Today was the second full day in London and included a busy schedule. After departing the hotel from breakfast we headed to Shakespeare's Globe Theater for a tour. We are all very glad we live during theses times because we learned some, interesting I guess, facts about watching plays during Shakespeare times. They used to have standing room tickets right in front of the stage where people would go to the bathroom (as we say) in the open next to the stage. Yuck.
Next stop was a district called Convent Garden. It's a food, shopping and entertainment district. Open air shops and dining and street performers sums it up. We split up into smaller groups so we could experience the dining to our own liking. We had traditional meat pies, paella, pizza and so on.
After lunch we moved on to the Tower of London. This was London's first castle for the King and it sits on the River Thames. The Tower of London also houses the Royal Family's Crown Jewels which we were able to see. These are stored in a locked down vault encased in glass displays with more cameras than a TV studio. After viewing the Crown Jewels we walked around the inside of the Tower, which is actually a castle with outer walls, touring where the King used to roam.
We had free time in the evening in which some rested, some toured the city own their own, others shopped and another group saw Wicked in the West End, London's Broadway.
Some pictures from the day below...
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