After another easy journey travelling from the North of England back to London, i arrived on the doorstep of my good mate from Aussie, Jonno. What proceeded was an evening, night and morning of nothing less than Shenanigans...yes Shenanigans...his house in Clapham was filled to the brim with Aussies all on their own Odyssys, and we shared our stories, drank and were merry.
I then had the good fortune to have to pick up my daughter from London Victoria train station who had finished her own UK boarding school adventure and had been holidaying with a school friend in Brighton. After meeting up we travelled back to Essex for a rest and to collect ourselves for our final week in London.
Monday was spent in Central London and we went to Maddam Tussauds wax museam. Wow, the place had changed quite a bit since Zoes mum and I were there 20 years earlier, many new exhibits and setups..and the "Spirit of London" ride that we both really enjoyed. There was a massive lineup for the One Direction exhibit, of which we lined up and Zoe got her picture taken with them. Another notable exhibit was the Dungeon, which included Live actors, well done indeed, i did get scared, which is quite rare, i usually just giggle a lot :).
Tuesday was a rest day spent organising ourselves for the rest of the week.
Wednesday we saw "The Book of Mormon"... Wow x 1000. What a hoot from start to finish. We had awesome seats and Zoe got to meet the stars at the stage door after the show. We then went out for dinner in Soho with Jonno and enjoyed the ambience of Leiscter square, one of my favourite parts of London.
Thursday we travelled to North Tawnton in Devonshire to visit some old friends who knew me and Zoes mum when we lived in the UK nearly 20 years ago. I really loved the countryside, the hills and dales..and was told that is where the play and subsequent movie "Warhorse" was set...we really enjoyed the company of Abby and Barry and their dog Jordie.
After a lightning trip back to London, we organised our bags and on Monday 24 Feb both traveled to Heathrow airport, with Zoe getting on her Big bird back to Oz and me on my own to Miami in the states en route to Peru for the final leg of this amazingly comprehensive awesome trip of a lifetime :) #grateful.
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