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| Our Israeli(?) lunch! |
Started this morning off with lemon poppy seed muffins. Very
delicious. We ate them on the way to Camden Market, which is a giant market
full of pretty much everything you could ever want from a market. We wandered
there for at least 3 hours. Ate some wonderful Israeli(?) food and came back with
several more souvenirs: 3 shirts, 5 necklaces, and 1 ring. It was so much fun!
Mom really likes the markets in London. J
Then we came back to the hotel to rest for a bit, but we had
to buy some tarts first. J We got a raspberry one (it was falling apart so they
gave it to us for free) and a strawberry tart. We ate them on the balcony of
our room.
After our short rest we headed over to see Big Ben. We
wandered around Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster Abbey before
walking down to get a quick glimpse at Buckingham Palace (we’ll be going back
next week). Then we headed down to Trafalgar Square in search of dinner before our
last activity of the night. We ended up at Costa. We got two toasties and two
smoothies to go and ate them on the steps. Then we headed across the Thames.
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| The Crucible |
For our final event of the evening we went and saw The Crucible with Richard Armitage
(the actor who plays Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit)
as John Procter. It was wonderful! (It’s about the Salem witch trials) The
scene changes were so unique. They would dim the lights and they would change
the scene in slow motion with wonderful ominous music. Then with each scene the
lights would slowly light up the scene. It would take several minutes for the lights
to reach their full brightness. It was so cool. And Richard Armitage was
fantastic! His speech (his ‘because it is my name’ speech) at the end was
spectacular. Despite the lack of A/C, leg room, and personal bubble space, it
was one of the best plays I’ve seen in London. It was wonderfully dramatic. I
loved it!
And now because it is almost 1 AM, I am going to bed. Enjoy
the pictures!
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| A small piece of Camden Market |
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| Our raspberry and strawberry tarts! |
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| Our purchases from Camden |
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In case you wanted a close up of our jewelry:
(l/r: bird cage w/ lace necklace, Dean's amulet from Supernatural, clock parts ring,
golden snitch necklace, bird cage necklace, and paper crane necklace) |
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| Big Ben again. Because you can never have too many pictures of Big Ben |
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| A lady bug by Big Ben |
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| Panoramic of Buckingham Palace |
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| Mom's telephone booth photo |
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| And my telephone booth photo |
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| The theater where The Crucible was playing |
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| The Old Vic Theater at night |
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