Day 3 & 4- London

Day 3

We took the tube over to the other side of the river to visit The Globe, we had a tour there at 11:30. We were a little early so we wasted some time in the Tate Modern before heading back over to the Globe. I personally did not love the Tate, but I also don’t really like modern art, so there’s that. The Globe was incredible. From a distance it looked very out of place in the city. A pentagon-shaped wooden building with a thatched roof seemed odd with a Starbucks next store and the Uber boat passing by every few minutes. The street was very noisy and busy and most people didn’t even stop to acknowledge the history standing before them.

“Though it was not rebuilt on the original grounds where it once stood,” Norma our tour guide explained, “it is only about 200 meters from where Shakespeare once performed in the original Globe Theatre”.

I walked into the theatre bug eyed as if I were walking out of the tunnel onto a football field. It felt so echoey with all the seats empty. We sat in the upper level and looked down on the empty stage where just 34 hours later, we would watch the actors perform A Midsummer Nights Dream.

That evening a group of six of us made reservations at the most beautiful Italian restaurant. They make their pasta fresh every morning and it was quite possibly the best I have ever had. We also shared a few desserts and nothing disappointed. If you ever find yourself near Kensington, you have to try Jacuzzi.

After dinner we took a walk in Kensington Gardens for a bit. The palace was closed by the time we got there but the gardens were beautiful in the evening light. I mean pictures just don't do it justice.

Day Four

We didn’t do much in the morning. Some people went to the British museum but a handful of us stayed back to catch up on homework. In the afternoon, Riley and I went back to Liberty London so that I could get some fabric and a gift for my dad (😉).

Because the Tube is so far underground, we have no phone service... This caused our directions home to stop working and we got a bit lost… but we finally figured out where we were able to make it back to our hotel in time to shower and get ready to go to the theatre.

All but two went to the performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Globe theatre. We had groundling tickets (which means standing only) so we had to get in line and hour and a half early in order to get the best place to stand because there are 700 people in the groundlings section. The show itself was about 2.5 hours long and there is no leaning or sitting allowed (unless you pay for a leaning or sitting ticket). We were right up in the very front of the stage. It was the most surreal experience. We could have touched the actors because we were so close. I would go again in a heartbeat. And It was only 6pounds!

We took the tube home and then made a quick McDonalds run at midnight before going to bed since we had not eaten since before we left for the Globe at 5:30.