Wicked, Brighton and platform 9 3/4

Hallooooo!

Last weekend wasn't planned at all. On Friday night we decided to go see the musical Wicked. And because Sunday was supposed to be an OK day concearning the weather, we decided to go to Brighton on Sunday. Monday was still a question mark when the weekend began... Oh and I went to my first screening on Wednesday!

So here is the video...

 And here is some more explanation.

Wicked: the story about the wicked witch of Oz.
On Friday night we literally decided to go to a musical. It was both on our do to list and Molly had a great website with last minute deals. So with some browsing on the site, Molly spotted two tickets for Wicked at the Apollo Victoria theatre for £28. We also looked at other musicals (Lion King, Les Mis) but this was the best deal they had for that moment. So long story short, we booked the tickets without knowing our seats and we would hope for the best.

Saturday during the day was very laid back on my end. I finished my Bath blog and uploaded the video. Did some more writing, watched some YouTube video's, etc. Very relaxing.

By the time 5p.m came around, Molly and I went on our way to Victoria station. Excitement all over the place! But still, I was a bit nervous. They work with seated places and we would get our seat once we collected our ticket. Since the tickets were so cheap, god knows where we would end up in the theatre!?

Apparently in an awesome spot! We were seated in the middle section of the stalls and no one was sitting in front of us. I repeat: NO ONE. The awesome view we had can be seen below. We were so lucky.

Beautiful stage

The show was BE-A-UTIFUL. Goosebumps, a smile on my face and a tear or two. It was perfect. Beautiful story, beautiful set, talented actors, funny, serious, sad, exciting, etc. This was the whole package.

Brighton
The night was short. We came home from the musical around 11:30p.m and we left our houses at 8:45a.m on a Sunday morning. I repeat: 8:45 a.m on a Sunday morning! Yes, we were that excited about our trip to Brighton!

Train tickets were super cheap (£10 there and back) and the journey was only an hour. We thought the weather would be ok= cloudy but dry. Well didn't we guess wrong! Blue sky with fluffy clouds and the sun shining on our faces the entire day! Thank god I used sunscreen in the morning. We couldn't have picked a better day for this trip.

The pier

Because we were only one day in Brighton we wanted to do the basics: the pier, the coloured beach houses and the Lanes (and because we didn't do our research and because we just wanted to see the seaside)

 Coloured beach houses

We walked on the pier and then we went to the coloured beach houses. In the end we spend an hour and a half on a bench seeing this lovely view.

The seaside

 Huray for my panorama button on my smartphone!

We took a stroll in the Lanes by the end of the day and by 6:30p.m we were on the train back to London.  

Platform 9 3/4
Monday 26th May was bank holiday here in the UK. So we absolutely didn't plan a thing besides sleeping in.

The weather was also crapy, so we were looking for something we could do that was indoors. We originally planned to go to Primrose hill, but with the raining and drizzling that was a no go... 

So we ended up in King's Cross. We planned that anyway, but because of the weather we didn't mind waiting an hour in line for a picture with Harry's trolly.

As most of you know I am a very difficult person when it comes to pictures like this. I have to be in a particular mood to really enjoy it and on Monday that just wasn't the case. I am glad a took the picture though, eventhough I wasn't really up for it. I knew I would regret it if I didn't. I mean, we had been waiting for an hour! So all in all, the picture turned out ok. Not how it would look like if I was in the mood, but still ok. Molly on the other hand, was totally in the zone and got this amazing picture :)

When our picture was taken, we stepped aside and asked each other out loud: "Where to next?". A guy who worked at the platform (yes yes, there are 3 employees making sure everyone stays between the ribbons, hand out and hold the scarfs and someone taking the picture) heard us. He gave us some very good advise for to do's in London and he sent us to Leadenhall Market. A market in the East End, a part of town we don't come that often. Because it was a bank holiday and because it was alreay 4:30p.m all shops were closed. Maybe we'll go back on a normal weekend.

My first screening!
On Wednesday I was invited to my first screening! A screening is something like a premiere, but without the red carped and all the media around it. Everyone working in the film industry (including RDP's merchandising) gets invites to these screenings. Well, not everyone, obviously, there wouldn't be enough room in the cinema. And they offered free drinks!

Free ticket

So off to Leicester square Odeon again x) It was a nice 'break' of the week x)

The movie was hilarious, but not a film you need to watch on the big screen (unlike Noah).

Home sickness: this is getting old, but absolutely none
London city: this is also getting old, but loving loving loving loving the city
New people: that guy at platform 9 3/4. Didn't catch a name, but he was funny x)
New words: un avoir= a credit (yes yes, a French word x))

Thanks for reading!

xo - Sara