Billy Elliott

Last week Cory and I had a date night and got a chance to go to the theatre to see Billy Elliott.  The show was awesome.  The music is written by Elton John.  The other cool thing (since we're living in England) is the story is based on the mining strikes that occurred in Northern England in the mid 80's.  We were able to enjoy a good show and learn more about a very heated political time.

Another neat thing about the evening is we talked briefly with a cute, old English couple sitting next to us at dinner.  He recommended that we get the apple pie a la mode. We sat down in our seats and then ended up being in the seats immediately behind us.  We didn't talk to them at dinner about going to the show so it was a complete surprise when they showed up.   At intermission, the man wanted to make sure we were understanding the story and gave us his perspective of the mining events. 

It was a fun night and hopefully we will get to see a few more shows while we're here.