Thursday, Dec 18th (Day 1) – London
So I flew from Boston to newark to London, barely skirting out before Boston got its first major snow storm of the season and made the all night flight to London. I got in and struggled to manage the monstrosity that is the Heathrow airport, and waited for about 2 hours for Mikale to show up from DC. We ran down to the subway or “Tube”
as it is affectionately known, and converted mass amounts of money for small sums of their currency, then rode to the Belsize stop and walked to the family friend of Mikale and dropped our bags.
After a quick (4 hour) nap I pulled myself up and we went wondering around the city.
We rode down to Trafalger square and were pleasantly surprised to find a huge group of carolers out there putting us in the Christmas spirit.
We then grabbed a quick bite of pizza from a street vendor and walked up to the Queen’s Theater (or Theatre as it were) for the showing of Les Miserables, which I already mentioned, but it was truly amazing. For one who was raised on the music of Les Mis, it was a longtime dream to see that puppy.
It made for a very fulfilling day one of the adventure.
love it… keep them coming!
Geez Al, just go ahead and add some more salt to that wound why don’t ya?!
Can’t believe you got to see Les Mis in London… and then blog about it twice to rub it in.
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I’m with Misty, so, yes we’re still jealous
The carolers are a definite added bonus to the feel of the night. And good on ya Mikale for having a family friend in London! Those are the kinda friends you need! Can’t wait for the next day!