Who's Exhausted? I Am

Well, after another day of running around museums, I am completely and utterly fatigued. Tomorrow's plan is to keep the British Museum for Friday and find some other things to do instead that require less leg work (good luck he says to himself).

Tuesday
First, we headed to the Globe to try to get tickets again. We couldn't for King Lear, but John J got one for King Lear next week and I got one for Timon of Athens for Saturday when everyone else will be gone. Supposedly, it is a Shakespeare play, but I've never heard of it (as if I've heard of everything Shakespeare). It should be interesting, and at least, it's better than watching something I've seen a thousand times. From there, we went walking on the banks of the Thames. Then, we walked through a commercial that was being filmed (maybe I'll be on TV -- they thought we were hilarious even though all we did was walk through their "stage"). Tower of London was next. It was impressive, yet some things were not as exciting as I'd hoped. White Tower and the ravens were pretty cool, but the bloody tower was disappointing (it was just a room -- no torture instruments, no blood). We walked around there for about two hours or so before we left for Piccadilly Circus. We were going to find a play to watch, but none of them were worth paying 30 lbs. to watch. We found a Chinese buffet for 4.50, and it was pretty good. Then, we headed to the National Galleries. The Portrait Gallery was nice and had quite a bit in it, but when you don't know who half the people are, it isn't very exciting. The National Gallery is more impressive and has much more to see. However, John and I were pretty tired of walking through art galleries, so we didn't pay a whole lot of attention. I did go find the Arnolfini Wedding, which is a slightly unimpressive art work (or at least odd), but it's famous. Therefore, it was cool to see. After that, we went to Westminster Abbey, but it was closed at 3:45. Yet, we could go see Evensong, so we went and saw one awesome cathedral. We may try to go back on Friday to get a tour and see Poet's Corner and so forth. Then, we didn't really know what to do, so we went walking through Green Park and Hyde Park, which are really beautiful. At the end, I was really tired though. For dinner, we found a sushi place called Little Japan. It was pretty good and cheap. Then, we came back to the Roebuck and to bed.

Wednesday
Starting off today, we went to the Natural History Museum. It really is incredible, and you could spend an entire day in there. Instead, we went around to see the dinosaurs, birds, mammals, and reptiles (among some other things). It really was awesome. We found a lot of good stuff, but after two, almost three hours, we had to leave. We are really tired of walking through museums, so we might take a break from that tomorrow. Then, we headed to the Science Museum. Although not as good as NHM, it was pretty cool, and it had a lot in it as well. Yet, most of it didn't really appeal to us, so we left after almost two hours. Kensington Gardens is really close, so we went and I took a nap. It was a perfect day for such a thing. John then had the bright idea to go get tickets to Pygmalion. We bought the tickets (20 pounds for a 50 pound ticket) and went to find a place to eat. We found another little place to eat. However, that restaurant and the one next to it are connected somehow. So, the lady from the other came over and tried to get us to go to her restaurant, which we found a bit odd. We think they are friends though because we ordered from her in his restaurant. The whole thing really makes no sense whatsoever, but it worked out in the end. After, we went to see the play, and it was absolutely fantastic. Who remembers Creedy from V for Vendetta? Well, it was him playing Dr. Higgins, and he was excellent. However, it was a bit odd seeing him in a completely different role, but he did an excellent job. There was no singing, which I think there was in My Fair Lady (the movie made from the play). It was awesome anyway. Definitely worth going to. Now, we're back at the Roebuck, which has become the easy meeting place for all of us.

Observations:
- Restaurants sometimes charge different prices for eating in versus taking away (labor -- or labour -- costs?).
- These stupid doors over here either have handles where you should push or have release buttons. At the bottom of our stairs out of the room, we have to hit the release button, so me being me, I have pretty much ran into the door a few times. I'll figure it out the morning I leave. I just know it.
- "Subway" does not mean Underground. Subway = the way to go under the street to the other side. It has nothing to do with transportation. Oddly enough, I have seen Subways around the subway.
- I'm almost surprised when people speak English. When on the Underground, it seems that everyone is speaking another language. It's pretty cool.