Lion King

Hannah and I went to see Lion King on Saturday!
We made a day of it, the show was in the evening so we went early and had a nice late lunch.
Trying to find a place to eat is so difficult, there are too many choices.  Finding something
in our budget, where we don't have to wait for half an hour to get seated and the kind of food we want meant us walking all over the station. The fancy restaurants are on the top floors, the more basic places are in the basement. We checked out the fancy places first but the queues were very long and the prices were rather shocking.  We found our way to the basement, which is like a whole shopping area underground, where we found a nice restaurant.  Hannah had fried chicken and tofu, I had beef with eggplants, both were served with rice, miso soup and salad. Very nice and filling.

Our lunch

After lunch we walked to the shopping mall where the theatre is located.  It's a small mall, with a lot of luxury stores, nice to look at but I couldn't afford to shop there.  We walked around a bit and I enjoyed people watching.  We sat down at one point, I was watching a man and his young son, they both looked exhausted, I think the wife had left them so she could finish her shopping in peace.  The poor guys were sat there yawning and I thought the kid was going to fall asleep.
We finally got into the theatre.  It's a fairly new building, and is designed with comfort in mind, the lobby is very big and the flow pattern to the theatre itself is nice, no over crowding or feeling of being pushed around!   First stop was the shop to pick up some things, I think  Hannah enjoys this as much as the musical.  She got a T shirt, calendar, key holder,  a book about the production and small bag to put everything in.

Hannah's goods

As always the show was incredible.  We had seats at the front, on the end of the row, during the opening the animals came down right past where we were sitting.  I was reluctant to watch Lion King because I felt that the puppetry would distract from the drama, but as the play went on I forgot that it was puppets and masks and got caught up in the story.  The kids playing Simba and Nala were very good.  It really was worth the effort to go and see it!
Back at the station the lights were still up from Christmas, that was nice to see as we headed home!

Hannah's wish list for next year

Lights near the station