With no visitors around last weekend, we went out to The Roundhouse in Camden to see an amazing production from Circolombia called Urban. The stunts were stunning, and the show is really worth visiting if you get a chance, the performers taking part being disadvantaged young people from Colombia.
Whilst in London we wanted an early dinner before catching the train back to Oxford. It was news to me that around Paddington there are a lot of Persian restaurants and shops, but not one to shy from new experiences, we entered an Iraqi, Persian and Kurdish restaurant called Valentino. We can definitely recommend many of these dishes. We tried the mixed starters, which really were tasty, and for mains tried the meat platter, lamb shanks, spinach stew and mixed pulses stew. We were definitely well fed at this chance visit, and will return.
After taking Tango lessons back in Mainz last year, we were missing it a bit. So when we heard that a show was coming to Oxford based on this dance and with a storyline, we thought we better give it a try. so off we went to see Midnight Tango. We were probably the only ones not knowing who Flavia was (UK TV didn't really make it over to Germany) but that didn't matter. Most of the tunes we had heard and danced to were played here, and the variety of dancing on the stage really was spectacular. What a way to get back into the spirit, now let's google tango courses in oxford...
What a cultural time !
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