Greeted by sunshine on Saturday morning, we started our glorious day by taking a tour of the Globe theater. Since both of Shakespeare's Globe Theaters were destroyed, I think by fire, this one was actually a beautiful model theater built with as much of the original material types as possible while also complying to modern building codes.
On the way to meet up with Eddie and Lindsey at the London Eye, we walked through a fair with world foods, crafts, and performers. We decided to get lunch at different venues in the fair and watched some acrobats so some funny stunts. One guy put the tip of a butter-knife between his teeth, balanced 3 rods linked together on the other tip of the knife, and a large spinning bowl on the very top.
Afterwards, we went to Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. It costed too much to get in, but we went in the smaller chapel next door for free. We were going to wait in there while one girl toured the abbey, but someone left a backpack unattended and didn't claim it, so everyone was evacuated from the chapel and courtyard. We stayed until they started to let people in again, and then we went up the street.
There was a huge monument in Trafalgar Square with giant lions at each corner and lots of space to climb up and sit on several platforms. It was a bit of a struggle for some of us to get up, but it was fun. There were tons of soccer fans for the Champions League Championship: it was the first time there had ever been two teams from Germany playing each other. It was red versus yellow and yellow fans were congregating and drinking all in Trafalgar Square and among the monument. I find it interesting that London has Trafalgar Square and Dominica, a former English colony, has Trafalgar Falls.
Around 7, we went back to the London Eye and actually rode up and got pictures of the city. We went out on the town a little bit after a quick dip in the hotel hot tub & saunas. Starting at Minories, I got another virgin cocktail. But since they closed at 11, we went looking for another place down the street. This dance club called Revolution was open, but we didn't feel dressed up enough to go in there. We also tried another club but they had a private party going on. So we ended up going to a Bavarian bar on the same street as our hotel, and it turned out pretty nice. The entrance floor was a bit subdues and filled with yellow jerseys...they lost the game. The lower level was hopping with celebratory red jerseys and a birthday party. They had a block of 8 shots with a firecracker fountain on the end in place of a candle and it looked really cool. Also, all the waitresses were dressed in costume similar to that of yodelers.
On the way to meet up with Eddie and Lindsey at the London Eye, we walked through a fair with world foods, crafts, and performers. We decided to get lunch at different venues in the fair and watched some acrobats so some funny stunts. One guy put the tip of a butter-knife between his teeth, balanced 3 rods linked together on the other tip of the knife, and a large spinning bowl on the very top.
Afterwards, we went to Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. It costed too much to get in, but we went in the smaller chapel next door for free. We were going to wait in there while one girl toured the abbey, but someone left a backpack unattended and didn't claim it, so everyone was evacuated from the chapel and courtyard. We stayed until they started to let people in again, and then we went up the street.
There was a huge monument in Trafalgar Square with giant lions at each corner and lots of space to climb up and sit on several platforms. It was a bit of a struggle for some of us to get up, but it was fun. There were tons of soccer fans for the Champions League Championship: it was the first time there had ever been two teams from Germany playing each other. It was red versus yellow and yellow fans were congregating and drinking all in Trafalgar Square and among the monument. I find it interesting that London has Trafalgar Square and Dominica, a former English colony, has Trafalgar Falls.
Around 7, we went back to the London Eye and actually rode up and got pictures of the city. We went out on the town a little bit after a quick dip in the hotel hot tub & saunas. Starting at Minories, I got another virgin cocktail. But since they closed at 11, we went looking for another place down the street. This dance club called Revolution was open, but we didn't feel dressed up enough to go in there. We also tried another club but they had a private party going on. So we ended up going to a Bavarian bar on the same street as our hotel, and it turned out pretty nice. The entrance floor was a bit subdues and filled with yellow jerseys...they lost the game. The lower level was hopping with celebratory red jerseys and a birthday party. They had a block of 8 shots with a firecracker fountain on the end in place of a candle and it looked really cool. Also, all the waitresses were dressed in costume similar to that of yodelers.
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