Day 4 in London

First stop of the day was The Globe! I was extremely excited to see this.

While it isn't the original building  (The original building burned to the ground in the 1600s by a cannon in the play Henry the Eighth), it is the most authentic replica in the world. Everything was built exactly how it was in Shakespeare's time.

There are only two exceptions to that though. For safety, they built in 7 emergency exits. In Shakespeare's time, there was only 2. One of the crowds, one for the actors.  The second difference is, and you can't tell in this small picture, is the electrical work.  They had lights put in so they could do plays no matter what time (there is no roof over the main area). But no speakers, no special light effects.

On our walk, we decided to walk across the Tower Bridge.  It was pretty cool. So named because it sits next to The Tower of London.

Our first steps on the bridge! Beautiful, isn't it?

 Since we walked across the bridge, we saw Big Ben (from the other side of the road this time) and this beauty here. Since we were next to this one and not on the other side of the street, we got to read the inscription. I thought it was pretty cool.

This is the inscription just underneath it.

And this is on the side. I just thought it was interesting. It was hard for me to read on the blog, it says: "Regions Caesar Never Knew Thy Posterity Shall Sway"