Theatre woes

Well, yesterday was a bit of an unfortunate adventure. We had tickets to the Chekhov play, Uncle Vanya at the Rose Theatre in Kinston. Getting there took a fairly long tube ride to the end of the line, a stint on the SW rail and a 10 minute walk. Then, the play was borderline awful. The script centers around Russia, just years before the revolution and is more about the characters' inaction than their actions. However, this did not come through. We were all pretty disappointed but I think Ben and I are still going to purchase tickets to Shakespeare's The Tempest, which will begin playing there at the end of February. From the look of the flyer we saw, they are staging it with an Arabian knight flair. That alone is enough to make me want to see it. Plus, tickets for the pit are only 7 pounds!

Luckily, we were able to resurrect the rest of the night with a big pot of pasta and a lot of garlic cheesey bred. mmmm. I went to the store in the afternoon and stocked up. I bought my first jar of Nutella and some mini wheats with apricot filling (among many other things). Do they make something like this in the US? Not sure. Oh well. Now it's time to get ready for another one of Sarah's walking adventures. Today we are meeting at the National Gallery.