We arrived last night into Heathow after coopting the flight attendants seat. And indeed it was a comfortable ride from Boston to London. From Heathrow- two hours in what should have been a 25 minute transportation ride. Our flat, in Kensington, owned by a BBC celebrity was warm and welcoming. The full, traditional and very delicious English breakfast with free stories of life in British reality telli satisfied us for almost the whole day.
We started out for Bankside and the Globe Theater. But first a wonderful side track walking on the low tide beach next to Blackfriars Bridge. We found all kinds of interesting artifacts from hundreds of years ago. I mean to post a photo of just one of those artifacts, a jawbone- from an animal that I am not sure of. Perhaps I will post it when I am able to unload my photos. We think that maybe it is the jaw of a mastif jaw. They were bred in Shakespeare's day for bear bating. I will leave that for you authorized opinion when I am able to post it.
We took an extended tour of the Globe Theater with a special costume presentation including some very cute junior high girls and boys from France. Also we got a rare tour of the archeological dig of the Rose Theater- submurged in water for preservation.
The Tate Modern afforded Donna a good two hour nap. I took in a big portion of the extensive colleciton- fabulous group of abstract expressions- a large number of Francis Bacon's work and many Picasso's. Donna now patiently awaits while I finish this blog- near Chinatown and Picadilly Circus- on a bit more gaudy than Time Square. I must go.
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