We arrived in London yesterday afternoon and, after a few snafus courtesy of the National Express bus service, we settled into our hotel just fine and quickly made our way out toward the town proper and more specifically, in search of “the theatre“. We found it at the tkts booth in Leichester Square where they sell half-price tickets to same-day shows. We were very excited to see that La Cage Aux Folles was available (the play upon which The Birdcage is based) and we snatched up two tickets — it was absolutely fabulous!!! What a great way to start our trip to London!
The next day we were off to an early start on a Big Bus hop-on, hop-off tour of London scheduled to end at Buckingham Palace in time to see the changing of the guard. Our experiences with the tour were very mixed and we barely arrived in time for the big show. We knew that it would be busy there but OMG!!! It was crazy – there had to be at least 5,000 tourists there. Being so short and not incredibly pushy, we couldn’t even get close to the main event though we did catch just a glimpse of the band and retiring guards marching back to their barracks. Overall, we felt like this “must-see” really isn’t that and the experience could be much better viewed online!! Coincidentally, when I just searched to find a video online of the changing – all they had was images of the band going by — apparently no one else could get close enough either! 😉
