I Heart London

Hi! I'm Sophie from The Littlest Things and I am so excited to be posting on Simone's lovely blog. She has been my little London life line while living in the UK and has made living so far away from home, so much easier! I love that I have such a passion for her home city :)
This is my London...

I don't know how it happened, but somehow, London has become my true home (temporarily anyway). After meeting a real Londoner over 5 years ago, I followed him over to the other side of the world and lived in the city for the whole year of 2009.
I fell head.over.heels.in.love with the place! It's kind of hard not to.
The city is full of so much awesomeness.

Since then, we have been living in the U.K, just not in London (and it's nearly been killing me; being so close yet still so far).
So, when I'm back there I feel instantaneously happy and so inspired.
These are some of the reasons why I love the city so much;

The British spirit

The London Eye

Hyde Park and rowing on the Serpentine

Sloane Square

Watching the changing of the guard

Leadenhall Market

The beautiful hotels

Fashion amazingness like watching the arrivals to the Burberry show

Westminster; Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

The charming little houses

Borough market and it's cafes

Shopping at Westfield and Topshop in Christmas time

London at dusk.

I'm currently waiting for my new visa to get back there and am counting down the seconds until I step off the plane at Heathrow to the crisp London winter air.
The city is just magical.
There's no other way to describe it :)

Sophie writes the blog The Littlest Things....
a blog about life, style, fashion, food, travel & London life.
It's a gorgeous blog....a huge dose of energy and happiness.
It's everything that Sophie is....

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"Singin' in the Rain"

I've always loved musicals, I grew up watching them....

and really, who couldn't love them? 

They're just a joyful, fun & happy experience, total escapism.

This week my daughter & I went to see "Singin' in the Rain" at London's Palace Theatre.

It was absolutely fantastic!!

The original cast of Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor & Debbie Reynolds are almost impossible to beat but the stars of this show - Adam Cooper, Scarlett Strallen & Daniel Crossley  - do a fabulous job.

The dancing is energetic, slick & exciting to watch & all three leads are very accomplished singers. 

The whole production has a great energy and is full of fun & laughs.

It's hard to believe that this year is the 60th anniversary of the movie.

The famous "rain scene" where Don sings "Singin' in the Rain" was impressive to say the least....

there's a lot of rain, splashing & great dancing - as stage effects go, this was amazing!

14, 000 litres of water is used every performance - pumped in and out (via half a mile of flexible hosing) to & from a 10 ton water tank under the orchestra pit .

The water is recycled every show.

We had a wonderful time - as I think did everyone judging by the standing ovation the audience gave the cast. 

It's a brilliant production - especially good were Daniel Crossley as Cosmo Brown & Katherine Kingsley as Lina Lamont.

I enjoyed it so much that I've booked to see it again with two girlfriends next month!

If you're visiting London & want to see a West End show, I'd totally recommend it, 

you are guaranteed to leave smiling :)

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