Wednesday in London

Dear Pia, having read your report, I was feeling very sorry for you! The weather was much better here, with only a light drizzle in the early morning, so nobody got soaked.Instead, we had a great day whose opener was a very stimulating and jolly workshop at The Globe, the reconstructed Shakespeare theatre. The man doing the workshop was a spitting image of one of our Math teachers which is why some of us were very confused first but he turned out to be very, very funny and entertaining so that we were learning and laughing at the same time. After that, we went to Tate Modern, one of the temples of Modern Art in London, which has a crack running through the floor of its gigantic hall - but we learned that this did not go back to any earthquake we had missed.After that, everybody went on his own, though I guess they could have gone together as the main destination was, of course, shopping paradise - Oxford Street!Later on, we met again for a stroll through a tiny part of the British Museum, then went to Bhanglatown were we explored exotic shops of many different kinds.And if that hadn't been enough, we met a jolly guy who taught us about Jack the Ripper on a walk which finally led us back into the East End. You should have seen what some of your coursemates looked like when the guide was giving them the details of the ripper had done to his victims! But I must admit that he was very graphic - and all this happened directly after tea ...So, coming back to your post, it was ca. 9.30 when this day's programme was finally over, and my feet ( + back + spine )ere telling me: Back to the hotel! But some students went on even then ...Tomorrow we'll be off to Oxford - I'll let you know what they looked like in the morning ...All the best,Mr Umbrella