all things cbl

We arrived at JFK a little less than an hour ago. Seven hour flight from London Hethrow Airport this morning to JFK. Got to watch a few movies and stretch out in the comfy Business Elite seats during the time. Around 4 hours from now we get to board a flight to Ohio, and then a flight after that to Vegas. We arrive back in Vegas at 10:14pm Vegas time. Which means I’ll probably get home around 1:30am or so. Quite a long day.

Last couple of days we spent in London. I must say that the Metro in London is quite easy to use and navigate. We ended up getting some Oyster cards loaded with 10 pounds each. So easy to use. It has a RFID chip in it and you just scan as you go in and out and it dings your balance. We were able to ride the tube in London two and a half days throughout the day for 10 pounds each. Coming home this morning I had to put 1 pound 30p on each of our cards (to get it up to 2 pounds) to get the balance so we’d be able to get in.

Last night we went and saw Wicked. Wow. I can say that Wicked was awesome. Really awesome. I was worried because of the girl they had playing Elphaba. She was rather new, but she delivered. Boy, did she deliver. There were a few rows of English and German students in front of us. We continually had to “shush” three german kids in front of us, chatting up some British girls in front of them. Sammi, finally had to go get an usher, who shushed them once, but it didnt last. At intermission we found their teacher, after which they turned tail and ran to the other side of the theater with the girls so we had a peaceful second half of the show.

The night before we saw Billy Elliott. It was awesome. It’s coming to Broadway this October and I think it’ll be quite the show to see. They have a bunch of child actors and they are quite talented. I highly recommend that everybody should see it. Wicked, however, was our favorite. I’m still in utter amazement. The accents really didnt get in the way for us in Wicked, and the singing was a tad different than the soundtrack which I’m quite familiar with. I couldn’t help but sing along to myself on certain songs.. I also found myself tapping the beat on “The Wizard and I”.

We also saw the Houses of Parliament, and climbed to the tip top of St. Pauls Cathedral. We tried watching the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, but it was cancelled due to rain. We also went to the Tower of London where I got to participate in a reenactment that happened in the 12th century and we also saw the Crown Jewels. We toured around Buckingham Palace Tuesday as well as walked around Trafalgar Square and Oxford Circus.

London was fun but EXPENSIVE.

Overall the trip was rather enjoyable. My feet are sore and blistered. I should’ve brought my running shoes for walking around in instead of what I brought. Silly me. I saved a bit of the different coinage for my collections.. Euros, Swiss Francs, Great Britain Pounds.

So there you have it. I’ll upload some of the best pictures to http://cbl.us over the next few days.