3rd week
The weather has finally stabilzed and cooled off this past week. It was in the 90's, now is in the mid-70's and even the 50's at night. So nice to enjoy the cooler weather, although I hear you are all sweating back in the USA !
We went to see several performances this past week. Saw "The Donkey Years," a British play about older men who attend their 25 year college reunion. Also, saw Chekov's "The Seagull" at the National Theatre. And, we saw Patrick Swayzee in "Guys and Dolls"-it was a good musical and he is a good dancer and can sing too. Also, saw "Rock and Roll," a play by Tom Stoppard and directed by Trevor Nunn. It is very popular here now and is about the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe in the 70's-80's and it includes lots of rock and roll music. Also, saw Tom Conti, a famous British actor in "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell." Also, attended a classical concert at Prince Albert Royal Hall, one of the BBC Proms concerts.
Went to a beer festival at Earls Court last Tuesday evening. It cost us $28 to enter and then we spent about $12 sampling beers, but it was lots of fun. By the way, if you smoke, don't come to London. A pack of 20 cigarettes (Marlboro) cost $11.50!
We ate at a chain Japanest restaurant called Wagamama's last week and it was very good. We had a coupon for "two for one" dinners so it was somewhat reasonable-$18 for two dishes-curry chicken and ginger chicken with uden noodles.
We have found some good Italian Deli's here in London and bought fresh-made pasta and sauces to cook at home. A really good one is Camisa's at 61 Old Compton Road. We have been enjoying good vegetables-french-cut green beans, cherries, grapes, fabulous English cheddar cheeses, fresh-made Cornish meat pies. All of this is available at speciality stores and local groceries like Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury and Waitrose (my favorite). We get really good organic hereford beef at M&S for hamburgers. And, we found a deal on 2 liter diet coke bottles at Waitrose so we carted home about 12 bottles one day. The regular price of almost $2 is ridiculous so we try to find them on sale for about $1 when we can. We have still been doing a lot of walking, all day, every day.
We went to the British Library yesterday and the British museum. Again, we saw the Elgin marbles at the British Museum. They have so much stuff, lots of mummies from Egypt, carvings from thousands of years ago, and the Elgin marbles from Greece. The British Library had a very interesting exhibit on newspapers and they had papers from the early 1920's to current time with interesting headlines, like when the Titanic sank and when Churchhill died. It was so interesting to go back in time and see these old newspapers with the actual headlines of what we have learned in history classes.
Doug is catching up on his detective shows as we have only five TV channels, but they show those great British murder mystery shows that he likes. They even have some that are American that don't show on our networks in the US.
We went to the London Aquarium one day and enjoyed seeing all the fish. And, we toured the House of Parliment, which was most interesting. We saw where the House of Lords and the House of Commons meet and do their voting and where Queen Elizabeth opens the session each year. The building was quite impressive.
We went to church on Sunday at Westminster Abbey. It is a beautiful church and where Prince Charles and Lady Di got married many years ago. We walked through Hyde Park and past Buckingham Palace after church.
We are going to see the Bolshoi Ballet perform Cinderella tonight at the Royal Opera House.
Check in next week for this week's news!
We went to see several performances this past week. Saw "The Donkey Years," a British play about older men who attend their 25 year college reunion. Also, saw Chekov's "The Seagull" at the National Theatre. And, we saw Patrick Swayzee in "Guys and Dolls"-it was a good musical and he is a good dancer and can sing too. Also, saw "Rock and Roll," a play by Tom Stoppard and directed by Trevor Nunn. It is very popular here now and is about the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe in the 70's-80's and it includes lots of rock and roll music. Also, saw Tom Conti, a famous British actor in "Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell." Also, attended a classical concert at Prince Albert Royal Hall, one of the BBC Proms concerts.
Went to a beer festival at Earls Court last Tuesday evening. It cost us $28 to enter and then we spent about $12 sampling beers, but it was lots of fun. By the way, if you smoke, don't come to London. A pack of 20 cigarettes (Marlboro) cost $11.50!
We ate at a chain Japanest restaurant called Wagamama's last week and it was very good. We had a coupon for "two for one" dinners so it was somewhat reasonable-$18 for two dishes-curry chicken and ginger chicken with uden noodles.
We have found some good Italian Deli's here in London and bought fresh-made pasta and sauces to cook at home. A really good one is Camisa's at 61 Old Compton Road. We have been enjoying good vegetables-french-cut green beans, cherries, grapes, fabulous English cheddar cheeses, fresh-made Cornish meat pies. All of this is available at speciality stores and local groceries like Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury and Waitrose (my favorite). We get really good organic hereford beef at M&S for hamburgers. And, we found a deal on 2 liter diet coke bottles at Waitrose so we carted home about 12 bottles one day. The regular price of almost $2 is ridiculous so we try to find them on sale for about $1 when we can. We have still been doing a lot of walking, all day, every day.
We went to the British Library yesterday and the British museum. Again, we saw the Elgin marbles at the British Museum. They have so much stuff, lots of mummies from Egypt, carvings from thousands of years ago, and the Elgin marbles from Greece. The British Library had a very interesting exhibit on newspapers and they had papers from the early 1920's to current time with interesting headlines, like when the Titanic sank and when Churchhill died. It was so interesting to go back in time and see these old newspapers with the actual headlines of what we have learned in history classes.
Doug is catching up on his detective shows as we have only five TV channels, but they show those great British murder mystery shows that he likes. They even have some that are American that don't show on our networks in the US.
We went to the London Aquarium one day and enjoyed seeing all the fish. And, we toured the House of Parliment, which was most interesting. We saw where the House of Lords and the House of Commons meet and do their voting and where Queen Elizabeth opens the session each year. The building was quite impressive.
We went to church on Sunday at Westminster Abbey. It is a beautiful church and where Prince Charles and Lady Di got married many years ago. We walked through Hyde Park and past Buckingham Palace after church.
We are going to see the Bolshoi Ballet perform Cinderella tonight at the Royal Opera House.
Check in next week for this week's news!
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