Wicked

We went to the theatre show Wicked. This is the untold story of the witches of Oz and how the Wicked witch of the west became wicked. We had to see this before our night at Wizard of Oz. It was a wicked night out.....

Outside the theatre

Colchester

Trying to make the most of our English Hertitage cards, we headed to Colchester where we saw the St John's Abbey Gate and went to the site where the story of Humpty Dumpty was believed to have started.

Colchester castle museum

Me walking around the park at the castle museum

Humpty Dumpty was believed to be a large cannon!  It was used during the English Civil War in the Siege of Colchester. In 1648 the town of Colchester was a walled town with a castle and several churches and was protected by the city wall. Standing immediately adjacent the city wall, was St Mary's Church. A huge cannon, colloquially called Humpty Dumpty, was strategically placed on the wall next to St Mary's Church.

St Mary's church



St John's abbey gate



Just call me the squirrel whisperer :)

Day out at Tate modern

We headed to the Tate modern museum to have a look around.  It was interesting to see the art there, including Ai Weiwei exhibition of 100 million sunflower seeds. The seeds were recreated from ceramic and hand painted to look like sunflower seeds.

Walking over bridge with Tate modern in background

Side veiw of the bridge

The sunflower seeds

A cool looking street performer (he had no head!!)