One booking we made sure was made in advance was a trip to the Theatre in London's West End. Ben & I chose the Lion King as the original movie was a hit with the kids as they grew up and I loved the music.
The Lyceum Theatre in Covent Garden was the venue and we had tickets to a matinee performance on the day before we left London.
We spent the morning lazily heading to Gloucester Road for brunch in a new favourite cafe and then caught the Tube to Covent Garden where we had some hot drinks in the coffee shop of the London Transport Museum. We had seen the Museum previously and we had a show to go to but I did manage a spot of retail therapy in the souvenir shop- a little Paddington Bear and a Tube Christmas scarf.
Then on to the Lyceum theatre for the Lion King. We had a fantastic time and it turns out this was Harry's favourite part of the holiday.
As we were leaving the theatre it was about 5pm but already dark in wintery London. Harry said his throat was sore and as he is prone to awful tonsillitis, I walked over to a nearby Boots to get some strepsils. Task achieved we caught the Tube and headed back to the hotel. Oh dear the Piccadilly line was packed with workers going home too. The train we took was squishy but given Harry was unwell we were glad to be on our way. Until....
"I'm going to be sick" Harry said so as soon as we got to the next station we hopped off and yep...he did in a plastic bag on the platform. Groan....Back on another train, keep going until we got to Hammersmith. Off again to find a bathroom but all too hard. Back on the train only to catch the wrong one. Yep, off train at next station, back to Hammersmith connect to correct line and keep on going to the hotel in the dark, cold and with a vomiting child. Aghhhh.
So tonsillitis? A cold? Food poisoning? Hmmmm. Off to bed for Harry and hoping he feels brighter in the morning.......
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