Maybe I wasn't as rested as I thought or maybe we just did more than expected, but I'm already exhausted and its only the middle of day two.
This morning began with an interesting breakfast. Definitely different from what Mom and Dad used to make. They fry their toast. Just because they say something is sausage does not make it sausage. Their apple juice tastes like it has a little extra flavoring, so to speak.
Then, it was off to the Tower of London. I must admit how excited I was to see this place. Being a fan of Ghost Hunters International I wanted to see what a real hanted house would feel like. The only thing is .......... NO SCARY!!! I'm pretty sure the only thing that was terrifying was all the darn steps we had to take going up and down the tower. I'm not sure the kids were as excited to do something historical.
When we left we had to walk to the Underground, but we stood forever waiting for the bus to show up so Suz made the last minute decision to walk to The Globe. This was was about five miles. Clumsy me fell off a sidewalk and twisted my ankle (but please note that I was still walking faster than a few of the kids). The Globe was magnificent! Absolutely breathtaking! The kids got to have an acting workshop with one of the Globe Shakespearean Actors. They did scene work and I think they really enjoyed it.
We did an insane amount of walking today. My ankle was giving me fits but in situations like this I guess you just have to roll with the punches. We went to this pizza place for lunch and had the worst waitress in history. She got my order and my drink order wrong. Then we walked another two miles back to the hotel. I'm guessing somewhere in the neighborhood of 8-10 miles for the day.
But we weren't done yet. We came back to the Bankside House and we began getting ready for our night out on the town. We were taking the kids to see Chicago performed at The West End. About the time I finished getting ready the two days of sun in London came to a screeching halt. The bottom fell out of the clouds and it rained harder than I've seen in a very long time. It stopped right before we left. All 33 of us are dressed to kill. Everyone looks really good.
It was about a mile to the Tunnel, and halfway there it started to rain again. It wasn't terrible before we got to the Tunnel and took our two different subway trains we needed to arrive at out destination. When we came up from the Tunnel and entered The West End it was pouring sheets of rain. We still had to walk three blocks to get to our theatre for the evening. By the time we arrived there was really no way to tell how good we all looked anymore. There was no point in having an umbrella or rain jacket. I was drenched to the skin through three layers of clothing!
However, the show was absolutely worth it! Yes, Chicago is a bit risque, and watching it will make you blush a little, but it has fantastic music and London's version had an incredible cast. Roxie Hart was played by Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. She was very good. I really liked that this version didn't stick to the normal casting choices.
On the way home it was still raining, so by the time we made it into the Bankside where we were staying we made drenched dogs look good (although I did quite enjoy Logan Little and Christian Green's imitation of native Londonians talking about the crazy Americans). When we got back to Bankside we packed our bags and got ready for the big move to Edinburgh - that only happens four hours from now.
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