There's No Place Like London

Classes have really started to pick up this past week. I have my first "quiz" in my history class next week, and two other classes assigned the midterm paper topics. The second half of my art history class consisted of a trip to the National Gallery to see some works by the Pre-Raphaelites in a special exhibition. The black-and-white photo below is of Trafalger Square from the front of the National Gallery (the Clock Tower can been seen in the distance).



Across the intersection from our local tube station is a Lamborghini dealership. Thursday evening, the cars were moved out of the showroom and were quite the spectacle. So, of course, I wanted a picture with the beautiful sports cars.




Friday morning, we made a trip to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards.




Also a good opportunity to take pictures with the guards. I could totally be a guard.



In the afternoon, we headed over to the Globe to see if we could get tickets to A Midsummer's Night's Dream. Unfortunately, it was sold out. In fact, it's sold out for the rest of the season (which ends next week). However, the ticketmaster told us that if we wanted to queue up 90 minutes before the performance, we might get any unclaimed tickets. So we tried, and luckily, we did! And since we were in line so early, we got standing room next to the stage, which was close enough for the actors to look directly at us when saying some of their lines.