The trials and tribulations of today’s travel and tying things up prior to departure are behind us. We four sisters gathered for a bit of wine, a simple salad and an opportunity to pore over the map of Ireland and delight in our plans for the coming week! Now we need to complete the check in process and get our boarding passes.
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
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.
This is so awesome!! I know you will all have a wonderful time!! Miss you girls and can’t wait to hear of your adventures. Sending you all hugs!!
Jane