Back in December, I went to visit a friend who lives in London. Initially, we were just going to casually have lunch together and then go to Winter Wonderland which is held in Hyde Park each year. However, my friend had the BRIGHT idea that we have a more sophisticated day out and go to the ballet!!! I immediately said yes and she bought us 2 tickets!
We met at the station and headed to Covent Garden.
Then I think we had a coffee and a snack at Andronica's, but I'm not certain - not very good at this belated blogging business!
Then we had a nice walk to the London Colliseum which is where the English National Opera perform.
And that was where we saw The Nutcracker. If you don't know the story, I've pasted in a little synopsis here:
"Journey back in time with English National Ballet to a frost-covered, gas-lit London and join Clara, her Nutcracker doll and the magician Drosselmeyer in this traditional, festive tale for all the family.
On an enchanted Christmas Eve, under the heavy boughs of the candlelit tree Clara battles with the Mouse King and falls in love with a handsome stranger. As the air grows colder and snowflakes begin to fall, Clara and her valiant Nutcracker take a hot air balloon ride across the frost-dusted London skyline to the glistening Land of Snow where her adventure really begins.
In a world of Edwardian elegance, Nutcracker brings to life the eternally popular Tchaikovsky score featuring the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Waltz of the Flowers. This classical production is a magical, memorable and unmissable Christmas treat."
http://www.ballet.org.uk/whats-on/nutcracker/
If it wasn't enough that the performance was beautiful, the actual theatre was amazing too! Such intricate detail and decoration, the architecture of these London theatres is incredible!
After the show had come to an end, we went for some dinner at Byron Burger's (SO TASTY!) and then took a walk through Picadilly Circus, aaaaaaaaall the way to Hyde Park. It's a bit of a trek, but it was so nice to see London all Christmassy - and catch up with my bestie too!
Once at Hyde Park, we walked through Winter Wonderland. It's a bit of an odd event, some of it is really traditional and sweet, but some of it is super tacky! Like this strange ride...
And that was the end of our day, well, once we'd gone back to London Liverpool Street and said our farewells. I had such a lovely day and really recommend the ballet to EVERYONE. Go. Go right now!
And to link this back to beauty, here's my face of that day.
Thank you for reading!
IOTD - Cara Delevigne is possibly THE vaguest link to this blog post, but um.....her hair looks....like a BALLERIIIIINA'S! There we go, that's it ;)
SOTD - Lisztomania by Phoenix
