We got home yesterday on a wonderfully warm Sunday afternoon. After unloading most of our gear from the camper and getting the house opened up and the water system back in operation, we had a simple dinner and an early bedtime. By morning the weather was chilly and rainy. We made a rather long things to do list and headed out to run errands and restock the pantry. It’s good to be home but it’s a stark contrast to our recent month in the sun.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
Loved seeing you, hurry back, the patio and cooler are ready!