Kings & chaos

Today was a light day for us. We had a leisurely morning and breakfast at the hotel before waving goodbye to Disneyland Paris. We traveled by train for the first time this trip, taking the euro train from France to London. We got checked into our AirBNB in enough time to go grab dinner before our big event - Hamilton on London’s West End. We have been planning this since the beginning and were so excited! We had great seats center stage on the lower level. They were perfect! The show was really good - the king was the best king out of the three times we've seen it. He was HILARIOUS! I'm so glad we got to see it!

 The most exciting thing was during intermission when Brian realized Colin Farrell was sitting 2 seats directly in front of him. I really didn’t believe him until I walked forward to “look at the stage” and heard his voice (ironically talking to someone about Coronavirus). I took a glance at him on the way back to my seat and sure enough, there he was. 

We got to bed about midnight and were woken up at 1am by a call from Brian’s Chief Deputy telling him about the travel ban proclamation. My phone started blowing up too - messages from friends and family who were concerned about us getting home. After a bit of a panic and looking up all the details, Brian and I feel confident that we will be able to return home as planned on Friday. Here’s why:
1. Travel isn’t banned for US Nationals
2. Travel isn’t banned from the U.K.
3. The travel ban starts at midnight on Friday. We leave at noon and land before midnight.

Fingers crossed that Brian and I get home safely on Friday!