London on a Friday

This morning we met up with the group for the Tower of London. I've been before, but it's always a treat to see it. The tower actually has a very creepy and morbit past with multiple beheadings and murders. Wow, I sound really creepy with all these ghost tours and haunted places I like so much. Don't know where it comes from because I can't watch a scary movie without being completely creeped out. Oh well.

So the tower...

Poor Hank hasn't been feeling well lately and today it all caught up with him. We stayed at the tower as long as we could and then left and went back to the hostel. We napped for a few hours. We had all these plans, but a nap seemed in our best interest if we were going to be jolly for our evening plans.

The evening brought us to Shakespeares Globe Theater for 'The Comedy of Errors'. The play was great, but first the cab ride over. We decided that it would be best for Hank if we took a cab instead of walking all over town when he was sick. I asked the girl at the front desk if she would call a cab to take us. When she asked wehre and I told her, she looked completely confused and had no idea what I was talking about. Ok, thats kinda weird because I thought everyone (especially Londoners) would know of the Globe. So then our cabbie came and he was even more clueless what it was and how to get there. I had to show him on a map and give him directions. We ended up on a street behind the Tate Modern and he was trying to tell me that the circular construction behind the tate was the globe because it was round and that we couldn't go in. Whatever, we paid and walked the rest of the way.

The Globe was awesome. We had seats in the middle tier (they really cram you in there). The play was fantastic and very silly. I had never heard of this play, but I read the synopsis beforehand and I was able to follow along. I think this might have been my fav Shakespeare play so far. The actors were amazing. Next time, I'd like to see another play in the standing section.

If you think the cab ride there was fun, the cab home was even more fun. There were 4 of us that tried to get into this one small cab. After a struggle of stern convincing that we would all fit, we climbed in. I've never been so smushed, but enjoyed it non the less. Our cabbie had no idea where we were or where we were going. Again, the map came out and eventually we figured it out. I thought cabbies knew everything, or at least pretended to. I guess it'll be back to the tube for me.