April 8th - going our seperate ways - me to London, them to the US

We were picked up by a taxi at 8am on the 8th, and were at the airport at 825am. Mom and Dad were heading from Dublin on United/British Midland to London Heathrow, then on to Washington Dulles. I was going on Aer Lingus to London Heathrow, and then spending a few nights in London before heading back home. We got ourselves checked in, then waited at a coffee bar between gates B & C until it was time for our flights (both scheduled at 1150am, mine out of gate B, theirs out of gate C). We went our separate ways and then met back up at Heathrow for a last goodbye. Off they went back to the States, and after getting my suitcase, and changing some money I was off to London. I had originally planned on taking the Tube into London, but due to a wrong turn on my part ended up taking the Heathrow Express into Paddington Station, then the Tube from there to the Embankment station (using the Yellow line). I was staying right above here at the Thistle Charing Cross. I checked in, even though my room was not ready yet, left my bags and practically ran to the Palace Theatre to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Whistle down the Wind". I made it with 5 minutes to spare and was able to get an orchestra seat for the price of a nose-bleed section seat ($20 GBP). It was a good show - lots of first-timers on the West End Stage. After this ended, I walked over to the Dominion Theatre to see if they had seats available for that nights performance of "We will rock you" based on the music of the band Queen. I got lucky and was able to get one of the "cheap" seats for that night. I then headed back to the hotel to put my things in my room - I was assigned room 896 in the old section of the hotel. I got situated and rested only for a few minutes, then headed back to the Dominion Theatre for the show. That show was AMAZING! If you like Queen's music, this is a don't miss show. I can't wait to see it again (if the theatre had not been dark the next day, I would have seen it again). I stopped into a convience store on my way back to grab a quick bite to eat - I bought a premade dish that required no heating up (pasta with pesto, pine nuts and spinach), and ate it back in the room (I was back at 11pm).