I forgot to say that this week Rhodri and I sneaked off to see an opera in the middle of London! The opera we saw was called "Simon Boccanegra" and it was supposedly Verdi's finest work. We did this on Wednesday evening (22 June) and it was a success, but it was a MAJOR effort to coordinate. The troops went from school to Sophie and Oscar's house at 3pm, then stayed for dinner and were dropped off back at home around 6pm, where our friend Winnie had already arrived to put them to bed and babysit for the evening!
Meanwhile, Rhodri took the bus from our house to Haywards Heath train station, then train into Gatwick and I left work a bit early (having arrived extra early that day just so I would feel somewhat justified in doing so) to meet him and take another train into the center of London. Then the Tube from Victoria Station to Embankment, and then we walked around for awhile before having an aperitif at a little side street bar. We had dinner inside the Coliseum where the opera was showing, and we did this so that we could save dessert and coffee for the intermission and be able to sit at our same reserved table in the upper balcony.
Anyway, the opera itself had a strange beginning and even stranger end (was that the end?!) but we had good seats and the rest of the performance was thoroughly enjoyable. Well, the whole evening was thoroughly enjoyable although we were both shocked to discover that the train we took to get back to Gatwick (where my car was parked) was sardine-packed and it was 11pm on a Wed night!! Crazy how many people are commuting home at that hour on an average night of the week. Anyway, we were glad to eventually be home around 12:45am and ever so grateful to our friends Winnie and Emma who were able to make it possible for us to do this.
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