Post #10 London part 2

My favorite part of our trip to London was, without a doubt, going to see 'Wicked'. Jeff and i stood in a, surprisingly, very short line at 8:00am and got center, front row tickets for only 25 pounds a person! It was such a deal! i had heard all sorts or reviews about the show but non of them were bad. Some people weren't huge fans of the show, but no one hated it, and most loved it. I could not have been more excited going into that night. The sets were amazing! They were so intricate and being that close to the stage we got to see all the details in the costumes. This is my new favorite musical and i would love to see it again here in D.C.. We met some great people at the hotel in London. All of the staff was really great and we actually became friends with them. We must have spent at least four nights partying with them in lobby. They loved learning all of our American drinking games. Getting to know the staff so well made it harder to leave. J hugged us all good by and stood by the bus until it pulled away. We truly had a great time in London and i would love to go back for a third time in the future!

Post #9 London part 1

I think we may have seen every single tourist attraction there is in London. I got to see things that i did last time i was there and i also got to experience a couple of new things. The first night we went to an amazing Mexican restaurant. Weirdly enough, England actually has some pretty good Mexican food. It's not quite as good as the stuff in the sates but it holds its own and they definitely know how to do the drinks. We had one of the best sangrias i've ever had! After dinner a group of us headed off to try and get into the ultra exclusive Mahiki night club. We got all the way there, with our names on this list, only to realize that you had to be 21 to get in and half of our group wasn't. oh well it was still a good experience. A couple days later we did the changing of the guard. I got to do this last time i was in London but i really didn't remember it. It was definitely a unique and very touristy experience. Another fun day was when we spontaneously decided to venture to Greenwich. We actually stumbled on the movie set for Guliver's Travels. We talked to one of the guards who said that Jack Black was starring in it but we didn't get to see him. It was still a really neat experience though! Next we hiked up the hill to the Royal Observatory to see the Prime Meridian. We got to straddle it and took all kinds of pictures. This turned out to be a great day even though we didn't have any plans originally.