Today was the best day. We went to Hampton Court Palace and had an amazing time. We started in the shop (always a bad idea). We then went in to the 'Base' court and watched the drama unfold! Katherine Parr is in trouble with her husband King Henry VIII for her religious writings and we, the members of the court had to help her convince Henry not to have her executed! Olivia got in to the swing of things and I think the actors (who as this was the first week of the new script) seemed to appreciate the help.
We then went off to the nearest cafe were we eat traditional Tudor food (Me: stew and Olivia had the beef and ale pie) and after seeing Katherine Parr get pardoned we started to follow the audio guide around first the Tudor kitchen and then HenryVIII apartments (the audio guide for the apartments wasn't very good. I recommend just reading the information). We also visited the Chapel Royal which has this amazing painted window (check it out).
We didn't even get to the William and Mary part of the palace and so I plan on returning but we headed back as we had theatre tickets for 'Being Shakespeare' by Simon Callow.
We arrived at Trafalgar Square to find Canada Day celebrations in full swing (and all the restaurants/pubs full so we ended up getting sandwiches at Pret a Manger).
Being Shakespeare was an informative one man show with Simon Callow who used play quotes to highlight events in Shakespeare's life. I learnt alot and it was beautifully staged although if I hadn't got a discount on the tickets I think I would have resented paying full price for such cramped seats.
Facilities: First mention goes to Charing Cross underground station: you are a major transport hub so why, why do you have lots of coin only oyster top up machines and only one working card machine?? Stupid. The toilets at Trafalgar Studio theatre were small but modern and had hand lotion! The bar was only in the foyer so once we were in the theatre we didn't go back.
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