It was the 150th anniversary of the first time with which Big Ben was rung. So, starting today and all during the month, a whole range of themed celebrations will be happening all around London. Films, theater, music, history, fashion and architecture will feature something about the Story of London. A month’s long celebration of London’s past, present and future. Plus, another anniversary is being celebrated alongside the Big Ben thing, it’s London’s 500th anniversary of the coronation of King Henry VIII, that fat guy who had six wives and had a few of them killed, yeah, the still celebrate him here in England.
We just got back from a 2 week trip of travelling from hostel to hostel and I feel a bit dirty, but we made plans to participate in one of London’s celebration of Big Ben by standing in line and getting Historical Theater Tickets for Les Miserables. That was for later on in the evening, so after we got the tickets we managed to hook up with some long-time friends and get our own personal tour of Big Ben, the Tower of London and then the London Eye. Our friends, who live in London were excellent tour guides. It was great to see all these famous tourist site’s with them instead of being on a tour group. We had so much fun together.
I can’t believe we weren’t exhausted from getting into the city earlier this morning, waiting in line for theatre tickets, touring sites of London and now standing in the beautiful lobby of the theatre where Les Miserables was being performed. A new record for us, maybe we aren’t getting as old as we thought we were. But, what topped off our evening was we sat next to a lady that lived in the same suburbs of Chicago that I live in! Wow, what a wonderful coincidence and what a great time to be in London.
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