London Bridge is Falling Down...

Sorry about the delay, everyone! Been a busy weekend.

Meaning I actually went out and had a drink or two over the weekend. Go figure! Anyway... London again!

The Tower and the Globe Theatre. Amazing stuff. It had stared off raining in Canterbury, but by the time we actually got into the Tower it was gorgeous. Pictures start here. Not a whole lot because we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the theatre (I'll explain that later) and my Flickr account is getting full and I still have a few places to take pictures of. I'll bring my digital picture frame to Easter for everyone to see all the pictures :]

So we arrived at the Tower of London and while I had seen it in passing before on our last trip, going inside was just... grounding. It made me really realize the affect it could have on the prisoners there, and apparently (although they deny it) there were executions all the way up to WWI. Go figure! It was... intense. Lots of carvings inside a lot of the towers from prisoners. And the Jewel House was... it was amazing! The Crown and everything were so gorgeous! Huge diamonds and other precious stones... it was crazy. I obviously couldn't take pictures of those, but yeah... it was intense. We saw the ravens and if you don't know the story, check this out. It explains the whole thing and they were huge birds! Crazy. It took us 4 hours to go through everything! And I ate fish and chips in the restaurant there. Yum.

After that, we went to the Globe Theatre! It was... breathtaking and I wish I could have taken pictures. But we got to see a rehearsal of Macbeth going on, which was why we couldn't take pictures. The inside is just... you can feel the energy and I wish that a show was going on when I was here, but they don't start until after I leave. Just the way the whole theatre is put together is so intense and the feeling there is... yeah. Made me miss theatre a heck of a lot!

After that... we had some free time and after going through the Shakespeare exhibit and buying a few things from the gift shop, we walked across Millennium Bridge... if you have seen the 6th Harry Potter movie, it is the bridge that is destroyed in the beginning. It was so cool and there are some amazing shots of St. Paul's Cathedral that are just breathtaking.

I love London... it feels like home... like Chicago does and I know I won't be able to see everything that it has to offer on this trip. We ate dinner and then came back to Canterbury. Jordan and I are planning another trip to Ware and then after coming back into London, staying the rest of that day and the following day. So we have to plan that... around all of the papers I have coming up.

Eep!

Scheduled my tattoo appointment today! Thursday at 11 AM. Crazy, eh? That early! Normally tattoo parlors are open from like... 2-midnight back home, but everything around here closes after about 6 because the license to stay open is expensive. And then on Thursday I have to start my paper due next week.

Lots of work.

I miss you all like crazy! Love you and can't wait to be home!
-Sam