Elephants on Parade

Day 11

Today George hosts class in his lovely and adorable flat near Highbury and Islington. Apparently it is a 2 million pound flat. Geez minetti. He has tea and biscuits ready for us…could we be more British? During the class, we present our reports on the background info of the shows we are going to see while we are here. I guess I didn’t realize how wide of a range of shows we had tickets for. I’m really excited now.

After class, Nick, Katie, Erin, and I head to Covent Garden with the intent of procuring tickets to Avenue Q. Since Erin is with us, we stop at every elephant in covent garden, and let me tell you, there are quite a few. Oh, London is currently doing a city wide exhibit to promote awareness and to raise money for the endangered Asian elephant. Various artists were asked to paint an elephant, and 250 distinctly different ones were placed all over the city. Many of us have made it a goal to see how many we can photograph while exploring London. They’ll have their own album on facebook. No worries!

Covent Garden is bustling and busy with street performers and markets and an arcade full of cute boutiques. After much wandering, we finaly stumble upon the Wyndham Theatre where Avenue Q is playing. This is the first show we’ve seen on our own and we are excited to find that as students, we can get 20 pound tickets in the orchestra. I love this city.

We go our own separate ways and decide to meet back for the show. It is hilariously funny (and I’m glad I saw it before Gary Coleman died. They cut 21 lines out of the show, and I would feel bad…)

After the show, we stage door it up like we always do, meet some of the actors, and head back to Bloomsbury. And what do we do once back in Bloomsbury? The Rocket of course! Today there is a replacement DJ, and he is no good. Dancing opportunities are minimal.