Exploring London: Day 7
The strangest thing happened today. We woke up early to catch the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace which was supposed to start at 11:30. And although we were there about half an hour early, there was already a big crowd waiting with their cameras. So it started, and there was a band and the usual marching music and everything was ok.. but all of a sudden, the band started playing a new piece when Sita recognised it to be the music from West Side Story!!! I mean, there we were, an Egyptian and a Dutch and hundreds of people from all over the world standing in London watching the changing of the guards while the music was playing "I want to be in America, I want to be in Ameri-ca".. it's a truly globalised world, isn't it?!! Anyway, I guess Mr Blair will be happy with this choice of music :)
Then we headed to the Tower of London, although I think it should be plural since they are not just one. But this was very interesting, especially the Crown Jewels part, very impressive. And I loved the armoury section, I didn't know there were so many names and shapes for what I simply knew as the spear.It turned out that there is a battle-axe, a spontoon, a scithe, a pike, a lance, a staff, a club and what is called a Spanish ranceur. I especially liked what is called the Spanish Morning Star which has pointed blades in all directions and what is called the scull-crusher which is basically like a hammer and used to.. well, crush skulls. I know.. I can be violent at times :) Anyway, I enjoyed this visit.
Then we went to Covent Garden and Leicester Square again, walked around a bit then went to see a movie. Initially we wanted to see "The Merchant of Venice", but it was not playing today unfortunately, so instead we watched "Be Cool". It is a light movie, with a big cast and a fast pace, but John Travolta and Uma Turman were actually cool and the movie was not so predictable so it was good.
The only bad thing today is that it was cold, there was no sun at all. I hope this will change tomorrow.
Mai
Then we headed to the Tower of London, although I think it should be plural since they are not just one. But this was very interesting, especially the Crown Jewels part, very impressive. And I loved the armoury section, I didn't know there were so many names and shapes for what I simply knew as the spear.It turned out that there is a battle-axe, a spontoon, a scithe, a pike, a lance, a staff, a club and what is called a Spanish ranceur. I especially liked what is called the Spanish Morning Star which has pointed blades in all directions and what is called the scull-crusher which is basically like a hammer and used to.. well, crush skulls. I know.. I can be violent at times :) Anyway, I enjoyed this visit.
Then we went to Covent Garden and Leicester Square again, walked around a bit then went to see a movie. Initially we wanted to see "The Merchant of Venice", but it was not playing today unfortunately, so instead we watched "Be Cool". It is a light movie, with a big cast and a fast pace, but John Travolta and Uma Turman were actually cool and the movie was not so predictable so it was good.
The only bad thing today is that it was cold, there was no sun at all. I hope this will change tomorrow.
Mai
posted by Mai at 11:38 PM
1 Comments:
wow ya lolo .. beeeeee cooooooool ... i saw the trailer and it looks reeeaaaalllyyy coooooooool .... and since my little sis said it's cooooooool .. then i guess i'll be going to the movies real sooooooooon ... :))
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