73. Free Stuff!

Today was a day of running around doing every free thing London had to offer. I think my feet are going to fall off. Between stuffing our faces with M&M's, looking for Arden, and watching a Shakespeare improv group,we are all quite exhausted.  We have managed to find a lot of free places to visit. Mom says it's because the stuff in the museums doesn't actually belong to Great Britain... Lucky for us!

Our fist stop was the library where we saw a Gutenburg Bible, Magna Carta, Michelangelo, Di Vinci, and Shakespeare's notebooks,  and some old beetles notes!

Next was the other half of the British Museum. The highlight was the insides of the Parthenon. All of the statues,and reliefs that the British somehow got a hold of. It really made me realize how huge and detailed these places were! For example the following is a scene that was placed in the triangle at the top of the front of the Parthenon. The backs, which aren't ever supposed to be seen, were almost as detailed as the fronts. 

Trafalgar square was also really lively. Not sure what the celebration was all about, but there was a band, food, games, and about 1000 people to wade through to get anywhere. Everyone split up, and enjoyed the street performers, and the people watching before heading to Shakespeare's Globe. Today was his 450th Birthday. There were balloon swords, puppet shows, coloring tables, and a show in the actual theater which everyone enjoyed. The actors had a lot of audience participation and it reminded me of the improv group The Crazy Monkeys.

The rest of the night was spent off our feet. Brody made us all dinner, we drank some tea, and enjoyed our last night of English TV!