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We woke up today with sun shining through our window. We had quite a day in front of us. We started off by walking to King’s Cross and getting on the Tube. We took it to Madame Tussauds, the famous wax museum.

In here we could see wax sculptures of a lot of famous people from the whole of history, as for instance The Beatles. The Beatles is one of the most popular acts in the history of music. McCartney, Lennon, Starr and Harrison's band were formed back in the 60's. They have sold more than one billion (!) records and recorded a total of 12 studio albums.

In addition to the many rooms with wax sculptures , Madame Tussauds also has a spectacular 4D cinema. It was really special since not did we only see what was happening on the screen, but there was also video projected all around the globe ceiling. At last we got on a kind of ride through time. We sat in an old style car which moved around on rails, and from there we saw different happenings made out of wax. I did not think that Madame Tussauds was that great. Of course it was fun to take pictures next to famous people, but the spark lost a bit after seeing the first couple of figures. But nevertheless, together with the cinema it wasn’t that bad.

Here is some pictures we took in Madame Tussauds.

After we left Madame Tussauds we went to the Hard Rock Cafe, were we had man a reservation. The HRC in London was the one that started the whole chain of restaurants all over the world. The idea of mixing rock and tasty food and drinks appeals to a great part of the world and the popularity of these cafes has been huge. When we were in London I got to know how the whole thing with artist giving away their guitars and stuff began. It was apparently Eric Clapton who first gave HRC his guitar to mark his favourite seat. Then Pete Townsend from the Who sent his guitar to the cafe with a note that said “Mine’s as good as his.” And then it was off.

Eating at Hard Rock Cafe was the perfect warm up for the Muse gig. We got on the tube in direction of Wembley Stadium. Wembley Stadium is the second largest stadium in Europe, only beaten by Camp Nou in Barcelona. The first stadium on this site, Empire Stadium, was built in 1923. But in 2007 new Wembley Stadium opened. The band that opened new Wembley was actually Muse, and that turned out to be a massive success. It has a capacity of approximately 90,000 and a circumference of 1 km. Wembley is well known for its gigantic arch above the stadium.

We picked up our tickets outside the stadium and were really eager to get inside. The view that met us was really mind-blowing. It was so incredibly huge. We got into place and waited for the first warm up band to begin. Sadly we did not risk taking our camera inside, so all I got myself was this poor picture, but I guess it gives you an idea of the amount of people who were there.

The first band on stage was I Am Arrows. They were OK, but nothing more than that. But then White Lies got on stage. I’ve seen them once before so my expectations were pretty high. They played really well and the crowd sang along. But I was a bit disappointed that they played a lot of songs from their upcoming record which I therefore never have heard before. The third and last warm up band was Biffy Clyro. They were truly amazing. They got the crowd going. Several mosh pits actually appeared. After they left the stage the whole stadium was filled with anticipation for Muse.

When they finally got on stage it was electric. The sound was amazing and with their enormous pyramid shaped stage filled with all sorts of video screens and lights it was truly amazing. It was a lot of rememberable moments throughout the gig. For instance during one of the songs a giant UFO suddenly appeared behind the stage, before floating around over the crowd. How awesome isn't that? Muse delivered an immense performance which I don’t think I will see anything like in a long time, if ever again.

You can see some great pictures from the gig by clicking here and here :)

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I’m now sitting in the hotel room. Tomorrow morning we are going home. This weekend has been great. I will definitely go back to London again. So much is going on here that this city will never get boring.

Thank you for reading my travel blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Bye, bye! :-)