Changing of the Guard & Shakespeares Globe Theater

We watched the infamous Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. It was a lot of pomp and circumstance involving two marching bands and a calvary. The crowd was huge so we didn't get to see the actual palace guards up close. Bascially, we are glad that we went, but overall think it's pretty over-rated :)




South of the River Thames, you can see a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theater. Except it's not really a replica! They have no idea what the original theater looked like, so this is their best guess! They tried to make it using authentic materials with a thatched roof (the only one in London today) and goat hair in the wall plaster! It was neat to see, but I was dissapointed to hear that it's a guesstimate.