Yesterday my boyfriend and I went to see the Walking with Dinosaurs "live" show based on the book and the TV series with the same name. I have seen the TV series and own the book, so I just couldn't miss this. We arrived way too early in the morning (around 7 am), so we had almost 12 hours of waiting before the show started. We spent a few hours at the Museum of Natural History (just to get to see even more dinosaurs!), where I bought myself a very cute souvenir.
It's a plush Glyptodon, a very well-armored, prehistoric relative of the modern armadillo. Of course, Bollan has now adopted him as her newest friend and uncle for her kids :) I just need to come up with a good name for him.. Suggestions, anyone? :)
After the museum we sat a cafe for hours, while I tried to do some homework. That didn't work out too well, I had hardly slept on the train, so I was too tired to do anything productive.. I did, however, manage to crochet a little, and the result is this: a bunch of half-finished new cupcakes. When I'm done at school tomorrow I will try to finish a couple of the cakes and take some decent pictures, and the pattern will of course be posted on my blog :)
Anyway, when the time finally came and the show started, I couldn't stop smiling. I just sat there through the whole thing (including the break) with a great big grin on my face. Me and all the other kids and their parents. I count my relatively uninterested boyfriend as a "parent" here, but everybody seemed to be fascinated when it all started. The beasts were great, the animatronics were great, the sounds (which were obviously inspired by Jurassic Park) were great and the music was great :) The animals in the show are all life-size, which means they range from 50 centimeters in length (one of the baby Plateosaurs) to more than 10 meters in height (the adult Brachiosaurus). In one word: awesome!
Plateosaur babies
BrachiosaurusI would go to see the show several more times if it hadn't been so expensive (which it was, for a student, anyway). Luckily we were allowed to take pictures, but not with flash, so most of the pictures are very blurry. Still, the important thing is to know that I've been there, and at least I know what's in those pictures :p I'm really happy that I took the opportunity to see the dinosaurs, I doubt they will ever be in Norway again.
Sadly I didn't get to buy any souvenirs from the show, because they were quite expensive. Mostly it was kids-stuff anyway, but I really wanted a T-shirt... Instead I got a plastic bag. You know, the kind you get your shopping in. It's not much, but it has the show's name and logo on it, and it was free :D
More photos from the show and the museum will be uploaded tonight, after dinner and homework :)
