London Day 2

After a spectacular Day 1, Day 2 was looking nothing less than sunshine and rainbows. Or at least that's what I thought until my new phone's ear piercing alarm clock went off at the ungodly hour of 7 am. Nevertheless, after multiple snoozes, and after a few stern talking to's from Kyle I rose from coffin and bravely faced the sunlight. After a cup of coffee and a good "getting to know London" class I  was reinvigorated and ready to hit the London streets once more.

We took the tube to Saint Paul's and after mistaking a dentist's office for Saint Paul's we quickly turned around and realized our mistake, for how could we have missed the GIANT cathedral behind us. We ate a quick lunch in the crypt of Saint Paul's. There's just nothing like eating soup in God's basement of sorts.

Our next destination was to the walking tour with our faithful tour guide Patsy. It was walking tour that was meant to highlight the life of Shakespeare. I wasn't entirely convinced. There was a lot of pointing to building that once may of  stood where a building originally was built that Shakespeare MAY have visited. So instead of focusing on the Shakespeare facts I instead let my mind wander a little bit and just enjoyed walking through the streets of London. Though when we stopped at the brewery plague of Shakespeare I couldn't help but stop and give Shakespeare a little boop.

Our tour stopped at ye old Pub, and while everyone else enjoyed a glass of good ol' glass of English beer, I heartily enjoyed by cool glass of water. (It was a little too early for me) After we had relaxed in the warmth of the pub for a bit it was time to move again. This time we would heading to a small Watercolor and Print Gallery we had found in Sami's guide book.

The name of the Gallery was the Bankside Gallery and it was a fantastic little gallery. It consisted of mostly prints and a few watercolors. The prints were beautiful, all different types of prints too. There were lithographs, woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and some techniques I had never even heard of. I took a ton of photos in the gallery, some for me and some for my boyfriend who's also a printmaker. Also on the way out I was sure to take one of every single pamphlet they had set about the gallery. It really re-inspired me to work on my printmaking skills.

It was already dark when we left the gallery, but we had one more stop before it was time to go home to the flats, our first official show! We were off to the BAC, or the Battersea Arts Centre, to see the theatre company 1927's show, The Animals and the Children took to the Streets. It was a great first show to see. The show largely functioned around projections of the illustrator of the company. There was of course eerie music, and some interesting plot lines, but really the show was just a way to show off some brilliant illustrations. The actors played along beautifully, the transition between illustration and acting was seamless. The actors had to have impeccable timing. One of the character's voice was even prerecorded so its amazing to think how well rehearsed the entire company had to be.

But getting past the amazing technical aspects of the show, it was also a delightfully dark story of the poor in rebellion with strangely appealing characters such as the Zelda and her pirate gang of children. I really enjoyed the show, it was like nothing I had ever seen and it set the bar high the rest of the shows I would soon see.

Then off to bed and Day 3