LONDON WEEKEND! Part II

We woke up bright and early on Sunday to carpe diem.  We have been doing a really good job at that, considering the three of us would looooove to finally get to sleep in at least one day.  That's just not gonna happen on this trip, and I am okay with that.  Anyway, we packed up our stuff and headed out into the rain to the Globe Theatre. Yay!!!  This is one of the things I was most excited about.  It's not the original Globe Theatre, which burned down, but it's a scaled-down replica. Our tour guide was hilarious and told great stories.  Thanks, Glennis!

solo pic for mom!

standing where the groundlings stand

even the nails are wooden

After the Globe Theatre, we were starvin' marvin.  So we headed next door to the Tate Modern Museum for some grub.  Their restaurant was very nice.  Their service was very poor.  Their food was very mediocre.  I ordered the sea bass, which I assumed was going to be awesome.  Instead, it was just expensive. Oh well, gonna show you a picture of it anyway!

mehhh

The Tate Modern was interesting.  I'm not really an art person, but it was cool to see some of Picasso and Andy Warhol's pieces.

Andy Warhol's self portrait

i just don't quite get modern art... 

After the museum, we scurried over to the Tower of London.  We thought we'd just hop in, see the jewels, hop out. WRONG. Very long line with very slow people.  But we rushed through, saw what we wanted to see, and then headed over to one of the best parts of the trip... Evensong at Westminster Abbey!  That's right folks, we got to attend a service at Westminster!  Not to mention we were seated right by our friend Jane Austen's grave.

thanks, bus

After the Evensong service, we headed over to the Wolseley for a spot of tea.  How British does that sound?? Really though, we had afternoon reservations for tea! A lot of celebs head over there because it is right by the Ritz.  We didn't see any though :( We tried the typical Wolseley tea and then divided all of the finger sandwiches, scones, and desserts by 3.  I drank more tea than anyone, which is weird, because I'm not a huge tea drinker.  My favorite dessert was the pistachio oreo type thing.  It's the green thing in the picture

isn't that just the cutest thing?

our little teapots, short and stout.  pinky's up!

After tea and crumpets, it was time to truck it back to Oxford.  We boarded our train and made it back around 10:30 or so.  It was a great weekend! It rained the majority of the time, but we didn't let that stop us.  Next stop: Paris!

Barbara