London!
I've just had another wonderful few days in London. I took a day trip to Oxford and had a fascinating guided tour of the city, a visit to 'New' College (founded in 1379!) and finally saw the 'Eagle and Child' where Tolkien, C S Lewis and their colleagues met.
There were two possible plays to see at Shakespeare's Globe - Titus Andronicus, or Much Ado About Nothing. I didn't know anything about Titus, so checked the synopsis. Hmmm - rape, disembowelment and eye gouging, or a comic love story? I saw Much Ado and loved it (even though Claudio's treatment of Hero is despicable!)
I went to the Tower of London, on a Thames cruise, and on the London Eye, and also managed to coincide my once-a-year-trip with a Tube strike! That made getting back in the evening fun, though day travel wasn't badly affected.
It was all over far too quickly, and now I'm back at work :(
Pictures to follow if I can load them to LJ.
There were two possible plays to see at Shakespeare's Globe - Titus Andronicus, or Much Ado About Nothing. I didn't know anything about Titus, so checked the synopsis. Hmmm - rape, disembowelment and eye gouging, or a comic love story? I saw Much Ado and loved it (even though Claudio's treatment of Hero is despicable!)
I went to the Tower of London, on a Thames cruise, and on the London Eye, and also managed to coincide my once-a-year-trip with a Tube strike! That made getting back in the evening fun, though day travel wasn't badly affected.
It was all over far too quickly, and now I'm back at work :(
Pictures to follow if I can load them to LJ.