...
My boyfriend (the world biggest sweetheart) drove me all the way to the airport, so I was there in 20 minutes.
After waiting for an hour, the tourbus stopped right in front of us.
The door went open, and Nicky and Georgina were standing right in front of me. When I took a pic of Georgina, she smiled and waved.
Nicky and Georgina came out and walked into the airport, but I didn’t take a picture with them, as I was waiting for Gillian.
She came out, and when she saw me she said Hello, and I asked her to sign the pic of me and her taken on friday, and she said: “Wow, you’ve had it developed already?”
I asked her to put my name on it, and she said: “Yeah sure, your name is Marita, right?”
I was really like: “O MY GOD! You actually know my name???”
But then... the pen didnt work... arrghhh!
So then I asked her to go on another picture, and that was fine.
Then she went inside, and I was asking my friends for a pen... and I found one.
So I went up to her, apologized for bothering her again, but she said it was fine, and she signed my picture.

Then Shane and Gillian went up to the check-in desk.
Some other girls called Gillian, to ask her for a picture, and Gillian was asking Shane: ”Shane can I please go for a picture with them?”
That was so sweet, she really wanted to take pictures with the fans, and Shane let her go.
Then Shane came over aswell, and I went on a picture with him aswell.After that they went to the douane, and Gillian waved at us once more, and then they were gone...

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