London - Lettn' Loose!

(Vee reporting) Wednesday, May 24th began with Cliff getting up very early to do our laundry. We have lately not been so good with our discipline of manually washing some of our light-weight clothing, and Cliff was on his last T-shirt. By 9 am I finally got up to find my clothes washed, dried and nicely folded on one of the the spare beds of our room. Yes, my hubby is truly an angel! Finally by 10 am we were showered, changed and ready to hit the streets of London. Cliff not only got our laundry done by 9 am, but he also managed to plan our whole itinerary for the day. We started heading towards the "London Museum". This was my first time visiting this Museum, however CLiff had been there before. It is an extraordinary exhibition that took us from thousands of years BC to the 20th century, managing to balance historical, cultural, social and architectural information for each period of its history. It took us 6 hours to go through the whole museum with a 30 minute coffee-break in between. Cliff and I have come to realize that these types of museums are so important for foreign visitors like us. It truly puts the city in question in a whole other perspective that allows us to appreciate its beauty reflected in its buildings, culture, people so much more. By the time we completed our tour we were obviously a bit tired, but so satisified with what we were able to learn and experience. Cliff suggested to walk by some of the imporant buildings that we had learned about. Saint Paul Cathedral for instance was the first major christian cathedral built in the old "Londinium" around the year 800 AD, after the saxo-normans had established themselves in this area, and long after it had gained its independance from the roman empire. Despite it having been almost completely destroyed two times in its life (due to two major fires) it was fortunately re-built each time, having been completed in the 18th century by Sir Christopher Wren. It is in incredible shape in comparison to most of the doms/cathedrals we have seen around Europe, and certainly amongst the most beautiful as well.
After Saint Paul's it was already 8pm, Cliff decided to surprise me one more time by taking me to my first play ever in London. Well aware of how the system works, Cliff walked me to the ticket discount-office in Leicester Square. Fortunately the line wasn't long at all, and after only a few minutes the ticket-officer was able to recommend the best prices and best seats for some of the plays of the night. After a quick chinese-noodles snack we were heading towards our theather to watch "FOOTLOOSE". What can I say....it was simply AWESOME!!! the actors were fantastic, and despite it being a musical, the songs were full of energy played by a live-band and the dancing....oh goodness the dancing was incredible. I loved it..I loved every minute of it.
The show ended around 10pm, and we were ready to go home.