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This was a day on our
feet.
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Entrance to the
London Transport Museum |
We started out the
morning by visiting the London Transport Museum in Covent Gardens.
This area was made famous by Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. The
museum is actually located in the original Flower Gardens. The Piazza
in the middle of the square is what most think was the flower garden,
it was actually a fruit market. We took a guided tour of the museum,
later Mark spent another hour taking photographs and browsing the
Museum Shop.
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Old District
Line train
at the museum |
On our way to the Tube
station we saw several street performers. This area is quite busy with
tourists and shoppers. Mark threw a £1 coin at a performer dressed as
a toy Queens Guard Solder and took his picture. Well that started a
great show.
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Street Performer
at
Covent Gardens |
He started barking
orders and having fun with Cyn, Emily and Richard. This went on
for at least 5 minutes. The family as well as the surrounding crowd
had great fun.
It was now off to the
London Dungeon. This is a walk through exhibit filled with the gore of
medieval London. It is located under London Bridge mainline station.
The trains rumbling above add to the aura. At one point we are
summoned into a room to decide our fate by a judge. The Court Clerk
points out Emily along with a few other women in the room. He accuses
them of witchcraft and dancing around naked in front of a fire. The
biggest offense is he was not invited! The Judge asks Emily where she
was from, she stated the United States, well that was it, instant
death. We were then summoned on through to ride a boat to our deaths.
The boat got stuck on part of the ride. Everybody had to rock the boat
left until we were moving again. Then it was walking again through
scenes of Jack the Ripper and later the Great London Fire. The final
and ultimate scare, the gift shop....
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| The stage at The
Globe |
From here we stopped at
the train station and grabbed a quick bite at a Baguette Shop.
Actually, they were great sandwiches. Then the walk to the Globe
theatre, about 15 minutes away.
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| Interior of The
Globe |
We got on the last tour
of the day through the actual theatre. This is actually the 3rd Globe.
This one was a brain child of the American actor Wanamaker. It took
him nearly 40 years to get it built, but he sadly died before it
opened. The stage was gorgeous filled with color. They actually give
live performances here during the summer months in the evenings. After
the tour we went back into the exhibition hall to get a closer look.
Cyn enjoyed the costuming area.
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| Exterior of the
Globe |
We walked across the
Thames to catch the Tube back to Earl's Court. After resting for a
while we went to the Angus Steakhouse for a late dinner.
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