Our Righteous Wicked Weekend

Eric and I gave each other perfect presents last Christmas--a weekend in London and tickets to see Wicked. It was a blast! We spent the day strolling through The National Gallery looking at the paintings of familiar artists such as Van Gogh (a dutch painter whose name is actually pronounced Van Go(ck) (with the gurgly dutch G), Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt, etc. and other paintings of lesser known artists. We even splurged the 3 lbs for a tour guide headphone set that told the history of each painting. It was fun and I've wanted to do that since we went there the first time, but couldn't with all the little kids. They can only handle about 4.2 minutes before they go crazy in there.

We went to dinner at a cozy little restaurant by Trafalgar Square and then took the underground to Victoria Station to the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The show was amazing and I fell in love with the beautiful music.

Afterward, we took the underground back to Westminster and walked the bridge over The Thames to our hotel room where we could see Big Ben from our window and sleep while the lights of the London Eye twirled clockwise through the curtains.

After a restful and quiet (no children) ride back to Dover, we caught the ferry and arrived back in Drongen to find our children well taken care of (thanks Ashley) and happy once again to see each other!