Yesterday, Nikki and I went to the Globe Theatre. We were going to go on a tour, a tour that Nikki had heard was three hours long. When she looked it up online, though, she realized it was only 40 minutes, so we slept in (a lot). When we got there, though, the guy at the desk told us they weren’t giving tours at that time for some reason or another, so we went to the gift shop, and I went souvenir shopping! I don’t know if you guys realize this, but buying people souvenirs is like my favorite thing. I get a sort of high from it lol. We looked at the outside of the theatre, though, which was cool because it’s actually a replica of the original, rebuilt in the wrong place. Then we had more time to kill, so we headed next door to the Tate, which is a modern art museum. It was pretty neat, a little strange, but neat. It was a rainy day, so we decided to go see a half-price movie (This Means War). It was surprisingly good.
Then we headed over to the m&m store nearby and browsed for a bit. After that, we went to Trafalgar Square. After that, we walked to Pizza Express for dinner with the girls before heading to the theater for Wicked (both of which were wonderful). After the show, we went out and talked for a bit before coming home and going to bed.
Today was beautiful, and we were planning on riding the Eye this morning, but they wouldn’t accept our two for one coupons, so it would have cost us each 18 pounds instead of 9 pounds. We nixed this idea and headed out to get some fish and chips at a really traditional English pub.
Next was the National Gallery, where we saw lots of amazing paintings. They had van Goughs, Renoirs, Raphaels, lots of beautiful works. This gallery is in Trafalgar Square, so it was nice to be in familiar territory. After this, we hopped on the Tube and headed to Kensington Gardens to visit the Peter Pan statue. After we saw it, we walked on to Hyde Park and stopped by the Princess Di memorial fountain.
We took the Tube back and went to dinner. Then, the gang came up to Nikki’s room, and we had some really great chats. Then I had a lovely Skype date with Paul to end my night before writing this update.
Today was also the day I meant to buy a postcard and ended up going hog wild in a nearby souvenir shop. “This for so-and-so, and THIS for what’s-his-face, and that for you-know-who!” I was happy. Tomorrow is ABBEY ROAD! It’s also Primrose Hill and a free walking tour. Then Saturday is Stonehenge and packing! I can’t believe I’ve already been here a week.
Quote of the Day
Me: “Hi, pigeon!”
Nikki: “Don’t talk to them!”
You can actually see a lot of the places we've beeb in this video from Harry Potter. We crossed Millennium Bridge, and you can also see Trafalgar Square, St. Paul's, The Globe, and The Tate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo-U5iOinM8
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