2 More Days, 3 More Plays

So, we're back at the Roebuck having a few drinks. Tomorrow, we plan to go to the British Museum, a play of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Greenwich, and a play of The Merchant of Venice. Hopefully, on Saturday, Matt and I will be able to hang out before I leave Sunday, but that night, I have a play of Timon of Athens. Anyway, on to today's adventures:

Thursday
First, we tried to go to Westminster Abbey. However, it costs 10 pounds just to go in, so we decided against that because we have already been in there and no photography is allowed. Then, we tried St. Paul's, and the same thing happened. Theeeen, we tried the Museum of London. That was pretty cool. It talks about London before the Romans, London during the Romans, London during the Middle Ages, and London during the fire of 1666 (note the three sixes). The weird thing is that it neglected London from 1667 to now. Weird. Then, we went to the Globe, and we went on a tour. The acting company was rehearsing for the play Saturday, so I go a sneak peek. Still, I have no idea what it's about. The tour was interesting, but the exhibits below the stage were better. Elizabethan costumes, tools, artifacts, and manuscripts. Then, we headed to the Southwark Playhouse to buy tickets to Romeo and Juliet for tonight. We stopped in a little pub for dinner before the show. The show was bizarre but good. The setting is a 1950's boarding school. Four guys go through their day, and at night, go to the chapel to read the play. They act out all the parts themselves without any girls. At first, they play around, but as the play becomes more serious, they become more serious. It was really good, and the actors were fantastic. We were a bit concerned at the beginning because the playhouse is in a back alley, and the theater looks like a catacomb. Yet, they used it really well. The play was very intimate as the actors literally were in our faces. It was very different but very cool.

Observations:
- British people do not give standing ovations for theater. They clap once, and that's it. No overdone clapping and cheering. Simply, they give 'em a hand.
- I really, really want some air conditioning. I'm coming home and turning the thermostat to about 60 and basking in the glory that is a/c.
- Clothes are beginning to run short (yep, time to turn things inside out -- am I kidding? Who wants to guess?). Mom, have the washer ready.
- People in England have no idea how to walk. If you drive on the left, you should walk on the left. Even if they walked on the right instead, it would be okay. However, they walk on all sides, down the middle, etc. Just choose a side. In America, we drive on the right and walk to the right. Geez. My favorite is that people walk in a group of four, take up the entire sidewalk, and refuse to move so I have to walk out in the middle of the road and get hit by a giant bus.