We had class and had another lazy day (of course lazy means catching my breath so I don't hyperventilate and so my head doesn't explode). We watched Star Trek, the first one, and it was fabulous. Made heart soar. I now say "I can do zat!" on a regular basis. And I need to watch more Simon Pegg movies. AND I need to see Star Trek: Into Darkness seventeen more times in the theater. But I love our movie nights. Just a great time to converse and spend time with good people in a great city.
Next day we woke up fairly semi-early so we could see the changing of the guards. It wasn't the greatest seat in the house, but great enough to see a lot of the processions. I took some great videos and decent pictures of the occasion. SO many people were there. It was fun to see that the Queen was there earlier that day. Met a couple from America where we discussed the insanity of all the terrorist attacks of late - like the guy who was chopped up by machetes. Fun stuff, right?
Tons of people, right?
close up
The Palace (I kept thinking of John flying over it in the helicopter. Everything comes back to Sherly)
That night we saw One Man, Two Guvnors. I think people had built it up so much that I expected more than it gave me, but that being said I enjoyed myself and laughed a lot. There was some great slapstick! But I didn't like the script as much as I wanted to. I might have liked it more had I seen the original Francis because I really like the actor - James Corden. I think I may have been more sympathetic to him; I find him more endearing as an actor. Also - there was a ton of audience interaction, and two of the three interactions, come to find out, were plants! So basically I witnessed the Stooge. Sadly there was no Jerry Lewis OR Dean Martin. Dangit. But I must say I absolutely adored the scene changes - because it was a live skiffle band that played different songs, sometimes with cast members coming out for little cameos. The skiffle band was FABULOUS. We all picked guys we would date - I chose the adorable bassist who also played the spoons. Nailed it.
This guy kept falling down the stairs and getting hit by things. HILARIOUS.
Skiffle Band!
After the show we went Byron's for chips (I had courgette fries aka fried zuchinni) and shakes. We had some interesting confessions that would shock the others, and asked questions round the table. I shocked a lot of people by my confession about my feelings on Lion King. P.S. Byron's is still my favorite restaurant in London.
That's it for the days snippets!
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