More London Adventures!

Wednesday, Brianna and I went to the Science museum after class. I learned all kinds of things about medicine, old scientific tools, and plastic. I also used the restroom (or toilet as they call them here in London), and it had the little girl symbol with the letter WC next to it. "What does that mean?" I thought. When I went inside, there were tons of women with children, so I decided it meant it was a bathroom for women and children. I thought that was a pretty cool idea. Then yesterday I overheard Martha telling someone the WC stood for Water Closet, and she laughed at me when I told her what I had thought it meant. Anyway, the museum was pretty cool, and I'll probably go back and check out some more exhibits. That evening we all wen to see Taking Steps. It was hilarious! We had read the play for class and talked about, so we all got every single one of the jokes and were super responsive. We talked to the cast afterward, and they said we were the best audience yet. They could tell there was something up because we did seem to catch every single one of the jokes. They thought it was great.
Thursday, a bunch of us went to breakfast at this dutch pancake house up the street. The food was so good. I got a banana waffle (waffles with bananas on top), and it was super yummy. The girls who got panacakes lucked out, though. They were huge! I hope to go back and get one in the future. Then we went to the Tate Modern, which is a modern art museum. It was okay. I couldn't help but think that it wasn't classy at all. They just had big white rooms that looked mostly bare, and it was difficult to to tell which text panels went where. I expected it to be so much more class than the MOA, especially because they have paintings from such famous artists, but it was far from it. Not to mention, I felt like I was work the whole time. I couldn't help but look for cameras and watch the security guards. It also really bugged me to watch people breaking rules and not be able to do anything about it. I was very jealous that the guards got to sit down, but I didn't feel like they did much good there. It was really weird going into the gift shop and finding some of the same things the MOA shop has. Afterward, we walked next door and went on a Shakespeare tour at the globe. The greasy gay guy was our tour guide. He was very nice and very passionate about the Globe and Shakespeare. I did find it strange that he referred to "we" every time he talked The Globe's (the new one, not the original) past. After the tour, we went to the Borough Market again and walked around. When we got bored of that, we walked over to St. Paul's and sat reading on the steps. Next was Marks & Spencer to buy some delicious chocolate and gums (gummies). Then we walked down some streets and eventually back to the Globe where we watched a touring show of A Midsummer Night's Dream. I did not like it. The idea was awesome, but not well acted. As Jason said, the only nice thing about the show was Puck's butt. The problem is, Puck was women, so her butt doesn't really do me much good. Some people did like the show though, and I'm really glad that they did. The audience seemed to enjoy it as well, but I was just mostly annoyed.
Today, I just kind of relaxed. I slept in. I did my laundry. I talked to some friends. I went to Hyde Park with a friend from the UVU study abroad, and we walked all over the park. Then I went and watched Pride and Prejudice with my roommate and the girls upstairs. I had never seen it before...and I still haven't seen the ending. The DVD started having issues. I'm not that upset, and I may never watch the end. I didn't particularly care for it.