Mary Poppins Comes to Town
My niece is visiting for a few weeks. It has been a long time since she's been to my home and she and I have both been enjoying our long overdue visit.
While she is here we are being like being tourists and going to Granville Island and other areas of the waterfront, going to the movies and Chinatown, riding a little ferry boat, having fish and chips at the waterfront and ordering KFC (chicken), both of which are her favourites, going for a picnic and maybe swimming if she we can find one of my bathing suits to fit her, relaxing in the garden and having a small birthday celebration.
And if that isn't enough, thrill of thrills, we are going to see the musical, "Mary Poppins" and we are so excited! The only other time we took in a musical together it was her favourite was "Beauty and the Beast". She enjoyed it so much and so did I! Mary Poppins will play at the same venue, The Queen Elizabeth Theatre where I also saw the Soweto Gospel Choir in April of this year. You can read more about that fantastic concert here.
When I was a child, I loved the character of Mary Poppins and I was especially enthralled with how she brought out furnishings from her carpet bag when she moved in as the children's nanny. Who could ever forget her songs "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ? The musical should be a lot of fun and a once in a lifetime treat.
What about you dear reader? What do you like to do when your niece visits?
While she is here we are being like being tourists and going to Granville Island and other areas of the waterfront, going to the movies and Chinatown, riding a little ferry boat, having fish and chips at the waterfront and ordering KFC (chicken), both of which are her favourites, going for a picnic and maybe swimming if she we can find one of my bathing suits to fit her, relaxing in the garden and having a small birthday celebration.
And if that isn't enough, thrill of thrills, we are going to see the musical, "Mary Poppins" and we are so excited! The only other time we took in a musical together it was her favourite was "Beauty and the Beast". She enjoyed it so much and so did I! Mary Poppins will play at the same venue, The Queen Elizabeth Theatre where I also saw the Soweto Gospel Choir in April of this year. You can read more about that fantastic concert here.
When I was a child, I loved the character of Mary Poppins and I was especially enthralled with how she brought out furnishings from her carpet bag when she moved in as the children's nanny. Who could ever forget her songs "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ? The musical should be a lot of fun and a once in a lifetime treat.
What about you dear reader? What do you like to do when your niece visits?
Comments
Gosh - I watched your video snippet of Mary Poppins and couldn't believe how "old" it is - makes me feel quite ancient:) The music is dateless tho, isn't it?
My niece has only visited once and that was when we went to the Phantom of the Opera - an AMAZING show. We also went to the Lion Park here in Jo'burg.
Next time it would be great to take her on safari. I'd also like to take her to any contemporary theatre in Johannesburg - of her choice - she has just completed her Honours BA degree in Drama and English - a very talented girl!
Enjoy your summer:)
Sue
I am so glad that you get the chance to see Mary Poppins, my husband was a chimney sweep, and he did tricks on top of the roofs, so this story has a very special meaning to him. Would you believe that I have never seen it as a child, so for the first time, a couple years ago, we watched it together. I really enjoyed it.