Marathons, Palaces and Damien Lewis - April Blog Challenge

I cannot believe that suddenly it’s the end of April! Although to be fair suddenly there seems to be sun poking through the clouds every now and then and I even had my first ice cream (admittedly its one from those whippy machines which some argue is not real ice cream, but I’m weird and I don’t actually like real ice cream so I’ll count it)! April has been one of those months which seems to have been a bit haphazard and all over the place, I started the month in Romania and I’m ending it back here in London and a bunch of things have happened in between.

Me being cool in the Hampton Palace Gardens :P 

Touch of Theatre:

Standard I know, but I am no-one without Theatre! It defines me and blah blah blah. No I joke – I have actually had a pretty good month theatre wise and managed to fit three performances into three weeks! Overkill? Probably (but to be fair I went to see Cats again before it closed so I don’t think that counts)….

American Buffalo

I bought tickets for this ages ago – potentially even before the new year! And I was lucky I did as they got lapped up and sold out pretty soon afterwards. The reason? The chance to see John Goodman, Damien Lewis and Tom Sturridge on stage in David Mamet’s recreation of this well known drama. I have to admit that the play did take a while to get going, but once it did it was brilliant, I think I enjoyed it because the story isn’t the main theme of the play – the main theme is clearly the interdependent relationships shown between the characters, and the acting was of course brilliant. Lewis and Sturridge also nailed the accents (apparently John Goodman is American – definitely didn’t know that and I admit that I was completely wrong on this point) so if you get a chance to see it whether there is a last minute ticket or another recreation – don’t think twice – just buy it!

A Mad World My Masters 
I also treated myself this month and splashed out with tickets to go and see a little bit of classic theatre performed by the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company).These actors and actresses are the elite of the elite so tickets always cost a fair penny - but it was completely worth it and reminded me once again how much I love the theater! I can't wait to hit up the Globe this summer for Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare!! If you fancy having a great experience then book now and don't wait! I promise you will thank me for it in the end! 

Hampton Court

Hampton Court Palace - Garden View

Carrying on the theme of loving Damien Lewis my boyfriend and I went to Hampton Court for the day (for those of you who don’t get the reference – google/watch Wolf Hall). I have never been before so was really excited as I have heard that it’s beautiful and that the gardens are incredible! Unfortunately having the attention span of a fly and the stamina of sloth means that I got bored walking around the various rooms pretty quickly. I don’t know what it is-I will happily spend hours outside, but in dark and dingy rooms – not so much. The gardens were immaculate though and we spend a good couple of hours looking around them, and I got to see deer (don’t know why but I always get excited seeing deer in England – yet I’m completely uninterested in their cousins back on the plains in Africa). We also decided to do the maze, which I suppose is something you have to do when there. We both have quite a competitive steak in us so we decided to split up and see who could get to the centre first – it was me in case you were wondering :P

Hampton Court Palace Gardens 

London Marathon

Last but not least, I went to watch and support the runners at the London Marathon last Sunday. I was helping my cousin and her charity Action Against Hunger as they had several people running for them and needed all the morale they could get! Having run a couple of half marathons here and there, I always wondered what it would be like to run a marathon (even though crossing the finish line at the half marathons usually had me doing a mixture of wheezing, swearing and crawling) but seeing the London Marathon runners has got me thinking that I want to do it again! We will have to see! It was fun though and I have so much respect for those who ran it and of course East Africa represented us well-  insanely rapid! 

Elite Men and Women running the London Marathon 2015

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