...so, start of this week I was at London with Michelle for a few days. The main reason was to see the mighty Devin Townsend Project at The Royal Albert Hall but we then decided to make a few days away and do the London rounds: Museums, London Eye, Thames cruise etc.
First off, The Devin Townsend Project was simply stunning! A night to remember as the first set was the entire Z2 Dark Matters album played in full and turned into a show of sorts which included several big screens moving the story along, a giant ball bag with eyes running around on stage (really!), men firing merchandise from air powered bazookas, Chris Jericho popping up on screen as Captain Spectacular and Devin and the band supported by the gorgeous War Princess herself Dominique Lenore Persi playing a faultless set. Amazing on its own but then after a 20 minute interlude, out the band come and play a "by request" set of tracks from his entire catalogue and including songs I have never heard live before (this is my 4th time seeing him), some of which blew my face off - Earth Day and The Death Of Music especially! To say it was special is an understatement. To say it was a unique one off doesn't even come close. It will be something that will live with me forever and was 3 hours worth of my life which will remain an absolute highlight.
Then we come to London itself...our capital! Impressive is a word I would use. Busy is another word I would use.
We went to the 2 main museums...History and British. For me, the History museum is the better...full of dinosaur bones and displays of us and our place on this planet, it really blew me away. We went on the London Eye which was a lot higher than I expected and I spent the majority of the 30-40 minute trip pretty much shitting myself...but the view was absolutely worth it (the skies were cloud free) as you could see for miles. Similarly worth it was the Thames boat trip which meant we could see, and pass, all the main attractions of London.
Our Hotel was literally just outside Kensington Gardens which was stunning. The Underground was easy and not as hellish as I had been led to believe. The food we had was spot on...room service, eating pizza after midnight is always amazing!! All in all, I couldn't find fault and overall, for the time we were away, we crammed in so much and enjoyed every moment of it.
About Me
- James S M Parker
- Self-published author with 3 books out there dealing with the darker side of life through poetry, short stories, observations and sketches. 'Love or Suicide and the Life In-between', 'this heat, it's hell closing in on me' and 'Words to be performed from under a table by the last of us'. Can't live without music (heavy metal and soundtrack's especially), film buff (sci-fi floats my boat), anime watcher (old school mainly), book reader (anything that captures my interest), gamer (PS4/Xbox-One), gym pumper and all round geek.
