Christmas tree, an annual gift from Norway, stands in Trafalgar Square, London.
Wow, a whole day (well two, actually) without having to worry about getting to another place! I enjoy our time when we are in one place with time to "explore" rather than having to rush and worry about getting to the next destination.
The weather was definitely milder in London... we slept with the window open last night! Our room faced the street on the 2nd floor (actully 3rd floor by American standards) and our hotel heating seemed to work fine (even with the room radiator turned off). I actually enjoyed hearing the street noise during the night and early morning.
We took our time getting going this morning. Chelsea is enjoying being out of the school routine and, quite frankly, I have not thought much about work! We didn't have much internet access over the past 4 days and I liked being "disconnected"!
We dicussed what we wanted to do/see today and decided to take advantage of the good theater availability. I had read a magazine write-up (my same source for "Lost and Found Orchestra") about "Potted Potter", a 2-man parody of the Harry Potter novels. We found reasonable tickets, again on lastminute.com, for an afternoon show at Trafalger Studios.
We headed to Camden Town markets. This was one of the markets that was listed as open on Sunday morning and was just a short tube ride away from our hotel. Camden markets to turned out to be a treat for the photographer's eye! First off, it has lots of shops and stalls that cater to punk and gothic fashions. It also sports a big international food market with lots of stalls offering all different kinds of ethnic fast food! I bought a couple of nice photos in a photography shop and a couple of small presents for Jamie and James (back home).
After the market Chelsea wanted to stop in the British Library (also very near our hotel). The exhibits are free and include some amazing documents! One of the four original copies of the Magna Carta, some of Shakespeare's original works, and notebooks from Leonardo Da Vinci! I could tell that Chelsea could spend days in the Library, but we had to be at the theater at 3:30p.
"Potted Potter" was hilarious and we enjoyed the show very much. The theater only seated about 40 people, so it was an "up close and personal" show. After the show, with darkness pretty well set in, I did a few quick photos from the steps of the British Gallery before being told that tripods weren't allowed in that area. We made our way down to the Thames as I was hoping for some good photo ops with the buildings on the South Bank being lit in different colors for the holidays. We walked down to the Big Ben area taking a few photos and the nice light in the sky was from the building lights being reflected on the low clouds.
We had dinner at Bella Italia (again) near Oxford Circus then made our way back to the hotel to catch the football (soccer) highlights on the TV.
One more full day in London before we head back home...
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