LONDON Part 2
Trip Start
Aug 11, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 22, 2007
London,
United Kingdom
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
We got up early in hopes to find really cheap tickets to the theater but their version of really cheap was not our version of really cheap sooo there went that idea! Sooo instead we got tickets to the Globe theater. Yes that is the same Globe theater that our dear friend shakespeare founded... welll itis not the exact same that one burnt down we learned that the british and fire do not mix. They have burned things down a lot :) But yes I will get to the show later...
We spent pretty much the whole entire day in the Tate Modern Art museum. Which I am sure does not surprise many of you :) I have decided I do not like Surealism though I like expressionism and.... I forgot the otfher distinct subgroup. Oh and madre I saw a red painting and laughed for you :) Since it was rainy and cold we decided to wander through the streets for hours in the rain to find pizza hut because it has good deals.
Stansted Airport
. The wandering was not that great but the pizza was incredible since I hadnt eaten a lot of/any hot food in like 3 days. I had been living on bread with peanuts because peanuts are cheaper than peanut butter (Thanks Jeanie for that advise)So We then went to the Globe theater to see a new play written in shak. form with the chorus and everything. I was a groundling! It was great! There was even a puppet show before the actual performance and we bought fruit from a vender from in the groundling area :) I got apples for a pence a piece froma guy with a real british accent (how great) I had to remind myself throughout the play that the accents are not fake like in all the plays I have seen in the US. But yes, I greatly enjoyed being a groundling and having the actors descend into the crowd it was like really being a part of the play. It was cold too and people were not really crammed in but more so than in a normal theater and we stood the whole 2ish hours and yes it felt authentic to me :)
Now Day 4:
We went to the changing of the guard via about 3 different parks to which was great! To all my british friends I LOVE LONDON! I dont think I have ever been so excited to see leaves and I think coming from Spain makes me appreciate it that much more
That is Tower Bridge
! I love the parks and just wandering which we did loads the 4th day. We saw the changing of the guard with about a million other people and I thought it was very cool! The band that marched with them playedsome great traditional British music... AKA Star Wars and James Bond :) It was swell! After taking some photos with the castle and such we went to see the lifeguards or something that were free to take pictures with and they march around and such too. Then we spent sometime in the natural history museum which was kinda like OMSI and very cool. Then we returned to the hostel via a swell walk through the parks again!That was london on to Ireland...
