First internet access for a couple of days. We went to Westminster Abbey in London (where all the kings/notables are buried...saw Elizabeth, a few Marys, lots of Edwards and Henrys, some poets, and walked over Darwin's grave). Also visited the Tate, the Victorian Albert, and the British Museum again. All incredible, all museum-y. Makes you think though, for whatever reason.
Saw two more shows: The Woman in Black, a very effective stage thriller, and the 3-hour extravaganza-filled Lord of the Rings MUSICAL (!!??!!??) which made me nearly vomit in my mouth when I heard they were making it but was really not bad at all. Tolkien's goal was to create a mythology for a legend-less people, and it is a testament to his success that even condensed into three and a half hours with singing hobbits, a great deal of the power of the story survives.
We are now in Scotland, in a little village called Stonehenge, and my mom is getting exceptionally antsy so we've off.
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Singing Hobbits! They weren't singing about a yellow brick road, were they? Did Boromir do a half-hour solo with 20 arrows stuck in him.......:)
I really like Westminster Abbey. everybody I've ever read about is crammed into the walls and stuck in the floors. Elizabeth I gets a whole bed to herself. There are some graves so old that the lettering has worn away. I've always liked grave yards and burial places and this is my favorite.
The Kings and Queens of England all get married here. Imagine getting married surrounded 1000 years worth of your dead relations and their better best friends!
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