We had one
night left in London before leaving again for Salisbury. The treat for this
day, Sunday, was to see the Phantom of the Opera at the matinee. I signed us up
for, and paid for the “Gold Experience”.
I spent part
of the morning packing as we were to leave on Monday for Salisbury, so we would
leave our large bags at the Holiday Inn and only take what we needed for
Stonehenge stuff.
We left and
stopped to buy some tea for one son and a grandson. We were quite disappointed
in the fact that many shops appear to have closed.
After buying
our tea we hurried on to “Her Majesty’s Theater. We didn’t know what the “Gold
Experience” would be, except that we were to tell the staff we had arrived.
There was a
line outside of the theater but there were staff at the line who asked us about
our Covid status. I told them that we were to tell them we had arrived and that
we had the Gold Experience. Her Majesty's Theater
Well, Laurance
was called over immediately. He had a small book and found our names in it. He
took us inside the theater so we wouldn’t have to stand in the cold looking for
our digital tickets. Our personal attendant
Laurance
then led us to the area that was set up with a bottle of champagne and snacks.
When I said I was gluten free he immediately went and got gluten free chips for
me. With champagne poured he went off to procure programs and better seats.
Just before the performance
Lawrence
came back in time to pour more champagne and told us that he’d back to escort
us to our new
seats. Fortunately, we didn’t need to drink the entire bottle of
champagne as we’d come back during the break.
We enjoyed sipping
our champagne and then it was time to experience “The Phantom”. Dale and I
first took our kids to see The Phantom in LA after we left the farm back in 1990.
It was so great then. Since that time, I’ve seen it in N.Y. with my
granddaughter, Christabel, after working there. Then I took my granddaughter,
Zaya to see it in San Francisco when we were going to miss her birthday a couple
of years ago. We had tickets to see it in New York last year but it was
canceled. Then we had tickets to see this in London this past July but then it
was canceled.
The production
was so good, and being only a few rows from the front was even better. We thought
that we should go back to see it again with grandkids but then realized that it
would be feasible. Alas.
From Phantom we were hungry and only a short way from the CafĂ© at St Martins in the Fields Crypt. We stopped in there for a glass of wine and inexpensive church food. The menu hadn’t changed but we were fine.
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