All Entries in the "London" Category
Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London
Roxi and her classmates went on a field trip into Town yesterday. They left school at 4pm, went to dinner (the kids are allowed to break into small groups and eat wherever they like), and then saw Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Unfortunately, Roxi didn’t get home until well after midnight, so I [...]
Kew Gardens, England (Part II)
Continuing our tour of Kew… Part I can be found here.
This beautiful home was built in 1631 for Samuel Fortrey, a rich merchant. The royal family leased the house in 1728, and used it as a family retreat during the time of King George III. Today, you can tour this home. I’d like to go back [...]
Kew Garden, England (Part I)
On Tuesday, my good friend S and I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This year, the garden is celebrating its 250th birthday!
The garden is huge: 121 hectares or 300 acres. We were there for three hours and probably saw less than half of it. And we were being relatively [...]
Billy Elliot, London’s Victoria Palace Theatre
I’d like to report I LOVED “Billy Elliot” at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. I really would. But it’s a little hard for me to say after yesterday’s matinee because the show was “terminated” before the curtain went up for the second Act! That’s right, Roxi and I experienced our very first cancelled show.
What I can [...]
“Girl Day” London Version
Ever since Roxi was a little girl, she and I indulged in what I called “Girl Days”. Basically, they are mother-daughter dates that usually include a girly lunch, a bit of shopping, and maybe a visit to a museum or a movie.
Here’s our London version yesterday afternoon:
First a little lunch. We ate Café de Hong Kong. Roxi [...]
Daunt Books, London
I met Bee in London yesterday. I like to leave our meeting places up to her because she always suggests the perfect spots for our get-togethers. Last time, we met in Notting Hill. This time she suggested MaryleboneHigh Street.
The main reason we were in Marylebone was for this fantastic place: Daunt Books. A bookworm like me [...]
I went to London today to meet a new friend
I met my lovely blogging friend Emm in London for the first time today. She was so sweet to take time out of her busy work day to have lunch with me at this pub near the Borough Market. Isn’t it nice when blogging friends turn out to be just as charming and delightful in person as they [...]
Carmen at the Royal Albert Theatre, London
We went to see the opera Carmen at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday. It was a huge production, over 100 actors, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, countless techies, impressive lights, sound, and what voices! The show was performed “in the round” and was sung in English (it was still hard to understand the words, though). [...]
London’s Southbank and more books
Here are a couple more photos from our trip into town on Saturday:
On the way to the Jubilee Walk from Waterloo Station. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing Big Ben and Parliament. And one of these days before we repatriate, I will get on that London Eye–acrophobia be damned!
The Southbank Centre Shop [...]
London: The Globe Theatre and “We Will Rock You”
One thing you learn quickly when living in England is: if the sun shines, go out!
We haven’t been into London as a family for a while, so when the sun came out Saturday morning, London was our destination. Roxi wanted to go to the Globe Theatre gift store to buy a few little leather-bound plays [...]