Saturday was great. We started off watching a practice parade of the military (red coats, fuzzy black hats and all) in front of Buckingham palace. Being in the crowd and talking to people really shows you how much they love the royal family.
After the parade we went to the Portobello Road Market in Notting Hill. It was basically stall after stall of antiques and vintage jewelry. I loved all of the tea sets and scarves.
We made our way our way to Regent's Park to see our play for the evening at the open air theater. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sounds picturesque right? It was anything but. They set it in a modern trailer park with a Snooki looking Hermia. The faeries did all of this supposedly symbolic dancing. I couldn't take it after the rain started and Titania ripped off her bodice. There were children present. Needless to say, we left at intermission.
Today was the patriotic day to end all patriotic days. We went to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee festivities along the Thames. Even with the dreary weather people were out in full force. It's crazy that this will probably never happen again. I can't believe that I'm here while all of this is going on. To leave I had to walk past two tube stops before I got one that was open.
The rest of the day was spent doing mundane things like grocery shopping and laundry.
Cheers,
Cis
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