u/awitt2004

My friend and I are taking a trip to London on June 8th-10th. We'd like to see a show on the West End either the night of the 9th or the 10th as it's both our first time in London and I love the theater.

1. We're going the 8th-10th of this June, but we'd only want to see a show the last two nights as we'll be jet lagged.

2. We want to go to the West End

3. We're only in London for 3 days

4. I'm attending with my friend who I'm traveling to London with

5. My favorite musicals are Hadestown, Heathers, Next to Normal, Be More Chill, In the Heights, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, Cabaret, the Book of Mormon, SIX, and 21 Chump Street

I definitely don't want to any of the productions I've already listed above as I've seen them online or in person, except I would consider the Book of Mormon if it's truly the best option. My hope is to see something that is unique to the West End, something that wouldn't be the same in local theaters to the U.S. or on Broadway. Or a show that is just infinitely better on the West End. Basically, I just want to make sure I'm seeing something special since I'm not sure when I'd next be in London. Preferably a musical, but I'd be down to see a play too if there's more options that fit my preferences.

Any advice would be great :)

My friend and I are planning a last minute budget trip to London, Paris, finally Bruges, and then back to London to fly home. We booked our train tickets last night on the Belgian rail website for the legs of Paris -> Bruges and then Bruges -> London. We take Eurostar from Paris to Brussels, Belgian Rail from Brussels to Bruges, Belgian Rail from Bruges to Lille, and then Eurostar again from Lille to London.

We had no problem loading up the tickets for Eurostar onto the Eurostar app, honestly not even realizing that half the legs were booked through Eurostar as this is both our first times traveling in Europe at all. When I went to load the Belgian Rail tickets onto the SNCB International app, it says the DNR code is not attached to the email that was used to book it. Reading the ticket again, it says that the ticket can not be scanned digitally under any circumstances and that it must be printed. I'm assuming this is because I booked the tickets through the Belgian Rail website before I had an account.

I've read of some people online saying that you can still scan email PDF code at the code at the train station. Is this true? Or, if not, is there another way to digitally load the tickets? I would much prefer this to having a physical piece of paper that can accidentally fold/be damaged/lost/etc.

I’m a 21F who’s never been on antidepressants before. I’ve been putting it off a long time because of fears of side effects but i’ve struggled a lot with depression and anxiety.

Lately i’ve kind of had a bit of brain fog, nausea due to irregular eating schedules, and sleep troubles from the depression anyway so i guess i’m hoping the side effects just mirror that and subside soon.

After talking with my doctor she’s starting me on a low dose of Pristiq (25mg for the first week and then 50mg after), an SNRI also known as Desvenlafaxine, as she think it’ll be a good fit for me. Does anyone have any advice or personal experiences to share? I’m pretty nervous and i guess i just want to hear what others might think in hopes that it’ll help as i don’t really have anyone in my life who knows anything about SNRIs (i honestly hadn’t even heard of anything other than SSRIs until 2 days ago).