Day 31. August 1. London

It was the first day of our three day break. Linds and I wanted to go to Lion King so we got up early and left to get tickets for the matinee show. We got a private box (restricted view) for just the two of us and for L22.50. We headed back to the flat where we napped and did homework until it was time to leave. We got to the underground station but the escalator to the line that we needed to be on was closed so we rushed to find the other line that we could take (we were a little late at this point as it was)and this was going to put us way out of our way. We were waiting for the train and we realized there is another way to get to the line that we needed to be on. So turns out the train was still running and we made it. When we got off of the train you have to take a lift up to street level and there was a huge line so we decided to just take the stairs. Well the lift was there for a reason. As we started getting closer to the top we heard a voice over the speakers saying you just climbed 180 stairs to get to the top. Ha! We were all sweaty and gross and then we had to run to the theater. But we got there just in time. They showed us to our box and then the woman said “In the first scene you will have a performer in the box with you singing and then he’ll leave and you can move your chairs.” So we were like okay that will be cool. And it was! He came in right before he started singing and said hi and then a huge spot light hit him, and us, and he started belting out an African tribal song. Linds got a great picture of it. When he was done he turned to us and said “You two are gorgeous and then shook our hands and left.” It was way cool. All of the costumes were amazing! I am so glad we went. It was a really fun show. The guy who had sang in our box was in another song and he went out on stage with everyone and he was singing and dancing and then he looked up at us and blew us kisses and started waving. Haha Like who does that during your Broadway performance? It was way funny. We went back to the flat and bummed around for the rest of the day. We got really restless so Kaitlyn, Brady, and I decided to go get a burger from a place around the corner called Gourmet Burger Kitchen. Kait and I split an avocado and bacon burger and fries and Brady got a chicken burger. When we were ordering Brady started paying in all change and he didn’t have enough so we had to pay for part of it. The guy looked so mad! I’m pretty sure at least Brady’s burger ended up with spit in it. It was SO dang good though. We did the happy eating dance the entire time we were eating and everyone was looking at us like we were crazy (I would have too). Ha it was way funny. On the way back to the flat we were trying to figure out the “You’re a jerk” skip. Brady was pretty sure that he figured it out. I’m pretty positive he didn’t. It was a good night!