Ok so back to our London mini-trip, and on to our third day.
We got up earlier today as we had a lunch reservation for 1pm ad I knew if we didn't have breakfast early I wouldn't be able to eat a big lunch. So we went down to breakfast, this morning there was no-one there at all, the whole place was nearly empty. I stuck to fruit salad and had a made-to-order waffle which was very good, along with tea and juice. It was all very good again and there was plenty more today and no big queues to get food either. After breakfast we went back to the room to get ready and then headed off to the tube. We decided to walk to the High Street Kensington station again as the line went direct from there and it was nice to get the walk. We got the tube to Harrod's and this time had a wonder around some of the higher floors. We love going to the pet floor, they have such cool stuff there, like mini sofa's and beds for cats and dogs. They also have some animals there and they had the cutest kitten, the lady had her out and she was so fluffy and loved being stroked. I think Nick is going to stop letting me go there as every time we go I beg him to buy me some more kittens, they are always so cute. So we looked around for a bit and then decided to walk up to the restaurant as it was getting near our reservation time and we weren't completely sure where it was.
Again not the best picture but this is one of the beautiful ceilings in Harrod's as you catch the elevators up
We were meeting our good friends Mel and Andy for lunch and had a reservation at Gordon Ramsey's Boxwood Cafe. We got there and they were already in the bar so we joined them and had some cocktails. I had a really yummy passionfruit cocktail, I'm not sure what was in it, maybe rum, chambord, passion fruit juice and something else I think.
My yummy cocktail
Well we sat at the bar for a bit chatting and catching up and then were seated at our table. The restaurant was very nice, its quite contemporary with dark wood and cool shapes, but quite casual at lunch.
We ordered some more drinks, I got a mojito as Nick was drinking them and said they were great, and we looked through the menu. The set menu was quite different to the one we had seen on the net and none of us fancied it, and the main menu was mostly fish, which I don't really eat, and they only had one steak left, at 1pm
. So Andy ordered the ribeye steak, Mel and Nick had braised beef and I had salt and pepper prawns. We all really enjoyed our food, my prawns came with a really nice salad with roasted vegetables, the braised beef looked so tender and was apparently really tasty and the ribeye steak was huge, probably the biggest I have seen. We decided to get some dessert too so on Mel's recommendation we got the chocolate fondue, which came with biscotti, banana and homemade marshmallow to dip in. It was really good, but really rich, chocolate lovers would be in heaven.
After we finished dessert we paid the bill and got our coats, surprisingly it was already nearly 4pm. Andy and Mel were catching a taxi back to their hotel and Nick and I were going to walk back to the tube. We said our goodbyes, it had been a lovely lunch, good food and setting and great company. So Nick and I walked back to the tube and went back to our hotel for a bit of a break before the evening. So we had a rest, watched some TV and changed for the evening and then we headed back out. We caught the tube and aimed to go to a few shops first but it was already 7pm and we were seeing a show at 7.30pm. We made our way to the theatre, tonight we were seeing...
Nick had told me a while back he wanted to see it, and although I really couldn't remember the story I knew I loved the music. We had really good seats, quite central in the third row and the place was pretty empty, we had no-one either side of us. The show itself was really brilliant. The two main singers were brilliant, and they had added some more contemporary bits which seemed really weird at first but made the show even better. The guy who played Joseph was so good and had an amazing voice, and we didn't realise until the end it was his first night. We were very impressed.
Thoroughly impressed with the show we decided to go and get some dinner, as it was already nearly 10pm. We walked past Trafalgar Square, through Leicester Square which is always nice to walk through at night, past the Colosseum and to Chinatown. We decided to try again as we weren't very impressed the other night so went to a little restaurant we had been to before. The restaurant is not particularly plush but they do a menu for £10 per person for crispy duck and then 2 main dishes, rice and vegetables. The food was much better, the portions much bigger, the service was much, much better even at this time, and it cost under half the price. Lesson learned, stick to what you know. After dinner we made our way back to the hotel again.
Just a few pictures as we walked to Chinatown, Trafalger Square
The National Museum
The Colosseum
And Leicester Square
So we got back to the hotel, had a few drinks, watched some TV and then bed.
Monday
We got up earlier today as we had a lunch reservation for 1pm ad I knew if we didn't have breakfast early I wouldn't be able to eat a big lunch. So we went down to breakfast, this morning there was no-one there at all, the whole place was nearly empty. I stuck to fruit salad and had a made-to-order waffle which was very good, along with tea and juice. It was all very good again and there was plenty more today and no big queues to get food either. After breakfast we went back to the room to get ready and then headed off to the tube. We decided to walk to the High Street Kensington station again as the line went direct from there and it was nice to get the walk. We got the tube to Harrod's and this time had a wonder around some of the higher floors. We love going to the pet floor, they have such cool stuff there, like mini sofa's and beds for cats and dogs. They also have some animals there and they had the cutest kitten, the lady had her out and she was so fluffy and loved being stroked. I think Nick is going to stop letting me go there as every time we go I beg him to buy me some more kittens, they are always so cute. So we looked around for a bit and then decided to walk up to the restaurant as it was getting near our reservation time and we weren't completely sure where it was.
