"Follow old Rafiki, he knows the way"

So I have been visiting London once again, this time a coach trip with my grandparents, cousin, little brother and my great gran who is nearly 90! It was time for my little brother of nearly 11 years to finally see the show that my grandparents have taken my cousin and I to see more times than I care to admit... The Lion King.

We boarded the coach at Colchester Train Station, another gloomy looking day- given my previous blog by the looks of things a day out with me just determines a rainy one. My Grandad being the tightest man I know also had a bad start to the day, the car parking machine didn't give him his 10p change and we all bought a packet of crisp from the vending machine at £1.00 a packet. The poor man was pleading poverty before we had even reached London!

We got dropped off and decided to head to Covent Garden for lunch, and a lunch it was! I had the biggest southern fried chicken, cheese and bacon burger with fries and slaw, nice and healthy! Oh and of course a glass of zinfandel. We then headed for the Covent Garden Jubilee Market Hall, where the boys picked up some sweets for the theatre in an old fashioned style Fry's shop, plus a few souvenirs and I bought an amazing candle which placed in front of a lamp just looks fantastic, although my photography does not do it justice sitting on my bed side with my little rose lights (which I may add, is also a Covent Garden purchase)

For those of you who haven't yet been to Covent Garden, I would reccomend an attempt when the weather is sunny, the markets are beautiful and in nice weather you also get to see all of the fantastic street performers, who decided not to brave the disgusting weather we were enduring! After we had finished around the market we made a slow walk over to the beautiful Lyceum Theatre just 5 minutes away. 

We were also super lucky with our seats, given the fact we had a nearly 90 year old lady with us, they swapped our seats so were in the Royal Circle, had extra leg room and was along the aisle. Thanks Nan!

I made sure my little brother was on the aisle seat, knowing that the animals would be walking past his eyes as that first neck tingling song 'The Cirle of Life' came on. His little face was gobsmacked as it started, and his eyes were everywhere as from every direction there was something incredible to look at. I absolutely sobbed just watching him, as I remember the first time I saw it. I know... I'm such a sap for all this stuff.  For those of you who haven't seen this incredible production, it is an absolute must see, with costumes so great that you forget your in a theatre seat and travel to Africa, locked in a story which will make you laugh, cry, sing-a-long and actually make you think a little about what is truley important in life. It's the perfect performance for any age or gender, and would recommend it to all.

See you on my next adventure, and Hakuna Matata!
Jadeene. x