Pilgrimage

I finally feel like I've settled into reality. I have internet again. Yea. So now I bore you with my travels.

Let me start with, yeah, you guessed it...THE GLOBE!

I really don't know where to begin really. I'll start with the best news, they've extended their season so I get to go back! RAWR! We paid 5 pounds for groundling tickets(the price seems to have gone up since the 16th century) which are the best seats (part of ground) in the house. I would be lying if I told you I didn't cry. It's so great to see such highly trained actors doing such incredible work. I can't begin to describe the level of performance. It's Shakespeare as it's supposed to be done. By the end we were singing and dancing with the cast. Such I great show to start my theatre immersion experience. Next up, Henry IV, both parts, and then Bedlam. Bedlam is the first woman playwright to appear at the Globe.

The Tower of London was much cooler than I thought it would be. They are renovating the main tower, but that really didn't effect our experience. It still amazes me how young our country is. I was standing in a tower that was built in the 11th century...I mean come on! Also, in the safest place in London, the Crown Jewels! Ooo ahhh, which I didn't know were owned NOT by the monarchy, but the people of London. Everything is so elaborate and not at all what I expected. I assumed it would be tiaras, rings, necklaces, and bracelets. Only two rings, the crown jewels actually refers to the crowns, gold ware, scepters, swords, ect. They have crowns dating back to the 14th century. Everything was a little gaudier than I expected, gold is big in 15th century England. The fur, the velvet, the pearls, and diamonds, rubies, emeralds. It was quite a feast for the eyes.

Yesterday was my first rainy London day, of course the day we spend outside at the Tower, and on the Jack the Ripper tour. Of course, I have a cold. Of course. Who else? But I'm good. Boots the pharmacy, is great. Mom, it's like Walgreens with Lancome! High class. The spicy curry on Brick Lane helped a bit.

I have so much history and facts in my head milling around, I'm afraid if I trip it will all spill out of my ear.

I'm in my new home for the next few months and my worries of being living with people are melting away slowly.

Since I can't keep my mouth shut, more to report.

bye yall