Mind the Gap!

The days here go by so fast and are all a blur. I find myself asking Cydnee what day it is most days. I wish it would just slow down because I am having way too much fun.
Friday we woke up later than usual (9am) because we were so exhausted from our Harry Potter-a-thon the day before. We did our laundry (see mom, I do laundry I promise!) and headed out for a quick lunch and looking around. We found a little Italian place that had a student special, we LOVE those. We found out after we ordered that it was only for "take away" (to go) and it was raining, like it so often does here in London. Luckily they had one table outside that we were allowed to use and it was covered by a little awning. So we enjoyed our pizza and diet coke outside safe from the rain. After that we took the tube to Leicester Square where there are a lot of half price ticket stands and it is pretty much the center of the theater area. We scavenged for some cheap theater tickets but after a few hours came up empty handed. The good news is that we got to explore a lot more of London and found some really cool little shops I will be going back to. After that we decided to head home because we were still feeling it from HP.
Saturday morning we got up early and headed out in hopes of getting tickets for Legally Blonde. They give out 10 for 10 pounds and 15 for 15 pounds right when it opens. But since we are working with five girls, a lot of hair and makeup time, we ended up being a little late. We still got cheap tickets just not as cheap as we were hoping. We got them for the matinee showing and we were in the third row! After we bought the tickets we had a little time to kill so we wandered around china town checking out the little shops and found a delicious chinese place for lunch. We also stumbled upon some very tasty candies that I will be stocking up on before I leave. While we were out looking around we decided just to try and check on wicked tickets for that night even though the whole week they had been sold out. We found a half price ticket lady and she had three seats open (just what we needed!) in the second row on the left. She said it was restricted view but not too bad and they were the cheapest we had heard so we jumped on them! After that good luck we decided we would check for Les Miserables, which has been sold out because there are apparently two famous British people in them this month. When we went to the theater she said she had 3 tickets for only 15 pounds!!! They too are restricted view but she said if we lean forward we can see everything. It was a great day for theater! Legally Blonde was so cute and funny we were all smiling and dancing the whole time. It has always been one of my favorites and the theater version of it was just as good! Wicked that night was AMAZING. That was my fourth time seeing it and it still felt like the first. Wow, that sounds cheesy. But really, I was loving every second of it and it was so cool to see it that close. We were singing the whole tube ride home.
Pictures: the typical tourist photos (mind the gap and red phone booth), legally blonde, and wicked!