We had a lazy morning today, starting off with breakfast at The Local, a cafe beside our apartment. The food was excellent and Dale’s eggs benny were served in a unique way.

We walked to see Wicked at the Apollo Theatre near Victoria Station. We were impressed that they not only allowed us to bring our drinks to our seat, but they served us in cut glass glasses.

We sat in the cheap seats and still had an excellent view of the stage. Wicked was a great performance. We were somewhat disappointed with the sound quality as it was often hard to make out the words. However, that may also have been our being unfamiliar with the songs.

We then took a new train route and landed in Piccadilly Circus. This reminded us a lot of Times Square in New York.

After a delicious Indian meal, we found our way to the Sondheim Theatre for Les Miserable. We just followed the signs.

The show was fantastic. We were fairly close to the stage and had great views. The performance was staggeringly brilliant and we left humming tunes. We figured out the same trains back to Victoria Station. I have been happily surprised by how safe it feels to walk in London, even later at night. We walked 15 minutes from Victoria Station to our suite at 11pm. There were lots of people around and people were pleasant and relaxed as we met them. What we weren’t expecting was to see a fox pop out from under a fence, look at us and run back in. Cool!

We have enjoyed walking here. I understand how impractical it would be to have a car if you lived in the areas we have been this week. We have also appreciated all the exercise. Today was the least distance we covered by foot and we still did 3.8 miles according to my watch.