~Westminster and Wicked~

Alright, I got the pictures sorted out, and I'll try to get them on here tomorrow.  I am plum tuckered out tonight!!  I'm sleepy and the battery is running down, so this will be short and sweet. 

This morning we went to Westminster Abbey.  They don't allow pictures in there, regrettably, so I can't show you the inside.  :(  I have some pics of the outside though.  :)  It was A-Mazing.  There are so many tombs and monuments in there! You can't walk through the building without walking over people's graves.  I stood on the graves of William Wilberforce, William Pitt, Charles Darwin, Lewis Carroll, and Gorge Frederick Handel.  And lots of others, but I can't remember all of them.  Some were worn away so much from people walking on them that they couldn't be read.  There were monuments to Jane Austin, William Shakespeare, and Isaac Newton (and many more!).  We spent almost 3 hours in there...there's really that much to see!  I walked across the path to where sovereigns have been crowned for hundreds of years (Elizabeth II was crowned there).  Wow-ness.  There is so much history in there it is unbelievable.  When you walk in you just think of all the thousands of people who have been there and their huge impact on the world.  Mary and Elizabeth Tudor (and I think their brothers, Henry and Edward) are buried there.  It's insane. 

Anyhow, after Westminster we grabbed some lunch and headed back to the hotel.  We ate in the hotel lounge, and then we had about 4 hours to rest and get ready to see Wicked. 

We had dinner at a lovely French place right near the theatre.  I got "lemon and herb chicken" with salad and french fries (under an alias!), and creme brulee for dessert.  Wow...goodness. 

Wicked was wonderful.  I was so happy...I cried a little.  :)  It wasn't from just pure happiness, but still.  Rachel Tucker was Elphaba and Louise Dearmann was Glinda, if you want to Youtube them.  :)  The costumes are **amazing** and the choreography is spectacular, not to mention the acting and singing...

Alrighty...that's about it.  Tomorrow: A museum, I think, and one or two other things.  We didn't really decide what we are doing and the adults talked about it after we came upstairs, and I don't remember what the options were!!  I just need to sleep...LOVE!