Dates might be a good thing, as I have used all my international data for this month and am now trying to be REALLY good about using the WiFi!
Morning came really early today, I was ready for a nap when I woke up! We started our day on the London Eye, followed by a stroll along the Embankment on the Thames. When we reached Cleopatras Needle we took a little break to admire it.
Then we had lunch a the Ye Old Cheshire Cheese. What a historic literary location! Traditional pub fare was consumed.
After lunch we made it to our destination for the day St. Paul's Catherdral. What an amazing house of worship. Our entrance fee covered the audio guide, what a beautiful Catherdral. After touring the main area I walked the 253 up to the Whispering Gallery, where if you whisper something the person a crossed the Gallery can here what you said! Then I went up the next set of stairs, 152 this time to see the sights from outside of the Dome!
What a view, by now I was running short on time to meet up with Pam so I headed down. I met up with Pam as she was headed up to the whispering gallery, so we extended our meeting time so we could finish seeing what we wanted to see! Then it was off to the Crypt, I saw Christopher Wren, Wellington, and Nelson's tombs. Churchill's gate and saw the timeline of the Cathedral before I met up with Pam for a tour through the gift store. We then decided to have Afternoon Tea at the Restaurant at St Paul's.
After tea we crossed the Millennium Bridge towards the Tate Modern, where the classic line of the day happened:
P - What time does the Tate close?
M - It's only four, I am sure it does not close until five.
P - It's five oh five.
M - It's only five, I'm sure it doesn't close until six.
Luckily I was right, it does not close until six. We were heading back so I could look for a Postcard of the Sunflower Seeds by Ai WeiWei. There were none, so now I am trying to figure out how to get a poster home.
We then headed down to the New Globe Theater, hoping to tour the museum before our performance, but that museum does close at five! We then found a table in the cafe so we could write in our journals, write postcards, and read a little before seeing Alls Well That Ends Well. It was a great Elizabethan performance!
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