London, England Part 4
The Grand Finale post of the London adventure…
On Friday night we went to the Globe Theater and saw Othello. The play was excellent, but we bought the cheap groundling tickets which meant standing for the whole 3.5 hours…
This is what the stage looked like (no photos allowed during the show)
These guys kept us entertained during the act break—took this right before someone informed me that I also wasn’t allowed to photograph the band…
One of the highlights of the trip for me was our return to Camden to browse the thrift stores, markets and used CD shops. I could’ve spent a whole day (and life’s savings) there.
A friend of Joe’s from D.C. told him about a donut stand there that we had to check out. Good thing we did—they were fantastically amazing!
Another view of some of the markets
We spent several hours on Saturday exploring the famed Victoria and Albert Museum of decorative arts
The V&A has a whole hall filled with reproductions of famous artworks. Pretty cool.
They also have a small section on graphic design, some of which is shown here.
One for the ladies… They had a special exhibit on Surrealism in product design which is why these couches were all over the lobby.
Picadilly Circus—one of the fun things for me was visiting many of the sites featured on my parents’ British Monopoly board. Weird to think that a week later the whole terrorism plot would be foiled right around the same place…
On Sunday morning I took the Tube over to King’s Cross station and found platform 9 3/4, though proved myself a true Muggle by spotting no wizards or magical activities. Seeing the new Harry Potter movie was quite neat, having just been to the city. The broomstick flight over the Thames was even more exciting. Now if only my copy of Deathly Hallows would get here.
That afternoon the theater district was hosting an outdoor festival called “West End Live.” I made it in time to see a couple of numbers from Chicago.
So there you have it. Quite a trip and I look forward to returning in the hopefully not-too-distant future.
On Friday night we went to the Globe Theater and saw Othello. The play was excellent, but we bought the cheap groundling tickets which meant standing for the whole 3.5 hours…
This is what the stage looked like (no photos allowed during the show)
These guys kept us entertained during the act break—took this right before someone informed me that I also wasn’t allowed to photograph the band…
One of the highlights of the trip for me was our return to Camden to browse the thrift stores, markets and used CD shops. I could’ve spent a whole day (and life’s savings) there.
A friend of Joe’s from D.C. told him about a donut stand there that we had to check out. Good thing we did—they were fantastically amazing!
Another view of some of the markets
We spent several hours on Saturday exploring the famed Victoria and Albert Museum of decorative arts
The V&A has a whole hall filled with reproductions of famous artworks. Pretty cool.
They also have a small section on graphic design, some of which is shown here.
One for the ladies… They had a special exhibit on Surrealism in product design which is why these couches were all over the lobby.
Picadilly Circus—one of the fun things for me was visiting many of the sites featured on my parents’ British Monopoly board. Weird to think that a week later the whole terrorism plot would be foiled right around the same place…
On Sunday morning I took the Tube over to King’s Cross station and found platform 9 3/4, though proved myself a true Muggle by spotting no wizards or magical activities. Seeing the new Harry Potter movie was quite neat, having just been to the city. The broomstick flight over the Thames was even more exciting. Now if only my copy of Deathly Hallows would get here.
That afternoon the theater district was hosting an outdoor festival called “West End Live.” I made it in time to see a couple of numbers from Chicago.
So there you have it. Quite a trip and I look forward to returning in the hopefully not-too-distant future.
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