Wicked Royalty

After missing our seminar, we came back to the hotel and changed to go out into the city.

Because our hotel was so close, we set off on foot to see the Queen and Buckingham Palace. It turns out she's not out on the lawn playing croquet and eating biscuits all the time. Instead, we came upon a horde of people from around the world crowded in front of the palace, all pushing each other to get closer.

1. OMG! The Queen! Calm down. It's not like this is Christina Aguilera's house.

I'm 76% sure that's not real gold.

Horses!

(Side note: What exactly does the Royal Family do? I have never been able to figure this out. How can Elizabeth (or Lizzy as I like to call her) be Queen of England and still have her face on Canadian money? Also, can she just do whatever she feels like doing? I don't get it. But they worship her. Oh, and Princess Diana. There are memorials and commemorative plates everywhere. She must've been really nice.)

So, there was this band in front of the Palace playing British stuff, when all of sudden, we here Scott's anthem. It's in the video below.

At least they did better than this girl.



On the way to/from the Palace, we came across this bird that we nicknamed Oppy, because he hops. Scott scared the crap out of him.

We ended up visiting Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square, picking up some cheap souvenirs and tickets to see Wicked in the West End.

In honor of one of our favorite Brits (Shareen), we ate at a delicious Malaysian restaurant. Scott's food looked good.


My food looked better.


That night, we dressed up like we were going to prom and headed off to see the show. It was pretty incredible - totally changed the way I perceive one of my favorite movies. You should see it. It's coming to Louisville in January.