Sherlock to Shakespeare

Greetings from Fulham!

We've gotten a little behind on the posts so here is quick summary of Saturday! Hope we can remember everything!

We started the day off with our morning coffee at Cafe Nero with vanilla lattes and Rosemary had a delightful croissont. We have started seeing many repeat customers that frequent the spot when we are there and we have started to become familiar with the drill. One thing that we have noticed is noone says "to go." They ask you, "stay or take away."

After coffee, we ventured to Baker Street, home of Sherlock Holmes. We arrived at the Sherlock Holmes museum and tour at about 11am. It takes place at 221B Baker Street. We walked inside to explore thy dwellings of Sherlock and Watson and their living quarters. The tour takes place over 4 stories and each story is separated by a very small staircase leading to the next floor. It was interesting and informative.

Next we headed to London Eye Pier for the Thames River Cruise. Before beginning the cruise we wanted to grab a quick bite to eat. We found a nice restaurant called Canteen and sat outside under a large umbrella looking out onto an open area filled with shops, people, and other restaurants. They happend to be filming a BBC dance show that resembled Zumba. I was tempted to go audition, but the cutoff age looked about 13. After looking over the menu we decided to take advanage of the all day breakfast offered. Winston had Eggs Benedict and an Oktoberfest beer. Rosemary had eggs on toast and a side of toast and marmalade and a coke to drink. We are considering this our yummy English Breakfast!! Thank you Sue! When we finished the lovely meal we strolled the river to find the Mayor Thames' Festival! This was by far the largest festival we had ever seen! More festival news to come later...

We boarded our river cruise and picked seats in the top middle so Winston could photograph both sides easily. Rosemary decided to try the coffee served on the boat and ordered it "white." The coffee here is served white, (with cream and sugar) or black. Off we went on an hour and a half tour guided by a live tour guide on a microphone. We were able to see great architecture and see a different perspective from the water than the land.
And, we got to rest our feet a little! :) Thanks for the fun memory Jim and Leslie!

After resting up on the river cruise, we got some great pics of Big Ben, and Parliment. Then we rode our first double decker bus and arrived at the Tate Modern Museum. (Thank you Amanda and Darlene.) What a huge museum-6 floors of amazing artwork. Art seems so timeless.

After the Tate, we walked over to the Shakespeare Globe Theatre for some real entertainment. Thank you Deanna and Kristy. What a sight. The Globe is an open air theatre with amazing actors, costumes, and feel. Its like stepping back into time. We saw the production of Henry IV part 1. After 3 hours of Shakespeare we were ready to call it a night and head to the flat.

More later,
Rosemary and Winston Benning