Liv, MG, Julie, and I in Hyde Park
On Friday, we left really early and met up with Liv and Julie by 8:30. We hugged and screamed in the courtyard of the Royal National Hotel and then made our way up to their room. They had class, so MG and I grabbed breakfast and then napped on their beds. The girls came back, and we visited with some guys on the trip, and then we hit the town! We ate at this perfect cafe called In Season (go there! So cute and good and inexpensive!). Then we made our way through Trafalgar Square (had an interesting time trying to sit on the lions...that never ended up happening, haha), down to Big Ben, across the river, and found a wine and cheese festival. We walked around and spied pumpkin cheesecake. Of course, we had to split a piece! And it was delicious. Then we headed up to Westminster for an Evensong service. Wow. That was beautiful! It was soo cool to be a part of it. The choir was incredible, and their voices were all echo-y in the huge cathedral which made them sound even more ethereal and heavenly. After that, we headed to this pub called The Globe (yes, after the theater) with Allie and talked and laughed over fish and chips! Yum!
Big Ben!
We headed back to the hotel for the night, pushed the beds together, and all piled in together. If you are a girl, you know exactly what I mean when I saw that those are the best times. I don't even remember all that we talked about, but it was perfect.
Love JuJu!
Saturday morning, we all got ready for our day. As Mary Grace was straightening her hair, the fire alarm went off and we had to evaculate (we may or may not have had something to do with setting the fire alarm off in the 1000+ room hotel....we'll never for sure...). It was hilarious, but we finally made it down to breakfast. then we headed to check on tickets! There were no good tickets for anything we wanted to see, which was disappointing. But we decided to stop by the Les Mis theater just in case. The manw as really grumpy, and everyone had turned to leave, but Julie and I spotted a "Standing Tickets, £10" sign, so I asked about it. "Oh, yes, you can buy those, but you have to stand up for the whole (2 hour and 50 minute) show," he said. We looked at each other and immediately began pulling out our money. Les Mis!!! In London!!! For £10!!!!
Fire Alarm! We'll never know...
We joyfully made our back through Picadilly to Hyde Park, where we had a wonderful picnic enjoying the sunshine. After a while, we wandered down to Harrod's where we ate some incredible fro yo, looked around in awe (or overwhelmedness), and rode the Egyptian escalator to the voice of the live opera singer. In honor of Carolyn and our love for Victoria and Albert, we headed to the Victoria and Albert museum! We didn't have long, but it was fun to look around for a while. We grabbed a double-decker bus back to Picadilly. We headed to Chinatown, stopped in at Four Season Chinese restaurant, had a hilarious experienec and some delicious Chinese food, and then headed to Les Mis!
My beautiful friends
The show was, in a word, incredible. I loved it so much. We were all spellbound. Afterwards, we of course went to meet the cast! I think we were all slightly euphoric when we walked home, singing and talking and laughing and dancing a little too. It was perfect!
So Silly
On Sunday, we headed to all Soul's for church and then to Camden markets. Camden was very interesting, kind of more punk than I was expecting. But it was still fun! We grabbed some lunch and ate in the hotel room so I could get my things before boarding the train back to Brussels. I hated saying good bye, but knowing that Liv and Julie are coming to Brussels next month made it ok! All in all, it was a perfect weekend. Thanks, Julie and Liv, for everything! Love you both!
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