| Friday
August 22nd 2003 we awoke and were greatly refreshed by a full night’s
sleep and went downstairs to have a proper full English Breakfast.
Bacon, eggs, toast, fruit, ham, tomatoes, mushrooms, and sausage and of
course a cup of coffee. Even though the English are not famous for
their cuisine this breakfast hit the spot and we were off on another
day of adventurous sightseeing. We had decided that today was going to
be our Medieval London Day and so we set off to pay homage to all of
the dead royalty in Westminster Abbey. Our ticket on the City
Sightseeing bus was still good so we hopped aboard and got off at Big
Ben and then walked to Westminster. Westminster was simply amazing; all
of the crypts held an air of dignity. It was simply awe inspiring to be
in the same place where the Royally have been crowned since William the
Conqueror in 1066 to the present queen Elizabeth. And such an old
building, having stood here since Edward the Confessor finished it in
1065. We walked out having a new respect for British Royalty. We then
walked to St. Paul’s Cathedral and walked up 250 steps to the
whispering gallery in the dome. It was nice to sit down after that
climb and whisper how tired we were to each other across the wall. Then
we walked alllllll the way back down again to the crypt , where we paid
our respects to some more dead people. All in all St. Paul’s was
lovely. After we left we walked over to the new Shakespearean Globe
theater. This was such a treat. The entire theater was built to
replicate to the original globe and was almost built in the exact same
spot. Richard the lll was playing and we bought some 5-pound tickets
and decided we would be groundlings. When the original Globe was here
Groundlings were usually peasants that would stand on the floor in
front of the stage. And of course they would interact with the cast and
crew of the plays by throwing things on stage because at the time you
could bring in your own drinks and I’m sure they were quite drunk and
merry. This also accounted for the fact that by the end of the play the
floor of the Globe would be nine inches higher than before the play
began because they didn’t have public Loo’s. Hmmm is that where the
saying Knee deep in…. Well you get the picture. YUCK! Richard the lll
was great! But we got quite tired from standing up after walking up 250
stairs in St. Paul’s so we decided to cut out a bit early. We sat in
front of the globe and had ourselves a flake, which was quite
scrumptious! After getting some energy back from this treat we decided
if we wanted to make it to the Tower of London, we had better get a
move on and so we walked across the Millennium Bridge and took the Tube
to the Tower. We only had an hour before it closed and so we took a
whirlwind tour hitting the major highlights. We rubbed elbows and had
our pictures taken with the Beefeaters and watched the crows. Then of
course we had dinner in another pub. It was another glorious day in
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