Water

My first day in London, the group went to a pub. I was exhausted so I decided to head back to the hotel early and on my way home, I came across a woman on her balcony yelling down to an Italian couple on the street below. There was a noticeable puddle of water below, and all three people were pretty wet. Well, apparently the man on the third floor had dumped a bucket on the couple and then a few minutes later dumped another bucket on the woman who was "having a cupa" on her balcony. They were so upset about they were preparing to call the police. This is why the police don't carry guns here...

I was wrong about yesterday...Globe is today! We went to Buckingham Palace yesterday. Apparently for the past few years, the royal family has been living beyond their means. So when they are living in their summer house in Scotland, the open up the state rooms in the palace for August and September. They claim they need the money to meet the expectations of the British people. That includes the 3 garden parties the Queen throws every year, the travel the Queen does, the millions of hats she owns, the polo matches, ect. Walking through the palace was incredible, enlightening, but also troubling. I understand that I'm an American and having a monarchy is a part of the culture here, BUT I can't help but think that the tax payers money could be used in a more appropriate way. Don't get me wrong, the palace was breathtaking and is an extremely important part of history. if it weren't for the audio tour headset, I might have felt like I was in a fairy tale. Then I arrived in the throne room...it's two chairs. Each of the staterooms was covered in portraits as well as the 3 art galleries we were allowed to see( 2 paintings and 1 marble sculpture room. There were time I had to remind myself that I was in fact in a work place/home and not an art gallery. I had a coffee on in the garden, which used to be one of the King's hunting grounds.

After that we were brought way down, and went to the worst, most excruciating meal I've ever had. We attended a medieval banquet, and to my surprise the Medieval Times in Schaumburg is more historically accurate than the 2 1/2 hour shit show I was forced to participate in. First disappointment, no turkey legs. The food was bad, and they gave us silverware. However, I did get winked at by cute Sir Thomas; I winked back. ;) After the most ridiculous display of bad stage combat, juggling, off key singing, weird dancing, and terrible jokes, I did think to myself at least these actors have work. The put a cherry on top of the crap sundae, they turned the place into a disco after the show. Bad gay club music didn't sit well on my dry chicken and white carrots.

The weather was/is perfect. It hasn't rained yet, but YES MOM I've carried my umbrella and raincoat everywhere. Off the the Tower of London.

Cheers from London yall