Again not the best picture but this is one of the beautiful ceilings in Harrod's as you catch the elevators up
We were meeting our good friends Mel and Andy for lunch and had a reservation at Gordon Ramsey's Boxwood Cafe. We got there and they were already in the bar so we joined them and had some cocktails. I had a really yummy passionfruit cocktail, I'm not sure what was in it, maybe rum, chambord, passion fruit juice and something else I think.
My yummy cocktail
Well we sat at the bar for a bit chatting and catching up and then were seated at our table. The restaurant was very nice, its quite contemporary with dark wood and cool shapes, but quite casual at lunch.
We ordered some more drinks, I got a mojito as Nick was drinking them and said they were great, and we looked through the menu. The set menu was quite different to the one we had seen on the net and none of us fancied it, and the main menu was mostly fish, which I don't really eat, and they only had one steak left, at 1pm
. So Andy ordered the ribeye steak, Mel and Nick had braised beef and I had salt and pepper prawns. We all really enjoyed our food, my prawns came with a really nice salad with roasted vegetables, the braised beef looked so tender and was apparently really tasty and the ribeye steak was huge, probably the biggest I have seen. We decided to get some dessert too so on Mel's recommendation we got the chocolate fondue, which came with biscotti, banana and homemade marshmallow to dip in. It was really good, but really rich, chocolate lovers would be in heaven. After we finished dessert we paid the bill and got our coats, surprisingly it was already nearly 4pm. Andy and Mel were catching a taxi back to their hotel and Nick and I were going to walk back to the tube. We said our goodbyes, it had been a lovely lunch, good food and setting and great company. So Nick and I walked back to the tube and went back to our hotel for a bit of a break before the evening. So we had a rest, watched some TV and changed for the evening and then we headed back out. We caught the tube and aimed to go to a few shops first but it was already 7pm and we were seeing a show at 7.30pm. We made our way to the theatre, tonight we were seeing...
Nick had told me a while back he wanted to see it, and although I really couldn't remember the story I knew I loved the music. We had really good seats, quite central in the third row and the place was pretty empty, we had no-one either side of us. The show itself was really brilliant. The two main singers were brilliant, and they had added some more contemporary bits which seemed really weird at first but made the show even better. The guy who played Joseph was so good and had an amazing voice, and we didn't realise until the end it was his first night. We were very impressed.
Thoroughly impressed with the show we decided to go and get some dinner, as it was already nearly 10pm. We walked past Trafalgar Square, through Leicester Square which is always nice to walk through at night, past the Colosseum and to Chinatown. We decided to try again as we weren't very impressed the other night so went to a little restaurant we had been to before. The restaurant is not particularly plush but they do a menu for £10 per person for crispy duck and then 2 main dishes, rice and vegetables. The food was much better, the portions much bigger, the service was much, much better even at this time, and it cost under half the price. Lesson learned, stick to what you know. After dinner we made our way back to the hotel again.
Just a few pictures as we walked to Chinatown, Trafalger Square
The National Museum
The Colosseum
And Leicester Square
So we got back to the hotel, had a few drinks, watched some TV and then bed.
. And with Mamma Mia, I think the cast in the film are perfect. I saw this programme about the making of the show and the cast just looked so wrong. And I would miss all the beautiful setting, I so want to go there 
). We then caught the train home again, I passed the time by reading my brilliant new Disney guide I got for Christmas. Soon enough we were home again. Sadly our great mini-trip had come to an end. We had a great time, but now we are even more ready for Disney 
The subways are very convenient in NYC but some of them are pretty gross and they definitely smell funny. It's better than paying for a taxi most of the time though. 
. Its nearly always packed, its so hot and stuffy, people are so ignorant and rude, I just couldn't handle having to go on it every day. But then thats a lot like London, very busy and full of rude, ignorant people.
. I haven't seen that many either as we watch one, fall in love with it, and end up watching it again and again. We have seen Chicago, Mary Poppin's, Lion King, Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Avenue Q, J&tTCDC, We Will Rock You (our favorite, we have seen it 5/6 times), Grease and then Disney on Ice and Holiday on Ice. There are quite a few I want to see at the moment, but we also want to see lots of the ones we have already, a few of which are closing 
. No really, personally I love Grease, but I know loads of people love Dirty Dancing and although I enjoyed it, I am not in love with it. I think its ok 
) and it was just amazing. I would love to see so many more shows but they're just too expensive. $50 minimum for a ticket then $20 each for the train then food and everything...I have bills to pay! 
