Jacob's Fifth Post

I haven't posted in a  long time, so this is going to be a LONG post.

First, let's start with The Lion King The Musical. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's unlike any other musical you'll ever see, in a good way. However, the moment Scar dies is so brutal, I almost felt sorry for him. But other than that, it's the best musical ever and you have to see it. It's the same story as the movie it was based on, but with more humor, more music, and LOTS of puppets and puppetry. (if the puppet part sounds lame to you, then see it and see what you think afterwards.)

A few days ago, we went to the bank of England. It was so cool. I got to touch a gold bar, (it was really heavy, but I lifted it up a few inches.) and I learned that no piece of gold is 100% gold. I also learned a few security features of the British note, including the metallic thread, the see through feature, and the raised print.

Now for the good stuff. Four to five days ago, I was on a train headed for Edinburgh, home of J.K. Rowling. It was a wonderful experience, but you shouldn't go if you don't like bagpipes, because you'll hear them everywhere. We got to see (and eat in) the restaurant where they fed Greyfriers Bobby, a dog whose police owner died. We also got to see the restaurant where J.K. Rowling wrote the first bit of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. (the restaurant  is called The Elephant House) [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the official and original name for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, they changed it when the USA got a release because the publishers {scholastic} thought kids and adults from America would be more interested in it if they changed the Philosopher's Stone into the the Sorcerer's Stone, so she did, creating a mistake that she would regret later.]  We stayed in a 4 star hotel  with really nice furniture. There was a Disney store near us that we kept on running into. Anyways, the train back was going until about 11:30 P.M. A little bit of advice for late travel with kids, avoid it at all cost. I'm still recovering from that disastrous night of no sleep. So now you're pretty much caught up with what's happening around here.