After a long night on Friday (Kevin & I stayed out too late playing cards), we all got up early to catch the train down to London. After then taking the underground to our hotel, mom took a nap while dad & the girls "rested". Our first item on the itinerary was to see the Tutankhamun Exhibit.
Brittney is studying Egypt history at school and really wanted to see it. She was explaining things to Kevin & me at times :-). We got the ear phones for all of us - Sophie kept walking through the exhibit asking (in her not so quite voice) what number do I push. You never had to worry about loosing her - just wait a minute & you would hear "what number. Mom, what number do I push. Mom." We learned about the mummy process, and I must admit it was pretty impressive to learn someone from 3000+ yrs ago was able to "preserve" items.
The next morning we woke up early to visit the Science Museum. The girls and Kevin had a blast. They looked at the human body, the early engines, and the space area. Most all of the museums in London are free, and there are lots of museums to see. Next time we'll see more of the science museum and another one...
You now, I am not into museums. I go for Brittney, Sophie, and Kevin... just don't ask too much of me :-) In the Science Museum I found a quiet and dark corner to test my eyelids :-) But they found me.
On our way to the show we visited our favorite restaurant - Texas Embassy. They serve authentic Mexican food (something very difficult to find in the UK) and give free refills on your drinks (again, something very difficult to find in the UK). Then we walked through our "favorite" - Trafalgar Square. Sophie loves to chase the pigeons (terrorize them might be a better description) and both of the girls love to climb on the Lion statues in the corner.
After dinner, after the pigeons, and after a "short" walk we found the theater. Kevin had gotten us second row seats, all the girls went potty, and now it was time for the big moment!
The show followed the movie to a "t". The opening scene is unbelievable. They actually bring to "life" the animals in the kingdom. There are elephants, gazelles, giraffes, a rhino, and of course, lions. Most of the actors were American but there were a few British (easy to distinguish the two via the accents). Sophie's favorite part was Ed (the goofy hyena) sticking his tongue out & talking in gibberish. Brittney's favorite was everything. Kevin's was the opening scene, and my favorite is Mufasso showing mercy to Simba after going to the Elephant Grave Yard (also my favorite scene in the movie). The witch doctor was awesome - she had a great voice & was very believable.
Brittney is studying Egypt history at school and really wanted to see it. She was explaining things to Kevin & me at times :-). We got the ear phones for all of us - Sophie kept walking through the exhibit asking (in her not so quite voice) what number do I push. You never had to worry about loosing her - just wait a minute & you would hear "what number. Mom, what number do I push. Mom." We learned about the mummy process, and I must admit it was pretty impressive to learn someone from 3000+ yrs ago was able to "preserve" items.
The next morning we woke up early to visit the Science Museum. The girls and Kevin had a blast. They looked at the human body, the early engines, and the space area. Most all of the museums in London are free, and there are lots of museums to see. Next time we'll see more of the science museum and another one...
You now, I am not into museums. I go for Brittney, Sophie, and Kevin... just don't ask too much of me :-) In the Science Museum I found a quiet and dark corner to test my eyelids :-) But they found me.
On our way to the show we visited our favorite restaurant - Texas Embassy. They serve authentic Mexican food (something very difficult to find in the UK) and give free refills on your drinks (again, something very difficult to find in the UK). Then we walked through our "favorite" - Trafalgar Square. Sophie loves to chase the pigeons (terrorize them might be a better description) and both of the girls love to climb on the Lion statues in the corner.
After dinner, after the pigeons, and after a "short" walk we found the theater. Kevin had gotten us second row seats, all the girls went potty, and now it was time for the big moment!
The show followed the movie to a "t". The opening scene is unbelievable. They actually bring to "life" the animals in the kingdom. There are elephants, gazelles, giraffes, a rhino, and of course, lions. Most of the actors were American but there were a few British (easy to distinguish the two via the accents). Sophie's favorite part was Ed (the goofy hyena) sticking his tongue out & talking in gibberish. Brittney's favorite was everything. Kevin's was the opening scene, and my favorite is Mufasso showing mercy to Simba after going to the Elephant Grave Yard (also my favorite scene in the movie). The witch doctor was awesome - she had a great voice & was very believable.
I think our next show will be The Sound of Music. We hope to go sometime before the summer. I also plan to take Brittney to see Phatom of the Opera - just her and me.
2 comments:
Great blog, Cathy. We are headed to London on Monday to go to the Embassy for Nate's passport. We are going to head to the Science museum with the boys after. I was planning on going to Hard Rock Cafe for lunch, but Mexican sounds yummy. Where is it at?
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