Trip to London

Yesterday evening, we returned from London. We were there just for a short trip, mainly to see a musical show in the Palladium.

This time we stayed in a hotel in Islington, not far away from Angel tube station. Islington is quite a nice neighborhood, I must say. Lots of shops and pubs and restaurants - and quite a bit cheaper than in the center of town. From Angel you quickly reach St. Pancras/King's Cross and there you have practically every tube line available.

We had a nice and quiet room at the hotel and slept very well. No pubs around from which you can have noise - we arrived on Friday and the Brits are known to love pubbing in the weekend. At some places we were, they stayed on the pavement shouting and laughing until the wee hours of day.

We did go to the pub, but in the late afternoon during happy hour. We got a taste for aperol spritz after our recent stay in Florence!

Also had some nice lunches. One local in a restaurant named Desperados (Mexican style food) and another at Cicchetti's Covent Garden (Italian). Been there before and I can recommend it!

On Friday night we went to see the renewed version of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, with Sheridan Smith as the narrator, Yac Yarrow as Joseph and Jason Donovan as the Pharaoh. After the show we waited at the stage door to get a picture and a signature. There were more than enough people, but we got in front and managed to get what we wanted.