Yesterday we went into London to see the magic that is The Sultan's Elephant. The story was being played out in London over four days and I'm so glad we managed to see it. It was a bright, warm day and we met up with Elizabeth, Andrew and the lovely Mary Catherine in Trafalgar Square then walked down Pall Mall where the elephant was napping. He had his own rock band that followed him around and we rocked out while Elizabeth and I oggled the bass player. Soon the elephant woke up, sprayed the crowd with water, gave a loud trumpet and walked off down Pall Mall.
We took this as our sign to break for lunch and went over to the Texas Embassy for tacos, enchiladas, sopapillas, etc. The restaurant turned out to be a great choice because soon the giant little girl walked by followed by the elephant. It was a very surreal experience. It's not every day you see a huge marionette and a 42 ton elephant walk by while you're having lunch. At one point it looked like the elephant wasn't going to make it past the branches of a large tree but the Sultan's crew are obviously experienced time travellers and a chainsaw soon appeared to remove the obstacle. I was so entranced that my enchiladas almost went cold.
Afterwards we went back to Trafalgar Square where the elephant and little girl seemed to be napping in front of the National Gallery. By then London had reverted to form and it was cold and wet. Time to say goodbye to the elephant and head home.
1 comment:
it was truly truly awesome.. apparently, they were delayed by an hour when we watched them sleep in the rain.
:)
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