Ichaicha in London Part 2

People smoking all the time! If you thought Vegas casinos had a lot of people, try any street corner in London! 


Shakespeare- lots of influences on contemporary English! Such famous idioms as dead as a doorknob, all the world is a stage, — all things Shakespeare can be found at The Shakespeare Globe in London. 


Wicked- excellent story line- surprised Disney didn’t pounce on a story like this. A girl (!) Disney’s been focusing on female protagonists recently- who is born green and not like everyone else, discovering magical powers and having a comical friend- truly a script that was made for disney. Wicked was just one of the places around The West End that one could go to enjoy plays- Hamilton, Les Mis, Mamma Mia, and Lion King (Disney!) were all options!!!! As a high school student as part of my duties at the orchestra I would be in “the pit” playing music for the play the drama club put on every year, and it’s a pretty neat experience.... the first 5 times practice. By the time the performance rolled around I would be dreading it and just phoning it in, especially if there were 3 different performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday or something. Props to the performers and musical talent playing behind the scenes. 

For years since my adult life, If there was one last bastion of hope for restaurants on my eyes, it was that they provided water free of charge. But guess what, NOT IN LONDON! We found out the hard way that even the most plain vanilla drink, water, had a price sigh. Not a good look, London. 

But at lead the museums and galleries are free, right? Yea they are, but there’s a sign posted every 500 feet urging you to donate 5 pounds. And some “volunteer” pushers who make you feel like a jerk if you don’t. And special exhibitions that charge if you want the full experience of the museums. 

People in London need to figure out if they walk on the left or the right. I know cars are on the left, so that’s been figured out, but walking and seeing people approach from the other side was always a guessing game of which way to stay on, narrowly averting an accident or collision each time.