So, “Avenue Q” was awesome. We were really close to the stage and it was a pretty small theatre to begin with, and the cast was great. Even more surprisingly, the audience was great, too–it was a pretty young crowd (which is good, because most older people would probably have walked out after the first ten minutes) and they had a ton of energy, especially for a matinee. It was really fun, and substantially more hilarious than just listening to the recording.
Today we tried to watch the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace (helping Cameron connect with the Commonwealth…) but they canceled it, so we went over to the Globe to catch “Antony and Cleopatra.”
The “groundling” area was actually really good, because we could see everything and move around and be antsy without getting yelled at. And it only rained a little bit (though that didn’t matter much for me–during a scene of drunken Roman revelry, one of the actors dumped a goblet full of water on my head. Hooray!)
Aaaand then we found Indian food in Knightsbridge, a few blocks away from Harrods, and Cameron didn’t hate it (!) and it was really delicious. In the last three days I have had falafel, Indian food, and a pasty (which I haven’t had since Stella’s closed, so that was really exciting), so it has been a good few days of food. Also, we’ve added to our hostel cooking repertoire–last night we added a package of shredded cheese to our noodles and sauce. Mmm!
We also went to King’s Cross tonight to find Platform 9 3/4, and umm, I’m very pleased to note that they’ve renovated since last time I was there–they’ve now put on a sign that says that AND stuck a cart halfway through the wall in the place where the platform would be if, you know, Harry Potter were real. So we took some pictures and were generally very nerdy.
Tomorrow we’re going to Hampton Court and then we’ll try to watch people yell at each other in the House of Commons (which is open to the public in the afternoons and evenings). And…whoa….we’ll be home in three days.
Until then…
–Amanda