Theatre and The Eye!

The past two days have, yet again, been completely surreal. I have seen two musicals in two days, and also been 300+ feet in the air right over London.

Tuesday, we went and saw the show "Britain's Got Bhangra" in the outskirts of London, and I left grinning from ear to ear. It was a show about how Bhangra music was brought from India to England in the 1970's, and how it has changed to include hip-hop remixes and R&B infusion. It was a spectacular show and we had really close seats right in the center of the theater. The show was filled with flashing lights and booming music, and Bollywood style dancing in every other scene. The audience loved it, and we all left feeling the need to dance down the streets of London and on the tube on the way home! Unfortunately the show is so brand-new that there is no soundtrack, but as soon as it comes out, we all will be buying it!

Today, I was able to see the sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" called "Love Never Dies" at the Adelphi Theater that is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber himself! The show itself was spectacular...the music was haunting but different than "Phantom", and the stage effects were intricate and impressive. The actual story was shockingly different than expected, but included most of the same characters as the first show. I can see why some people haven't given it very high ratings, but by not expecting the show to be a duplicate of "Phantom" it was excellent. Here is a picture of me outside of the theater...

After the show we made our way to the London Eye where we took a "flight" at 7:30 pm. Outside of the Eye, we got stopped by a security guard because one of the girls was wearing an old Spice Girls shirt! After a few jokes at her expense, he asked her to sing one of their songs before we could pass. We all broke out in the song "Wannabe" and he put it over his speaker to ALL of the workers at the London Eye! Every person we came across on the way to the Eye from then on asked us to sing, or made a joke. We were famous!

The London Eye itself was spectacular. I was so nervous to go that high, but once I got over the height I was entranced by the views. We could see all of London stretched out around us on all sides. Here are some pictures of the view:

It was another great two days in London...next up...Paris this weekend!