Time Travel

[lady_rose04]

If you could time travel what would you do? Surprisingly, I don't think I'd go back to Elizabethan England.  I just don't think I'd blend enough.  Although, maybe I'd put on a mask and try and fudge it enough to get into the Globe to see a couple things.  I think more than anything I'd go see Led Zeppelin around 1974, see The Who probably around

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[seamstrix]

Forgive me for being a tad dense, but why wouldn't you blend into Elizabethan London? Your teeth might be a bit too good, but if you didn't smile alot, you'd be fine.

As for seeing The Beatles, you should head for Hamburg 1960-61 (if I am remembering things correctly) so you can see them just as they became THEM.

As long as I was just popping in for a visit and wasn't required to live there for very long, I'd visit a whole bunch of different historic (and pre-historic) periods including Elizabethan London. Which ones would I visit? All of them!!!! I'm not as eager to visit periods like the 1970's because I've already lived thru them once, I don't need to do THAT again......(wait....when did the 1970's become a historic time period?....)

[lady_rose04]

I'm just afraid my mannerisms would give me away. As much as I've tried to not let it bleed through I am still a 21st century woman. The biggest thing though is that even though my accent isn't quite like nails on a chalkboard, one peep out of me and they would know I'm not from around there.

I thought about seeing the early Beatles, but the really early stuff doesn't do it for me. Although seeing the Cavern Club in all it's dive glory might be worth it.

[edmndclotworthy]

Lots of options!

The grassy knoll in Dallas, 1963 - to satisfy my curiosity around JFK conspiracy theories once and for all

Whitechapel, London, 1888 - again, to satisfy my curioisity about the identity of Jack the Ripper and prove it WASN'T my cousin

The site of my other house in Colchester, AD60, to watch Queen Boudicca and her army of 100,000 besiege the town, slaughter the Roam garrison and burn the city to the ground (from a safe distance - might be a bit gruesome up close).If you dig deep enough any place in Colchester today, you will find a thick layer of red soot from the destruction of the city.

Chatham, 1870 - ask Charles Dickens how he meant "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" to end

[edmndclotworthy]

Roam??!! Don't know what happened there - should be Roman, of course.

[femmeirlandaise]

Assuming that language wouldn't be a barrier, I'm thinking the Renaissance in Europe. All that art and music would just make me giddy!

[deipara_katia]

I agree with you when it comes to the Beatles... there was far too much scraming on their tours. Thank heavens that the music industry worked in a way for them to become simply a recording band after their tour in 1966. That would NEVER happen how. I saw a documentary on the Beatles last tour and it was horrible to even contemplate touring in those conditions.

Hmmmm... where would I go. Language no barrier and I'm guaranteed safety, I'd go to Renaissance Italy, Ancient Rome around the time of Nero (just to see if he was as bad as history says), and Woodstock.