Fifth Week
We went to see a Brazilian dance show at the Sadler Welles theatre that evoked memories of the Carnival celebration we attended in Buenos Aires last March. We also went to see Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" at the Globe theatre. We found a new Italian deli for fresh hand-made pasta-Gazzanos on Farringdon Road. We bought some pasta and a sun-dried tomato pesto sauce-um, good!
We went to see the musical "Billy Elliott," a favorite British play about a young boy from a working class family who aspires to be a ballet dancer. His father wants him to be a boxer. It was so good and the cast is extremely talented. There is a movie called "Billy Elliott," made several years ago that I would recommend, if you haven't seen it. The music was by Elton John.
The Brits seem to eat a lot of wild game mean-grouse, pheasant, quail, etc., as evidenced by so much of these meats available in the butcher shops, grocery stores, and Farmers Markets.
We have observed that Brits don't seem to get as much "junk mail" as we do based on the minimal amount of mail our landlord receives daily. The postage on "junk" must be higher.
I went shopping on Oxford Street on Saturday and Doug went to a soccor game. He wasn't able to get a ticket, but he held a 20 pound note up in the crowd entering the stadium and a guy told him he could get him in. Doug gave the guy the money and he pushed Doug through a side gate into the stadium. Doug didn't have a seat, but he was able to watch the game from several different angles while standing and had a great time. The shopping on Oxford Street was probably as crowded as the soccor stadium. I have never seen so many people shopping, anywhere in the world, it is amazing. One shop especially called Topshop was unbelievable. It is a relatively low priced shop that sells clothes that mirror designer labels and is frequented by the 20 to 30 year old crowd. They have nice stuff, but not that cheap for us Americans. Those Brits must have more money than us based on all the people I sawn shopping and buying stuff!
We went to see the musical "The Boyfriend" on our last night in London. It was held at Regents Park, a beautiful park in London that has outdoor theatre. The play was really good and it was nice to be outdoors on our last evening. It is an old play but good.
We flew back two days early, on Sunday, August 20, from Gatwick. We got our tickets changed. The lines to check-in at the airport were horrendous and the security check-in lines were just as long. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get checked in, but we made it. Our plane was one hour late leaving. We made it to Philadelphia around 2:00 p.m. and drove to Beulaville, arriving at 2:00 a.m. Of course, our body time was 7:00 a.m. We had a great time in London and would go back again and again!
We went to see the musical "Billy Elliott," a favorite British play about a young boy from a working class family who aspires to be a ballet dancer. His father wants him to be a boxer. It was so good and the cast is extremely talented. There is a movie called "Billy Elliott," made several years ago that I would recommend, if you haven't seen it. The music was by Elton John.
The Brits seem to eat a lot of wild game mean-grouse, pheasant, quail, etc., as evidenced by so much of these meats available in the butcher shops, grocery stores, and Farmers Markets.
We have observed that Brits don't seem to get as much "junk mail" as we do based on the minimal amount of mail our landlord receives daily. The postage on "junk" must be higher.
I went shopping on Oxford Street on Saturday and Doug went to a soccor game. He wasn't able to get a ticket, but he held a 20 pound note up in the crowd entering the stadium and a guy told him he could get him in. Doug gave the guy the money and he pushed Doug through a side gate into the stadium. Doug didn't have a seat, but he was able to watch the game from several different angles while standing and had a great time. The shopping on Oxford Street was probably as crowded as the soccor stadium. I have never seen so many people shopping, anywhere in the world, it is amazing. One shop especially called Topshop was unbelievable. It is a relatively low priced shop that sells clothes that mirror designer labels and is frequented by the 20 to 30 year old crowd. They have nice stuff, but not that cheap for us Americans. Those Brits must have more money than us based on all the people I sawn shopping and buying stuff!
We went to see the musical "The Boyfriend" on our last night in London. It was held at Regents Park, a beautiful park in London that has outdoor theatre. The play was really good and it was nice to be outdoors on our last evening. It is an old play but good.
We flew back two days early, on Sunday, August 20, from Gatwick. We got our tickets changed. The lines to check-in at the airport were horrendous and the security check-in lines were just as long. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get checked in, but we made it. Our plane was one hour late leaving. We made it to Philadelphia around 2:00 p.m. and drove to Beulaville, arriving at 2:00 a.m. Of course, our body time was 7:00 a.m. We had a great time in London and would go back again and again!
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