Ony "Tourist " day in London

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First order of business is Shakespeare's Globe Theater which is short one block walk from our Bankside House. We enjoyed the exibition and tour of the Theater.

Next we went to the pier and took the clipper ship down the Thames to the London Bridge and the Tower of Londin. We toured the Tower (really like a midevil city), viewed the Crown Jewels, and had lunch at the Armory - Cafe inside the Tower. We reboarded the clipper ship to cruise back to Bankside pier. I still had sore feet and was tired so I went back to my room and rested (we took a nap).











Next we got ready to go see "Blood Brothers" at the Phoenix Theater. We met the Fringe Group an took "the Tube" to the west end theater district. We surfaced at Picadilly Circus and proceeded to have the grand reconing of maps and directions. Sara Brown, John Freeman, Susan Donahue , and various other kibtzers were the main participants. We "searched"and finally found the correct small side street where the Phoenix was. During the "search", we noticed a likely restaurant for all of us to have dinner before the play. The med kitchen turned out to be a good choice, - good food, service,and conversation.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the powerful, emotional performance. We all were crying and stood up for a "standing O". Then we made our way back to Bankside House using the correct tube stops this time.

Tomorrow is an "early" start so we all packed and went to bed.

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Photos

Shakespeare's Globe Theater
Waiting for the first tour to begin

Elizabethan costumes on display
Shakespearian period style of dress

Bankside Pier
We board clipper ship to float down the Thames to the Tower of London

St. Paul's Catedral
view from the pier

The White Castle
inside the Tower of London

"Traitor's Gate"
entrance to the Tower for Traitors to the Crown

Crown Jewels
always a line & crowd to wait to view the Crown Jewels

Globe Theater Center
Back to Globe Theater Center dockside

Priscilla
playing across the street from our restaurant

med kitchen
Good food, service, and conversation

Phoenix Theater
We see "Blood Brothers" here

Fringe group
we gather after the play

Comments

[Carol Henderson]

Our Daughter
Our daughter, Karen Towsley, arrived in London to check out the facilities for the Fringe Theater , on the 13th and went on to Esinborough on the 14th. Is that where you went?

[Shirley McClure]

Bring em on
Globe Theater Wow. OK John, step behind that camera and get some snaps of Marty,

[Marty Freeman]

your daughter
Yes, that is where we went. Too bad we couldn't have coordinated schedules. Hope your daughter had a good trip. Marty

[anonymous]

Like a vacation for me, too! Thanks, Marty and John
Oops, I put my comment in the title space....oh well, thanks again, Marty. I would have gone to those exact same places! Carolyn