So i suppose it does rain in england....

(photos: view of the london eye and the river thames; man who decided to only wear blue and play the guitar...pretty cool actually; the stage at the globe; me at the globe, yeah i got there early and yeah i'm pretty tall, so i apologize to those of you behind me )

Another day of class; quite busy though. I had Renaissance Art at the National Gallery which really is quite nice. We just sit on the floor and look at actual pieces of art, rather than a textbook. How can Fairfield argue with that? I think I shall write to them and tell them I will not be coming back til graduation. I am sure they will have no qualms with this plan.

Since my theatre class was supposed to go to the globe tonight, i wound up just staying out and not returning to school to eat or do anything. I wandered around St. James Park, which is close to Buckingham Palace, and has assorted waterfowl. I just took a quick walk around the lake, while watching people feed birds and scare pigeons, before going down by the Houses of Parliament.

I walked all along the River Thames, which i suggest everyone do at some point in your life. It really is quite beautiful, as well as ...interesting. You will find many street performers/ performance art type people. I am not sure how to describe them exactly, but there were two people painted entirely in gold and silver and posed as statues. If you give them change they go into their little routine to thank you and provide a photo opportunity, then they slip right back to the pose. I watched as an old woman went to go take a photo with the pirate man and became very confused when he took handcuffs off his belt and put them on her. surprise surprise old lady, watch out for that.

After walking for a rather long time down the Thames, i finally came to the Globe Theatre. Apparently no stores exist near the Globe that sell sandwiches. So i ate a muffin for dinner. Here is my advice for you: Don't eat muffins for dinner. However, the play was superfantastic. Comedy of Errors does not seem too exciting when you read it, but seeing it was a totally different experience. The actors were quite talented and really brought out the comedy without the errors. The only down side was that it rained for the last half of the show (2 or 3 acts?),and seeing as we had the groundlings tickets, we were under the nonexistent part of the roof. But no worries, other than me getting soaked and the contents of my purse getting a bit damp, i did not mind. Well, it was actually a thunderstorm...but the actors did very well working with the distracted audience and the loud weather. You'll find there is a lot of interplay between the audience and the actors at the Globe which certainly adds to the performance. In Comedy of Errors, there are a few lines where one character keeps saying" and where is ____?" and the other responds accordingly...eventually he comes to a long pause..and an audience member just yelled something out that would fit in. I believe this happens often but for some reason tonight, the main character had a bit of trouble regaining his composure, which of course, made everyone laugh much harder. All in all it was a superb performance. I am now going to read my waterlogged book and try to sleep.