The British Museum
The British Museum, Egyptian Wing.
The Victoria and Albert Museum|
| Harrod's food halls were ridiculously ornate. |
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| The George Inn is a pleasant little complex of bars and dining areas that dates to the 1600's. They served simple food and hand-pulled pints of beer. English cuisine makes me think of cafeteria food. Boiled or roasted meats, boiled vegetables, no spice. Or deep-fried cod and chips (which I really enjoyed). |
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| I had afternoon tea at Fortnum and Mason's. |
| Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is a reconstruction of the original Globe near the original site. It is a circular building with seating along the perimeter and a large area for standing in the middle. If you don't mind standing for three hours, the "yard" tickets are inexpensive and you can get close to the stage if you're early or pushy. Most of their productions were very faithful to Elizabethan times, down to the costumes and, I'm told, the underwear. |
| I had forgotten that traditionally there were only male actors, so female characters were played by men. This got a little confusing in Twelfth Night, in which a woman disguises herself as a man by dressing in clothes similar to her brother's. When her brother appeared on stage, there were two identically-dressed men with the same hairstyle, but one had rouge on his cheeks. That helped. |
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Canterbury Cathedral
a canal in Canterbury