Day 62 - London (England) - Wax and Blood
I'VE COME TO SUCK YOUR MONEY. Today we really did do the tourist things in London... Big Ben? No Trafalgar Square? No. Westminister? No. Madame Tussauds? Yes! As per my comments tomorrow (wow, I can predict what I'm going to say), your best bet is to pre-book tickets on the internet to save money and skip queues. That being said we had a confusing conversation with the FastPass ticket box office at Madame Tussauds and before we knew it were in, posing next to Kylie, Beckham, Angelina Jolie and Hitler. Don't hold back with grabbing and poking the wax models because no one else does and none of the staff seem to care... so grab hold and snap away with the camera! Celebratary posing done, it was off to the Sherlock Holmes pub for lunch (overrated - they don't even have a murder mystery to solve on your placemat!). Mystery solving done with, it was off to... The London Dungeon! A pre-warning... out of everyone we know, probably James will be the only one to enjoy this place... it's basically a live action tour through the plague, fire of london, jack the ripper and numerous other 'scarey' moments of London... good if you're 12 years old, otherwise you're better off sitting at the Themes for a few hours and chilling with a good book. Finished the day with a move of house from Justine and Dylan's (thanks guys!!) to Anita and Farnsy's (thanks guys!!).
LESSON FOR THE DAY: Real history is cool... but so are made up tourist attractions!
LESSON FOR THE DAY: Real history is cool... but so are made up tourist attractions!
posted by Mr R at 4:28 am
1 Comments:
The fun I had at the London Dungeon defies comparison with anything else in my life thus far. Except of course the time that I spend with Amie, which at times can be similar, but only the gory bits.
Yes the souvenir shot glasses’ are ordinary, the ash-tray tacky, the video footage shaky and the photo, well, cheesy. But would your pizza be as memorable without cheese??? Because memories can not be valued, people!!
Like the bulldozing of 10 year olds so I could get to the front of the line to witness the Jack the ripper saga first hand. Curs-ed is the unappreciative as the intricate mouldings of the victims innards are recreated with such finesse and attention to detail. Work that can only be compared to that of the great Leonardo Da Vinci, such treasures they are to themselves.
What is that I hear you say? The crown jewels are this great country’s national treasure. FOOLISH WORSHIPERS OF TIME WELL SPENT, it is the London Dungeon. It is so good that it should ONLY be visited once … in all your life times.
Have fun.
James :-)
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