I was lucky enough to get tickets to the annual Christmas event at the Royal Albert Hall. It is sponsored by The Salvation Army. This year is the Salvation Army’s 125th anniversary. It started in the UK those many years ago. The program was terrific and the architecture inside and out of the Royal Albert Hall was breathtaking. My pictures do not do it justice. You will just have to come to London and see it for yourself. We had terrific box seats and the music and program were great. The weather in London was a little on the chilly side, so we took a cab over to the concert. From my maps it looked like we could just walk thru Kensington Park and we would be right there. Little did I realize that Kensington Park is almost the size of New York’s Central Park. It would have been quite a hike.
The jet lag caught up with us, so we did not hurry around too much on Thursday, besides it was Thanksgiving Day. We went to a English pub and had Cottage Pie and fish and chips, then we went to an old movie theater to see the new release of “Harry Potter.” The theater reminded me of when the Cirlcle Theater in Indy was a movie theater. Very ornate paneling and balconies to watch the movies.
Now about mass transportation. Indianapolis needs to get their act together and get some light rail systems going. The express train from London to Heathrow took 15 minutes to get out to the international terminal. The light rail lines are pretty much on schedule and thousands of people are using the system. It was very safe and very clean. Parts are very old, but still functioning well. We got a multi-day pass and we went everywhere. Plus being underground, we did not have to worry too much about the outside temperatures.
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