Our first night we went to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Hammersmith Apollo Theater. It was my first Nick Cave show. Cathy saw him in Montreal and said the show was "a religious experience for the secular". I wouldn't go that far, but he does put on quite a show.
Saturday we visited the Tate Britain - you really can along take in some much art a time. There is so much in there. I saw one of my favorite paintings - the Lady of Shalott. Of course, no photos inside the gallery, but I did take a side view of the gallery.
We then wandered around London. Man there are a lot of people there! And we were in prime tourist real estate on a sunny Saturday. Fighting crowds is a little frustrating. But, saw everything a good tourist should! Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Parliament Buildings, Carnaby Street, the Eye.
This little guy was on a lamp post and i couldn't resist taking his picture.
We were planning on seeing Wicked, but couldn't get very good seats so decided to come up during the week at a later day. It is supposed to be fantastic (the book certainly was) and I really want to see it. We ended up going to a comedy club for the midnight show. Six comedians, including two Canadians. What are the chances of that happening? There was another Vancouverite in the audience, too. I've never seen stand-up live before and it was great.
We got up late on Sunday morning and had to race to the London Dungeon after breakfast because footie (Man Utd. v. Wigan) was on at 3pm. The Dungeon tour was interesting (not very scary, but I did jump a couple of times). We were stuck with a huge group of Belgians - large numbers never move very fast do they? And no one wanted to be in the front and be singled out by the tour guides.
I thought they did a pretty good job. The tour takes you through history, starting with the plague in 1665. There are a couple of rides along the way - yay! At the end, a sweet mini hellevator drop from the gallows. They take a snap shot when the ride drops. Jay looks calm as ever, but I look terrified. I did scream, I fully admit it!
And then, football. Here's us in the pub...
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