Not much new except for England's freakishly lovely weather for this time of year. We spent yesterday in London- visiting the Globe theatre in the morning and the Museum of Natural History in the afternoon. I'd been to the Globe before but it was so nice to visit it again; it really makes you feel like you've gone back in time...I'll send some pictures when I get a chance, but there are wood pillars painted to look like marble and thatched roofs and beautiful paintings on the ceilings, and when you're standing in the groundling section you can put your elbows right on the stage. I hope someday I get to go when it's actually in season:-p (it only runs from May to September since it's an outdoor theatre.)
The Museum of Natural History turned out to be pretty fun (there are loads of stuffed animals on display, and when you walk in there's this big dinosaur skeleton in this church-like room). We were very entertained by all the different displays with buttons to push and things.
For dinner it was a trip down memory lane and we found the Mediterranean restaurant we'd eaten at on Bayswater the last time we were in London. Tres exciting! We had fish and chips- yum:-) Then we headed across town to a theatre that was showing a dark comedy that sounded interesting, but it turned out to be closed for Good Friday. Whoops! So, we went to Covent Garden to hang out; which is just this street area with a carousel and street musicians and shopping. But totally by chance, we stumbled upon the theatre Avenue Q was playing at, and on an whim went inside to check prices. It turned out that since we were students, we could get half off tickets for best seats, which translated to 25 pounds (about 45 dollars) for the third row. OMG. It was completely fantastic and worth every penny.
Today was a quiet day in Sutton- we did laundry and went with Tilly to the park and rolled down the hill and went on the swings. We took the Huttons out for dinner as a thank you for letting us stay with them, and the whole evening was so much fun. They've been just wonderful to stay with so it was great to have a last night out with them.
So tonight we are packing, and tomorrow (Easter Sunday) will be our last day in London- we're catching the last train around 11:00 p.m. to the Luton airport, and spending the night there for our VERY early flight on Monday to Ireland. Woohoo! And fortunately, March has just passed, so it's not peak season there anymore. But the hostel we're staying at won't have free Internet access, so I expect my email checking/sending will be patchier at least until we arrive in Berlin around the 14th (we have something like four days in Ireland and a day in Hamburg in between).
I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Easter- have fun, find eggs, hang out with family, and eat GOOD food. Mmm, honey baked ham. hehe.
Loads of love to all,
Sara
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