GRIN

Sooore feet but sooooo worth it!!

We got up early this morning so that I could get my workout in, we could eat breakfast, and be on the road by 8am this morning to get to the Tower of London before 9 am for the opening of the gate. I thought it would be more ceremonious/longer, but really all that happens is a group of guards marches up with a yeoman and they open the gate from the inside and the guards march back down while the yeoman stays at the gate. Not super exciting, but it was still worth it to come early. We got to look at the crown jewels with barely any traffic at all.We were going slow enough however, that by the time we were at the end of the exhibit, the big crowd was beginning to catch up with us. I'm very glad I went back to the tower because I got to explore a couple of things I hadn't seen when I went two Februarys ago. The armor exhibit that was only partially set up last time I was here was completed and beautiful now. It was much longer than I remember, so by the time we got near the end, our feet were very tired. Of course, the fact that we go very slowly when looking at historical artifacts probably didn't help much. I think that we spent almost 2 hours in that exhibit alone.

We had a much easier time finding food this time around and were able to sit down in a park to eat. It was very nice.
After the Tower and lunch, Hannah and I decided to stop by the British Museum. Let me tell you- you don't just casually stop by the British Museum. It is the kind of place in which one could spend days and days upon days. We took a really long time and had to cut our trip shorter than we wanted because we had to go prepare for the play we saw tonight. Interesting pieces of the British Museum include: the Rosetta Stone (yes, I got to see it, yay!), a massive Ancient egyptian display, and some of the very first recorded writings. Way to much stuff, so we're coming back tomorrow for a bit.
Oh yeah, did I mention a play. Hmm, let me clarify: WE TOTALLY JUST WENT AND SAW DAVID TENNANT AND CATHERINE TATE IN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Needless to say, it was TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY AWESOME! It was hilarious and well done and capitalized on the best comedic skills of those two amazing and talented people. Looooved it. I just wish I could see it again! Unless I'm really really lucky and a recording of it appears, I probably won't get to see it again. D: We waited at the stage door after the show, but they didn't stick around tonight. Oh well. If we are trying hard, I'm sure we'll get the opportunity again.
So I'm still grinning from all of the totally cool and awesome things we did today and I will be for some time, even if my feet do hurt. Yay!

My photos things are acting really weird again, so when I get to a better internet connection (???) I'll try to post a really big thing of pictures w/ explanations. Sorry!