Day 4

My feet hurt....the end.


Pam says I can't leave it at that. Maybe I can ask the following question.

"Are we there yet?"

Pam says "No rest for the wicked."

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So as we sit at dinner on Day 4, and I have Pam double check my english and grammar, I am reminded how old I am getting. My feet hurt, my legs hurt, my shoulder is loving me toting my huge daybag around and adding trinkets to it as we go. Who knew 35 was going to be this way. And technically I am not 35 until July!

So again today we were up and out by 9:30am. We said goodbye to the people who are leaving the Aster House today, we are hoping that the people who replace them are just as willing to share their information about the city. Then we headed back to TKTS to get tickets for tonight, we wanted Wicked tickets, but they are not being sold at TKTS. Tonight we picked something called Betty Blue Eyes, it is about a pig and a royal wedding.

Then we were going to walk over to the theater where Wicked was playing to get tickets -

"I interrupt this post to say Pam had received her second wind ... I might kick her, if only my legs would work."

- only to find out that the Apollo Victoria is no where near Leister Square. So we got back on the Tube, headed toward Tower Hill for the London Walks Wednesday tour of the London Tower. So I might admit at this point that I was navigating, and so we checked the schedule again and Pam reminded me that today is Tuesday. Oops!

We headed to the Tower of London anyway and arrived just in time for the Yeoman's tour. As we were entering we were warned that an American television program was recording there this afternoon. It was Hanna Anderson(?) With the CBS Morning Show.

The Yeoman's tour was engaging and entertaining. After seeing the Chapel where Anne Boleyn is entombed we moved on to view the crown jewels! After a visit to the gift store we headed to the River Clipper for a ride to Greenwich. We lunched at the Old Greenwich Brewery, toured the painted room, and chapel at the Old Royal Navel College before heading up the hill to the Greenwich Observatory. Where we stood on the Prime Meridian. Then we headed down the hill for a tour around the Fan Museum. Now it was time to get on the DLR and head back into the city. At this point I was tired and grumpy, and it was about 5pm so the Tube was packed with people heading home, we decided to go to Victoria Station and find the Apollo Victoria to see about getting tickets for Wicked, since it had been on our minds all day. It was our lucky day, we were able to secure pretty good seats for Friday evening. Fighting the crowds again we headed back to Leicester Square (haven't we been here before?!?) to find a quick bite before the Theater.

We decided that we needed to stop at the first place we saw, and ended up at an Italian place called Bella Italia, good food, quick service, and I started to compose this post.

I continued this post as we were walking to the theater, which meant we got a little off course, hence the interruption above, sort of like texting and driving, posting and walking can be a challenge. While we were making our way back to the google maps appropriate walking directions, we found an outdoor store. My dear friend Pam suggested that we stop to see if they had my beloved toe socks, alas they did not, but they did have a blister care kit and smart wool running socks in pink.

Finally we made it to the theater and enjoyed a fabulous production! A must see. This is its first run and I think it will last!

Location:London, Greenwich