I blink and I miss a week! I don’t know where last week went but I do know it was chaos (Warning Picture Heavy Post!)
An old bus transformed into a Gin Bar outside the Transport Museum at Covent Garden. I am reliably informed by DH that this is the sort of bus he and his friends went to school on!
The decorations inside one of the halls in Covent Garden, they are different every year.
There were some musicians playing classical music when we arrived and we thought it would be great whilst we got a coffee, until the woman arrived to sing Opera, she was not very good!
This is a display window of an old fashioned toy store which actually covers up the fire fighting equipment!
Thursday evening we ate dinner in Covent Garden at Brown’s.
Which is next door to the Noel Coward Theatre.
Friday we had a nice relaxing day. We did pop out to do a bit if Christmas shopping and went to my favourite store, Fortnum & Mason who were also ready for Christmas.
Saturday was the day we were going to see the Harry Potter Play, which starts where the last film ended. However there was going to be a huge demonstration in the capital on the Saturday, part of which was going pass the end of the road that our hotel is on. We decided to leave at 11.30am to get to the theatre for the performance at 2.00pm just in case. Good job we did as we were not far from where we were going when three police vans pulled up along side the taxi and lots of Police came pouring out heading in the direction we were going! It did not last long and the road opened again but well it always happens to DH and I.
There as this little pub just across the road from the theatre so we had a drink and snack in there until it was time to queue to get in.
Because of the Stop Oil people invading the stage at one of the other theatres, we had to have our bags searched thoroughly, we were then wanded and our tickets checked before we even got in the theatre! The Play is split into two parts so we went to the afternoon performance, went round the corner to a lovely Italian restaurant for dinner and then back to the theatre for the evening performance!
Was it worth it? Yes we liked the play although DH thought it was a bit long winded. What was very good were the special effects to create the “magic”. Very hard to do live but so easy to do on film with CGI. It was a long day and we didn’t get back to the hotel until 10.00pm.
It was back down to earth with a bump on Monday morning with work and everything else that needed doing. It is always the same when you have a holiday! Last week flew by work. Jayne and I got to have lunch on Tuesday which was very nice but the rest of the week was busy with work. The weekend DH was at Matlock swimming pool for a swimming open both days. I got quite a bit done but still need to finish some jobs off. As DH told everyone at the Open yesterday it is only five weeks to Christmas! OMG!!!!
Have a wonderful week you lovely lot!
Hugs & Love, Susie xx
PS Coco is not here for the next two weeks, she is on her holidays too, as the plumbers started today doing the new bathroom! I cannot wait although I think it is going to be a long two weeks!!!
So glad you had a great time in London – how do people have the time to do all the protesting? Don’t they work or are they on the dole? Yay for the plumbers finally getting there!! I certainly hope the end result will be worth the wait! A single bathroom is so hard, especially when you are used to more! Cheers for a great week…we have storms moving through the whole country because that’s what happens Thanksgiving week!
You sure have a lot going on! London is so beautiful decorated for Christmas and I was trying to peek into the old fashioned toy store window! Eldest looks most handsome in his uniform! How exciting that your bathroom is finally getting started. I hope you don’t miss Coco too much!