things have gotten back to normal realitvely quickly around here. friday we were still a little too warry about things to take the tube anywhere. which means we walked. alot. but it definately hasnt turned into a 'lay low' weekend. friday went to the original hard rock cafe london which was cool. one of the best finds in london is the half price theater ticket booth. genius! we got tickets to 'some girls', a play showing about a guy who is getting married and desides to visit 4 of his ex girlfriends to 'right his wrongs' and smooth things over, but of course its not that easy. it was very good. and the best part? david schwimmer was starring in it! he did a great job. he played a 'ross' type character, akward and funny, so it was perfect for him. very cool to see him up close and personal - my first celebrity sighting!
yesterday we finally got the courage to take the tube - and our feet would be able to stand another 6 mile walk across the city. it wasnt bad, and empty which was nice! so it appears that nothing can slow this city down for long! we got up early and headed to the markets, which are a huge part of life around here. it was amazing! every food you could imagine. grilling all kinds of meats and seafood, sandwichs, wraps, cheese, pastries, paste, breads, fruits, veggies, and fresh flowers. wow. so we walked through there and sampled everything within arms reach! lol then we walked down the river to the tate modern museum. we only stopped in the check it out and i cant wait to spend a whole day there. there was one exhibit that they put togetehr about a group of people that did this 'thames dig' where they dug around the banks of the thames river and dove under and collected all the little things they found and put them on display and you can come to your own conclusions about what it all means. mostly there was bottles and scrap metal but there were some toys and jewelry and letter that the ywere able to preserve. interesting stuff when you think that its all from hundreds of years ago.
we visited shakespeare's globe theater, where he performed his plays back in the day. the theater is still intact and they still perform his plays there. we saw 'a winters tale' it was cool to see it put on in that setting. the ground around the stage is for standing room (cheap tickets $$) so we stood for - eh - 3 hours. so it was rough! my feet are hating me right now (especially from my 6 mile run through hyde park this morning too :-/ ) we came back and had a bbq to celebrate the first cloudless, rainless day weve had since weve been here! the RA for our house is this huge romanian dude named alex, who'd never had a s'more before. so we gave him a true american experience! (needless to say he loved them and kept making us make him them since he didnt understand the concept of putting a marshmallow on fire)
today were off to another market in notting hill to do some flea market shopping and barginning - what i do best!
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