Day 2 - London Part Two

I write to you now from the train from Bath to Gluster.  In Gluster, Matthew will be renting a car, and perilously be driving us around the Coltswolds.  I would feel safer in a truck, but unfortunately that would be too expensive for our budget.  And Matthew seems to hate trucks.  Silly boy.

We’re rolling past the rolling hills of England’s countryside, and overall it is quite peaceful and pleasant.  The perfect time for blogging!

Day 2 – London 

Part Two

After visiting the Parliament Buildings, we then took the river cruise from Westminster to Tower Hill.  We were pleasantly surprised when we discovered that the river cruise tickets were complimentary to our bus tour passes.  The trip up river was nice, we passed under the London Bridge and disembarked right by the Tower of London.  What we didn’t realize, however, was that the Tower of London had already closed for the day, and we were SOL.  Instead, we went for a nice walk along the riverside, and then crossed across the Millennium Foot Bridge, colloquially named the “Wibbly-Wobbly Bridge,” because so many people walked across it on its opening day that it started to sway. (“There’s nothing wrong with the bridge, it’s the way people walk in London!” – Engineer/Designer)

Across the Wibbly-Wobbly Bridge was the reconstructed Globe Theater, where historically, Shakespeare’s plays were performed and continue to be performed today.  We had dinner at the Anchor pub beside the Globe, an establishment built in the 1600’s where Shakespheare and his groups frequented.  I was pleased with my Roasted Vegetable Pot Pie, though it was considerable a denser, heavier meal than I expected.

The Globe Theater

The Anchor Pub

After dinner, Matthew and I went back to the B&B in Barnes, where we ran into one of the frequent patrons just leaving.  He informed us that it was Quiz Nigh’ at the local pub, (the “Halfway House,”) so naturally we went with him.  We joined our Hostess Stella and some others at the pub, and quizzed away.  The man who took us there bought Matthew and I a half-pint of beer to share, called, “London Pride,”.  Matthew’s experience with this was better than the night previously.

Our team won the quiz night!  I contributed that the star closest to Earth is the Sun.

And that concludes Day 2 of my trip.  While we’re still on this train, perhaps I will continue onwards with Day 3.