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Play: Bloodsport - After Helen of Troy

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Just started six days of Meetup ,  and three days of mythology, in a row. Tonight, back with Up in the Cheap Seats for Bloodsport - After Helen of Troy , at the Theatre Royal Stratford East .. all about Helen of Troy , and what it means to return to your home, after abandoning it and starting a war . She's played by Michelle Dockery , and it's set in modern-day Essex . To be honest, I don't like the eating options out there - so when it turned out I needed the pharmacy this afternoon, and I was peckish, and not far from The Sun Wharf - I had a late lunch there, which was delicious, and quickly served. All my work done - until the next bit - meant I wasn't in a hurry back. So I could work late, and just head to the theatre in time to meet the group. God-awful noisy Tube to get there, too - although at least not too crowded, and I soon got a seat. Boy, it was packed - the bar was fun to queue at. I saw a message that they had a table near the bar - joined them when I...
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Comedy: Laughter to the Rafters

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Tonight, went to Laughter to the Rafters , a comedy show in aid of The Passage homeless charity, and starring Dara O' Briain , Ed Byrne , and Sara Pascoe , among others. That was at the Hackney Empire . I booked a table at the Pizza Express across the road for beforehand - I've had trouble before, with them being full, and eating options around there aren't great. Headed off by bus .. my second bus departed early, and I was despairing of making my reservation in time - but then the next one arrived early, and in fact I made it on the dot. For starter, I initially thought calamari - but a lot of places don't do them terrifically, and in the end I plumped for the chicken goujons as a starter, with the BBQ chicken pizza as main (crucially, with a BBQ sauce base). I love BBQ sauce. And I had the Romana version, which is thinner - I think I might be slightly coeliac, and a thick crust will give me indigestion. I tell you what though, I got sick of the hard sell - everyth...
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Last Two Days in Ljubljana

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Well, Lake Bled is the #1 excursion from Ljubljana , and we took a tour with Get Your Guide on Saturday. Ickily early start, 7.50am.. under a 10-minute walk from my apartment , but still. And excuse me, since when has Guinness been English?! Pickup was at City Hotel , and I was first there, joined by the others in due course. I still hadn't found anything to eat.. I found out too late that there was a bakery right around the corner.. Anyway, our friendly guide rocked up, and we piled into the minibus for the drive to Bled. And I had a great time as we got closer to the mountains.. I have a real thing for mountains.. I mean, our guide was chatting all the way, telling us everything he could think of about Slovenia , but for me, he just couldn't compete with the scenery.. I do remember the big sport in the country is cycling, and some Slovenian chap keeps winning the Tour de France .. Well, as he said, we were effectively a private tour, since our group filled the whole minib...
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