Girls' Weekend

A while ago, well before Christmas I was looking to book for Bella and I to go and see the Nutcracker Ballet. However being a bit culture starved around here, I ended up on the Covent Garden web site and ended up booking Swan Lake in London. We decided to have a girl's weekend in London. Originally was going to stay with Jo, but then decided to book a swish central hotel - St Martin's Lane, so we could get out and about easier. What a great plan. Apart from the freezing cold weather (and yes I can say that despite living in Switzerland) we had a fabulous time. As it turned out, it was Jo's last weekend in London, before they migrated en famille to Australia, so they came in to see us for breakfast which was great.

After a bit of shopping and a couple of new pairs of shoes (one each) later, we went off to Covent Garden. We were on the second row of orchestra stalls, had completely fogotten what seats I had booked, so we had a great view, and the show really was spectacular.

That evening Bella had the choice of any (child friendly) restaurant on London, but she decided she wanted room service, having been outside all day. So we ordered a DVD and had dinner in our room. I oredred from the very trendy restaurant Asia de Cuba down stairs. We looked like a pair of country yokels every time we ventured through the lobby. Ha.ha. We had a rude awakeneing at 3a.m. with a fire alarm, which had us on the freezing street with a bunch of drunk party people for half an hour. After the firemen visited and agreed it was a false alarm we were allowed back in. Sunday morning we went to see the Tower of London, and the Crown Jewels, and after lunch we headed back.