I'm staying in a gorgeous hotel in the center of London. I'm across the street from Buckingham palace at a hotel voted by tripadvisor as the best boutique hotel for 2011. The room is one of the most unique I've ever stayed in, and with all of my travels I've seen many. The room is 2 stories with a living room on the first floor and a bedroom upstairs. The best part of the room? There is no ceiling. Well there is, but it's glass and you can see the stars, clouds, everything. When you feel you've had to much of the sun, you hit the remote to the retractable canopy that covers the glass ceiling. The staff at this boutique is more than accommodating. They help us with everything and I feel a little spoiled.
I saw my first show at the theater this weekend in London, Billy Elliot. What a great musical it was. These kids were great dancers, the humor was good (some british humor I didn't get though), the acting was wonderful, and the theater was beautiful. Theaters in London are highly competitive and unlike the US, they allow you to buy a drink at the bar and bring it into the show. Sounds great right? No. There is nothing worse than having to pee, not able to get up because you're stuck in the middle of the section around many people,
glancing at your watch every minute hoping that intermission is right around the corner. Of course you know, once intermission comes there is always a mad dash to the bathrooms. I dashed alright, only to be stuck in a line behind 20 other women, 4 bathroom stalls, 2 which didn't flush! My advice...Enjoy the show, skip the cocktails.
London has these cool looking phone booths all over the city. When was the last time anyone used a phone booth? I opened the door just so I could get a quick picture. What a stinky nasty graffiti urine covered experience. Ick. No wonder people don't use them. After walking around the city for hours, taking random pictures I was able to hit a Casino in London as well. Sorry Mom, there are no video poker machines here. Everybody plays roulette. My friend and I turned 60 US dollars into $522.00 in Roulette. We were winning every spin. Evens, Odds, Black, Red,numbers...everything. It was great! To celebrate we wanted to take a shot of tequila but it cost almost $14 dollars a shot. We refused to spend that much money on a shot of patron. As we were leaving with all of our winnings, we found a $10 dollar chip in our pockets.... And THAT is when the master plan started. We decided to gamble the $10 on roulette, and if we win, we would splurge and buy the shots of tequila and would continue to do so until we lost. Well guess what? We won, and we won, and we won again. With my headache this morning, I don't feel like such a winner anymore.
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