This is Lulu in front of our Book of Mormon Theatre.
Today Lulu finished her conference at Oxford at 1 PM. At 2:01 - our train left the Oxford Station for Paddington Station in London. It only made two stops along the way in Reading and Slough. It cost 24 pounds for a one way ticker. one pound = $1.57. At Paddington we caught a quick subway to our FSU apartment. At 4:30 - we were freshening up to go out for the night.
We caught a double decker bus to the theatre district - about 2 miles away. We went to the theatre to see Book of Mormon - on Piccadilly Circus (I could not find any circus). We got two nice tickets in about the 10th row - center stage for 45 pounds each. We walked up the street to Ed's American Diner for supper. The show was at 7:30 - so we walked to Trafalgar Square to see the carolers - the decorations and the tree.
The Book of Mormon is a very popular play. The crowd loved it. Maybe I was tired - maybe I could not hear well - maybe I miss innuendo as I get older - but I guess I am panning the show. I am not a big fan of religions - but it is easy to pick on a religion that is peaceful. If they had any guts they would take on a religion that is more militant. Cowards like shooting at people that won't shoot back. I am not a religious guy - but I do like people that believe in something. Rant over.
FSU put us in a very nice apartment. It is not our old 12 Bedford Place - that is rented out for the semester. This apartment is at Byng Place - it is an old stand alone building - but inside it is all recently renovated. The apartments are quite beautiful - we may stay here this summer when we come for the month of July.
We have all day Thursday to do anything we want in the city. Lulu has some plans to do some shopping. I will probably want a couple hours in a museum.
Friday - we come home at 4 PM. So we can explore some more on the way to the airport. As always - we are hoping to be bumped off our plane - and we would get a free round trip ticket that we could use in July.
The weather is mild here - no rain - 45 to 50 - but it does get dark at 3:50 PM. You can sleep in late because the sun does not rise before 8 AM.
The Ashmolian Museum is the oldest one in England. It is free and Lulu was checking out china.
The National Portrait Museum on Trafalgar Square was lit up and had carolers.
Lulu has taken tons of pictures of those Lions - the symbol of England.
At the M&M Store - they were portraying the Abbey Road Album Cover.
M&M people
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