(1) headed out later today... 9:30am instead of before 9am like Monday/Tuesday. Joined younger brother of my host on bus ride to Convent Gardens. My first ride on a red double decker bus!
(2) explored Convent Garden & Leicester Square, but not for long since it was raining lightly... Dropped by one of the Westend cheap theatre ticket stalls. Here I got a stall seat/ticket for the matinee show of Wicked (2:30pm)
(3) I then caught the Tube from Picadily Circus to Marylebone, where my friend met up with me and brought me back to her place.
(4) lunch was a relaxed affair; a most delicious home-cooked meal!
(5) after a few hours with my friend it was time to head to the Apollo Victoria theatre (Victoria tube station)
(6) Wicked took up 3 hrs from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. A most enjoyable show, talented actors and scripted storyline. Brilliant music although it's not the kind that's easily stuck in your head...
(7) tubed it back to Borough, had enough time to freshen up before we my host drove us out to Hemel Hamstead (my godmother's brother's home) for a home-cooked meal.
Thoughts for the day:
(1) the expected rain has finally hit! Not heavy but enough to restrict exploration efforts around Leicester Square...
(2) the bus ride is definitely better than the Tube, but you need to know the routes and connections...
(3) home cooked meals were a great change from all the eating out...
(4) took quite a bit of effort getting prepaid SIM up and running - finally got credit added...
(5) So glad I saw Wicked - I was disappointed before that I had missed out in Melbourne but this experience more than makes up!
(6) ended the day with speculation on whether my hosts' dad may have known my mum back in KL...
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