This morning started off with a shock, Michelle literally plugged in her hair dryer and all the power went out in the rooms near hers, but other than Nick Bank’s near death experience, the day went very smoothly. The entire company was walking down to the London Dungeon, respectfully, when a small midget approached Nick and asked him to come up onto his small stage. At the center of this stage was a guillotine where the midget magically let the blade drop without spilling any blood. “Cheeky” Nick is safe and sound. We then broke off into smaller groups and I went with Ann’s group on our first Tube ride (the London Subway)! We went to the museum of natural history and the science museum where we learned about dinosaurs, human biology, energy, and how not to spend our money on the temping flying simulators. We proceeded to ride the tube back to our dorms were we went out for a quick dinner and sat in the front lawn of the Tate Museum for a nice, breezy dinner. Then we rushed off to the Globe Theater, only a five minute walk away. We had groundling tickets for Shakespeare’s As You Like It and hoped it didn’t start raining mid performance since a “groundling ticket” means that you stand under the sky. We were extremely lucky and didn’t feel a drop, but only a cool breeze every once and a while as we kept our lets from locking. After the roaring applause Sabrina, Sydney and I all agreed that we now love Shakespeare, something I thought I would never say. I am proud to be a Globe audience member and a newly converted Shakespeare fan.
Pictures coming tomorrow!
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