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fredag 24 november 2017

Maps: St Giles to Apollo Theatre.

This is quite an unnecessary map, but since Ive done one on all the other routes, I might as well do one for this one as well. On our last full day in London, we'll start with a matiné of Everybodys Talking About Jamie, at Apollo Theatre.

Maps: from Drayton Arms Theatre to St. Giles Hotel

It's amazing how many times we seem to be close to Hyde Park and Buckingham Palace on this trip: first Big Fish at The Other Palace, then Winter Wonderland, then we pass it twice, going to and from Drayton Arms theatre in South Kensington. This time, when we go from Drayton Arms to our hotel, the St. Giles, will be the last time, at least on this trip. 

Maps: From St. Giles to Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in Southwark

This trip is filled with visits to theatres I'd never been to before. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, at the New Globe is one, and it's the one we are gonna visit on tuesday, at 2.00pm, for a matiné of Romantics Anonymous.

Maps: from St. Giles to Winter Wonderland and Cinderella on ice

So until a couple of weeks ago, I'd never heard of Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, but my friend Magnus was looking for a monday matiné, and Cinderella on Ice came up!
It looks great, and we are planning to leave our hotel, the St. Giles, early in the morning, stay all day - of course see Cinderella on Ice, at 2 o'clock -  and then leave about an hour before Woman in White at Charing Cross Theatre starts.


Maps: from St.Giles to The Other Palace

We start our November four day visit to London by walking from our hotel, the St. Giles on Bedford Avenue to the theatre, The Other Palace, at 12 Palace Streets, where they are showing the trips first show: Andrew Lippas BIG FISH, with Kelsey Grammer. 
These are the routes Google Maps recommended:

tisdag 21 november 2017

Walking in London

I quite like walking in London. Everything seems to be close by, because everything you pass is interesting, so the walking, in itself, never gets to be tedious. One forgets that one's walking. 

It would be a different thing if one lived there, I guess, but I have the luxury of just visiting.

But this particular day, 28th of November 2017, is going to be interesting, cause there is gonna be a lot of walking. 

First we start the day by walking from our hotel, the St. Giles on Bedford Avenue in Fitzrovia, to Sam Wannamaker Playhouse on the other side of the Thames, in Southwark, where we are going to see the new musical ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS, and then we set off to Drayton Arms Theatre, in South Kensington, to see Adam Gwons musical ORDINARY DAYS.

And then, we'll walk back to our hotel, the St. Giles. 

All in all, we are gonna be walking 9,7 miles, which is 15,6 kilometers, and will take at least - we are fast walkers but easily distracted - 3 h 20 min.


söndag 19 november 2017

St. Giles Hotel

We always stay at St. Giles, at Bedford Avenue in Bloomsbury, when we come to London.


Doesn't that sound fancy: like we come to London from our country house, to visit some really important and influential people?

The truth is that "we" are two middle-aged gay guys from Sweden who come to the city to watch as many shows as we can cram into the few days we visit. And the reason that we choose to come back to St. Giles is that we like it: it's relatively cheap, quite nice, but the most important factor is that it is conveniently close to all that we like: which is primarily West End.