Hello
everyone!
Well that’s
me back from my wee holiday and I had a great time, it was really nice to get
away from everything for a few days. I’ve decided to just treat my London blogs
as a kind of holiday diary for what I did each day instead of splitting it up
into different activities because I think that would feel really disjointed and
messy so here is the diary entry for Monday May 21st 2012.
I have never
been a fan of flying, I’m not scared about it, I just get really sick on planes
and always throw up when the plane is landing which can put a bit of a downer
on the start and end of the holiday so since London was accessible by train, my
friend and I decided to travel first class with East Coast trains instead. This
made getting to London a lot easier as the train station is only a 20 minute
drive from my house instead of a two hour drive to the nearest airport, the
journey time is a lot longer (six hours on the train compared to an hour and a
half on the aeroplane). Unfortunately my friend and I were left a bit
disappointed with the first class service as you are supposed to receive a
complimentary hot meal but the kitchen was broken and so we only got a couple
of sandwiches, we also had the same problem on the return journey but this time
we didn’t receive hot food or hot drinks. We have both written letters of
complaint to East Coast so I’ll keep you posted on whether we receive any
compensation for this or not. At the end of the day if a company promises a
service then it should provide it, especially if you pay extra money to receive
the services. Anyway! The rest of the journey went smoothly except from my
friend getting travel sick but all in all it was a pleasant journey.
After
arriving in London we transferred to the St. Giles Hotel at Tottenham Court
Road. Both of us had stayed here before so we knew what to expect. This is a
great hotel if you’re looking for a clean and comfortable nights rest, it’s not
the Ritz, it’s not very luxurious and the rooms are small but the staff are
friendly, the breakfast is good and it’s in a great location. If you have been
to London before you will know the hotels there can be dirty and overpriced or
treat you like cattle (The Royal National being one of them) so to find a hotel
as good as the St. Giles within a reasonable price range can be quite
difficult. If you ever visit London I highly recommend the St. Giles and warn
you greatly to stay away from The Royal National but these views are just based
on my experiences.
We decided
to go to a musical on the Monday we arrived and so we headed into Leicester
Square to get discounted tickets. We decided to see We Will Rock You which is a
musical based on the music of Queen and we also bought tickets for Rock of Ages
for the Thursday night. We had both seen We Will Rock You before but had really
enjoyed it so we decided to go again. My friend had seen Rock of Ages as well
but there wasn’t really that much else on that was discounted that we wanted to
see and since the film is coming out in two weeks we decided to go to that too.
We then
headed back to the hotel as it was right next to the Dominion theatre where We
Will Rock you is and got a quick bite to eat in the Garfunkels next door.
We Will
Rock You Review
This musical
is one of my favourites as I am a huge Queen fan so you can guess this is going
to be a pretty favourable review. We Will Rock You is set in the future on the
iPlanet formerly known as planet Earth where making your own music with
instruments has been banned and the only songs allowed have to be made on
computers. The planet is heavily ruled by the Killer Queen who makes sure
everything runs like clockwork. Life is easy and uncomplicated unless you are one of the few remaining
bohemians who rebel against the regime and suffer greatly for this. Enter our
heroes of the story, a guy named Galileo Figaro and a girl named Scaramouche
(see the Queen references already?), two bohemian outcasts who are shunned by
society for not fitting in and being different. They run away from their home
where they come across a larger group of bohemians at the Heartbreak Hotel who
believe that Galileo is the one person who can bring music back into their
lives. They then embark on a voyage to find the last remaining instrument which
has been hidden ever since electronic music took over.
Although
this musical can seem a bit ridiculous at times, the music and atmosphere are
great. They also update this musical regularly by renaming the planet (it was
known as Planet Mall until this year when it was changed to the iPlanet to
reflect Apples market domination) and by keeping the names of those musicians
that have died up to date, this year’s names included Whitney Houston and Amy
Winehouse. I also really enjoy this musical as it’s very sarcastic which might
not be to everyone’s taste but the humour is pretty clean with only a few
innuendos used throughout. Overall this musical would probably be suitable for
anyone over 12 unlike Rock of Ages which I will come to later in the week. If
you’re a Queen fan or into rock music then this musical will definitely be
right up your street.
Score: 8/10
So there is
my first day’s diary entry, there wasn’t really all that much to say as most og
Monday was spent travelling but hopefully you will have at least found the
review interesting.
As always if
you have any questions feel free to ask me in the comment section below and
until Tuesdays diary entry TTFN Ta-Ta For Now x
