Yesterday, Mariel and I woke up much earlier than we normally do, and we went over to the West End to buy tickets for us and our friends to go see The Lion King. Then we had breakfast at a coffee shop sort of place and went over to the Tower of London. We spent about four hours there, and we had a pretty good time considering all of the killings that use to go on in that place. We learned a lot about how people were really short back then and how the rulers of the nation walk around with elaborately sparkly hats on their heads while holding giant shiny sticks, AND we saw where they keep all of these elaborately sparkly hats and shiny sticks too! I think they should make Obama where a sparkly crown. It would probably up his popularity rating. You know, because people like shiny things... even if they do send more troops to Afghanistan. Right? Never mind.
Anyway, The Tower of London was fun! After that, we went back to the house, ate some lunch, rested a little bit, and then went off to see The Lion King. The show was only okay. I feel like 1. Its probably better in New York, 2. The actors did not have American accents like the characters did in the movie, 3. The singing was mediocre, 4. The children who played Nala and Simba were not very good actors, singers, or dancers, 5. The dancing was pretty bad in parts where it was featured, and 6. Timon (who is one of the best characters) started out with an American accent, but kept slipping in and out of it throughout the rest of the show. I mean, if you're going to try and be like the original character and keep the original accent, at least hold it throughout the entire performance. Oh yeah, and one of the worst parts was when Pumbaa said something like, "I'm going to gravel before him," and Timon was like, "Its not gravel its Gr-ahhh-vel." I think if I were closer, I would have probably shouted out something like, "Only in this country, it is!" So yeah, Mariel and I might try to catch a matinee of Phantom tomorrow, and I have a feeling that it will be a lot better.
Today, Mariel and I had plans to go to Tate Modern, which is a modern art museum that's within walking distance to our friends' house where we're staying, after we made a short trip to return something at H&M for Mariel, but that didn't really work out too well. When we finally got outside of the house, it was snowing and only partially sticking to the ground, which made it slushy and very slippery. I, of course, didn't wear snow boots because I decided that it would be okay if I wore my Chucks since we would be walking around inside a museum all day anyway. So we take the tube over to Knightsbridge, and once we get over there we realize that we're both really hungry. So we head over to H&M, find out that they don't have the size that Mariel needs, and we head back out to find a place to eat. Eventually we come across a really fancy Victorian style looking place that is a restaurant and a tearoom. Since one of my goals while in London was to go for afternoon tea, we both got really excited and went inside. I think we were the only Americans in there, and we definitely got some looks because I was really underdressed, but overall it was a really good experience. The server was really nice (she sounded Irish or something like that), and the tea and food were really good! I love taking tea! In fact, I think I'm gonna do it again... AND in America too! Probably at my house or at Starbucks or something... but still, I'm gonna do it!
After my fourth or fifth cup of tea WITH milk and sugar, we walked over to the bus that would take us to yet another H&M in order for Mariel to find her skirt in the right size. One bus ride later, we end up in South Kensington, and we not only find an H&M, but we also find a Zara, a Topshop, an Urban Outfitters, and an American Apparel. So, our plans were officially changed. I was somewhat disappointed in Topshop, and I didn't get anything in there, but I did get a purple peacoat on sale at Zara. It turns out that the Urban Outfitters is WAY cooler in the U.S., and I was kind of surprised because the people my age that I see on the tube are usually dressed really cute. Where do you get your clothes?! Never mind. Don't tell me. I can't shop anymore anyway!
So yeah, that's all for now. I'm going to try to go to sleep early tomorrow so that I can start my day a little earlier hopefully. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be worse than today, so there is no way that I'm leaving the house with any other shoes besides my snow boots this time!! There's nothing worse than walking around trying to find a tube station with wet socks while dragging the bottoms of my jeans on the soggy ground. Don't try it. Its not fun!
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