A seriously amazing day...

Well, no worries about the suspicious package. It tutrned out to be nothing as most do...but I'm glad that the London police were on top of it...makes you feel a little safer, ya know?

Anyway, I went back to my room to drop my stuff off and then took off for some sightseeing. I went to Leiscester Square and wandered through some upscale shops (just browsing) until I got to Piccadilly Circus. I wandered into a ticket seller's booth just to see what was being offered and it turned out that Wicked tickets for that night were more than half off. Duh, I'm all about that.

So, I bought a ticket and continued my wandering.

I went over to Trafalgar Square and then to Parliament Square. I got some excellent pictures of Westminster, Big Ben, the London Eye (which I'll go on tomorrow), St. Katherine's, and the fountains and statues of Trafalgar Square.

I caught a glimpse of myself and realized that I seriously needed to change before the theatre so I headed back to the hostel. I changed into a loose neck sweater, skinny jeans and black ballet flats. I looked very London-appropriate if I do say so myself. Then I went to the coffee shop down the street and grabbed a mocha (just in case). I headed to the Victoria Station so that I would be at the theatre around a half hour early.

I got to the Victoria Apollo exactly when I wanted to. My seat turned out to be AMAZING. It was right in the center of the theatre, ground floor, twenty rows back. This is pretty perfect because you have a full view of the stage but are still close enough to see the actors' faces.

The show was incredible. First of all, the actresses that played Elphaba and Glinda were completely awesome. At one point I was crying, they were that good. The story was changed slightly from that book but it was entirely engaging and made for a more complete ending. The songs were incredible and the lines were sad, funny and moving...each when the time called for it.

London's West End certainly is awesome.

The Thames Festival starts tomorrow and I have a lot more walking to do so I am going to go take a shower and go to bed early. The hostel has some activities going on tomorrow that I will probably take part in although, to tell you the truth, it is awesome going about by myself. I've been able to totally determine my schedule and see some really sweet stuff.

Loving it here...