London trip - Day 6

Feeling unaccomplished , as the Shakespeare globe theatre was closed for the day. We got up early in the morning , and took a early train there. And alas we are the first feel to get in. guided tour to the main theater starts about 10.30am. So we linger around the museum for a while. Learnt alot about the theatre itself.

1st floor

The tour got us outside the replica globe theatre , the original one has been burnt down long time ago. Globe theatre is a an open air theatre that is entirely made of wood and built without a single nail! but with some modern technology ( like the wood treated with fire retardant chemical) .

2nd floor

There was a rehearsal while we were having the tour and the group was playing with some authentic classical instrument. Truly an eye opener for us!

Walking further down Thames river we noticed a excavated site of the winchester palace along southwark. Then lo and behold a authentic replica medieval ship the golden hind appear infront of us . Looks cool i must say.


After so much walking we decided to take a tea break at the southwark cathedral reflectory which serves cakes and coffee.

Next stop we headed across London bridge to the tower of london for more sightseeing. Getting hungry we had our meals at the fastfood fish and chip joint and a great deal i must say but don't expect great tasting food.

Got into the castle but decided to hang around the entrance for the start of the guided tour by yeoman warden. Yeoman warden are caretakers for the London tower for centuries and they are retired sergeant majors from army these days. During the tour yeoman warden corrected some of most common mistake made by tourist and even locals "Thames" is not prononced as tha-mes but Tam-es ! bet you didnt know that eh! We get to hear alot of storys of betray, executions and love stories too during the tour
As you can see the number of people attending the guided tour is insane. At first glance i say probably abt 50 or more people! so i back out and did some of my own exploration.

Watched a change of guard parade (their hats look like beavers hehe)

Took photos of the raven , who is said to be the protector of the crown empire. If they are gone so is the empire, that is why till this day they are still breed behind the castle walls.

Lots of actors in period costume roams the ground giving special guided tour which of course you have to donate at the end of the tour.


There are loads of photo opportunities for photographers like me, as the castle is huge.

We visited the armory tower, the crown jewelry vote which has travellator built in it thats a first for a museum. Got to see the huge vault use to keep the crown jewelry at night. Each door is over 2 tons! Closing that could be a problem. We tried out the unused medieval lavatory in the castle basically the excrement goes through a hole in the wall and straight into the moat which would be fill up on high tide and carried out into the river. yucks!

After london tower we visited the tower bridge. which was one of the most famous icon of london. Got to witness a ship passing through the draw bridge quite a sight.

The rest went in for the exhibition while i decided to give it a miss. Instead took some photos like this of my self standing in between the gap of the drawbridge.
I Loitered for about 40mins or so the guys came out and we head straight back base. For my uncle and aunt bought us to tooting borough for a sumptuous authentic indian meal at this restaurant Lahore , Waiting time was about 20 mins can see how popular that is.

Jeff looking at the award

And thats sums up the day back to food!