On Friday, January 23, 2009 we went to the Noel Coward Theatre and saw the show Avenue Q that involved puppets. It was absolutely hilarious. There are not many places where you can see puppets on stage singing about porn, being gay, and sex. But, if that's what you want to do this is the place to go.
Saturday, January 24, 2009, took us to St. Paul's Cathedral. This is the most beautiful cathedral in London. It also has the second largest dome in the world, behind St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican City. We took in all of the sculptures and altars and then walked up the 300+ steps to the Whispering Gallery. Here you can stand on one side of the dome and whisper into the wall, and someone else around the dome can hear it. It is very neat but kind of spooky too. We then continued our way up the winding steps to the second gallery that takes you outside where you can see spectacular views of London. We then walked back down the steps to look around the crypt that even houses the tomb of Horatio Nelson, before grabbing sandwiches at the cathedral gallery.
Me and Greg on the second gallery of St. Pauls:
The front of St. Pauls Cathedral:
Queen Victoria statue in front of St. Pauls:
View of St. Pauls Gardens, Cathedral, and dome:
The following Friday, January 30, 2009, Greg and I had a date day. He took a half day at work and we headed out towards Covent Garden. We ate lunch at our favorite Indian restaurant, Mela, and then decided to go to a couple of places on our "things to do" list. We went to the London Bead Shop and I bought pink, yellow, and white beads to make a bracelet. We went to Monmouth Coffee so Greg could get his favorite coffee and then stopped into Candy Cakes to pick up some cupcakes for later. Our next stop was a place called The Dress Circle, this is a shop where they sell nothing but cd's, programs, and other memorabilia from London and Broadway shows. I purchased an Equus poster from here. They even had a Gypsy Broadway program starring Patty Lupone.
Now it was off to our main event, Dirty Dancing, on stage. It was a great show. Followed the movie pretty much to a T, but very nice to see it done on stage. I thoroughly enjoyed it. After the play we went to a Belgium pub called Lowlander for a couple beer samplers. We then took a bus to meet up with some friends for dinner at an Austrian restaurant, called Imbiss. We hung out with Diana, George, and their two friends for some food and a board game.
Dirty Dancing Stage:
Lowlander Beer samplers:
Saturday we moved our motorcycles to our new garage, nothing too exciting. However, on Sunday, February 1, 2009, we spent all day in the Trafalgar Square/Leicester Square/Chinatown area to celebrate Chinese New Year. We were there practically all day and had a wonderful time. We watched the tiger dances, the people in the tiger and dragon costumes, the shows put on by local chinese groups, enjoyed the food, and the decorations. We did duck into De Hems, a Dutch pub, to get a drink and a rest from the cold. It snowed of and on all day, but it was also windy so it was very chilly. The day ended with a Chinese fireworks show in Leicester Square. All in all we had a blast.
Greg and me in Chinatown:
One of the tigers doing the Tiger Dance:
Chinatown decorated for chinese New Year:
Fireworks at Chinese New Year Celebration:
And as you probably know, Monday, February 2, 2009 was a great start to the week, with the snow all around.
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