So, today was our non-soccer day. We headed into London (we are staying about an hour and a half from the city) for the day.
We started at the Tower of London, a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames. It was founded in 1066. We had a great tour, saw a lot of really neat stuff including the Crown Jewels (no photos allowed of them)! It was amazing seeing inside of buildings that were hundreds of years old.
After a quick pizza lunch at a place called Zizzi, we headed to our next stop.
We went on the Tower Bridge -- probably the most recognizable bridge as it is now an iconic symbol of London. They recently installed a glass floor on the bridges; we had some cool views.
Since we got to see a lot of stuff yesterday, we decided to do a couple non-traditional tours. The first was Shakespeare's Globe -- a replica of the original theatre from 1614 about 800 feet from where it first stood and Shakespeare did all his plays. Did you know that all these phrases were attributed to him?
We were lucky enough to see the actors doing a rehearsal of The Taming of the Shrew during our tour. There is going to be a thousand people packed into the area we were in. Our tour guide shared some really interesting facts about Shakespeare's gift for entertaining the audience.
Then we headed to Churchill War Rooms; these rooms were preserved after WWII. Churchill had his cabinet meetings in them and made four wartime broadcasts from them.
We took a walk to Trafalgar Square. We then on to Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. These are the entertainment areas of London -- similar to Times Square in New York -- lots of theaters and shows. This weekend they had the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) premiere, red carpet and all. We stopped in their big sports store Lilywhites -- 6 levels! An entire floor dedicated to futbol; this was just their room of clothes. There were more rooms on this floor -- including one dedicated to just cleats:
We tried to get some pictures as the sun was setting.
All-in-all, we walked over 12 miles and almost 30,000 steps according to my dad's fitbit! What an exciting but tiring day. I did manage to keep my boyfriend updated on everything throughout the day!
Cheers,
Delaney
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