London Day Three

May 1st
We were very tired and wanted to sleep a little extra. When were finally headed out the door, we hopped on the tube to Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard. We had no idea were the palace was and stood in the rain to watch some guys do something that looked like the changing of the guard only to see them march to the actual palace for the real deal. This taught me that hyped up things like the changing of the guard are usually lame or less than you expect. It was at this point that we had a mini crisis and our camera woudl not work. I started to freak out, but cool, level-headed Tim just found a camera store and bought a new memory card, thus fixing the problem. What a guy!
We then walked through St. James' Park and saw crazy pigeons. Next we stopped at Covent Garden's and Tim was part of a street show that tons of people gathered to watch. I always knew he would be famous. Unfortunately the street show turned ugly and Tim ended up having to do some pretty weird things. The guy preforming took off his original outfit to reveal a nasty wife beater with "Beast" written on it and a red thong over very tight black spandex pants. Tim got roped into buckling the guy into a straight jacket meanwhile the guy kept trying to hug Tim. After the show Tim ran right to the nearest "loo" to wash off the dirty old man smell.
After the show we headed to the Jake the Ripper Walking Tour which was pretty cool. We went around the more shady east end of London and learned a lot of random things. It gave me a whole new perspective on what London was and is today.
After the walk we sat down to eat some fish and chips and two Korean guys kept staring at Tim. Finally one of them leaned over and showed Tim a picture of him and the nasty guy preforming in the street show. The Koreans thought Tim was a celebrity and wanted a picture with him. I snapped one of Tim and his new fans.
After our lunch we walked along the Thames on our way to Shakespeare's Globe Theater. Here too we walked along some less than nice areas and decided that the banks of the Thames are nothing to write home about. It was pretty cool crossing the 'wobbly bridge" to get to the theater. I guess the guy who designed the bridge made a mistake and the whole structure wobbles during a storm. Yikes!
We ended the night at the Globe Theater where we had tickets to King Lear. The atmosphere was so authentic right down to the pre-show music and wooden set. Tim didn't really appreciate the play very much, but it was a definite "must do" if you visit London.