Trip to London Part 2

I had a nice chat and lunch with my friend. There were so many things to talk about, so as always, we were behind the schedule. Actually my friend needed to go back to the conference. And I was planning to go to watch a musical “The Lion King”.

We got on the underground together. I thought I could change the line at Euston where my friend would get off. However I could not change the line at the station. I needed to stay on one more station to Kings cross. After I said good bye to my friend, I got on the same line and got off at Kings cross. I was planning to buy a half priced ticket. So my first destination was “Tickets”, a discounted ticket shop. I should have transferred to the Piccadilly line at Kings cross station. I checked the direction to the South and got on the tube. However, I arrived at Euston again! What happened? I could not transfer to the Piccadilly line at Euston. This meant I did not get on the Piccadilly line. I got on the Victoria line. Why did this happen to me? I really checked it before getting on it. Oh, no. It was all my fault.

Anyway, the direction to the South was not wrong. So I could change to the different line at the different station. In London, the underground system is convenient.

After taking much longer time, I could arrive at “Tickets”. It would be closed at 3:00pm on Sunday. I arrived there at 2:40pm. I thought yes, I made it. I asked “Is there a ticket for The Lion King?” The clerk said “You should go to the theatre.” I was surprised and asked, “Are there tickets at the theatre?” He said, “I don’t know. Anyway, The Lion King starts from 3:00pm. So you should be in a hurry.” I knew it.

I had no choice and run to the theatre. I arrived at the theatre and found a queue there. Yes, this must be a queue for the tickets. So I followed it. A gentleman came to ask us, “Do you have tickets?” I felt it was a silly question. If we had tickets, we would not be in a queue. Everybody answered, “No”. And he said, “I’m sorry, but all tickets were sold out.” I did not know why people did not stop queuing. I asked, “Is there any chance to get a ticket?” He said, “If you don’t mind standing, you could get a standing ticket. It costs 13 pounds. The other person asked, “Is it possible to have a seat with a standing ticket?” Everybody laughed. I arrived here after a long journey, so I really wanted to watch it. I did not mind keep standing, so I bought the ticket and watched it.

After I started to watch it, I remember, The Lion King is from America. It was not London original musical. I thought I should have chosen British original one. Anyway I enjoyed watching it.