Ice sculptures, amazing parks and the Globe theatre!

My my my i dont usually have such eventful sundays!

Margie announced this morning that she was taking me somewhere but where we were going was a surprise.
On the way we took a detour into Kensignton Park to let Totty run around for a bit. The park took my breath away, it's huge and there are all these beautiful tall trees everywhere! And lots of other people walking their dogs of course.

That reminds me, i discovered something today that im really pleased about. It IS totally possible to talk to strangers in London and not get mugged or looked at like you're a weirdo! Me and margie had several converstaions with people in the park, it was really nice. Having a dog with you is a great converstaion starter. And everyone we spoke to was really nice and friendly.
So ya boo sucks to that stereotype!

Then we got to my surprise, it was the first ice sculpture festival which was by the Natural History Museam. There was a row of ice sculptures, each one from different countries (all of them amazing and beautiful) and they were being judged, the scuplture of a pigeon (that margie thought was a falcon or something like that) won.
To my great relief there were also hot food stalls there which was great as i was freezing and really hungry. Combine that with finding my hat in my bag and i was good to go.

It's funny, i was eating my chips and looking at these amazing sculptures thinking 'id love to have a go at doing that myself' when i look to my left and see a big queue of people waiting to do just that! There was a table with sevaral blocks of ice on it and a guy showing groups of people how to do it. I did get in the queue but it was clearly going to be a long wait and margie found me and told me the sculptures were starting to melt and fall apart so i decided to go see them instead. I did a lot of observing while i was in the queue (and had conversations with some more nice strangers :-)) so i think i got the general idea. Something to try another time definatley.

Right by us was the V&A Museum, so obviously we had to go in there! My parents rave about it. I did enjoy it but i have to be honest, galleries and museums are not places i can happily spend hours in, i dont know why. I wish i could. But there were parts to it i really did enjoy, a long scuplture gallery that was fascinating, there was one that had me quite captivated. It was the torso of a man done in marble, and it was (in my view at least) possibly the nearest thing to a perfect male form i've seen. Muscley and toned but not too much of either, with a lovely back. This will probably sound odd but i love mens backs (well, some at least!), i think there is something endearingly vunerable about them. The skin tends to be smoother there too, maybe that has something to do with it. Backs and shoulders....mmmm...yummy.

Anyway! Moving on.

So after that we went for a bit of a drive and i got my own personal tour from margie. Saw Piccadilly, lots of lovely theatres, the houses of Parliment and Big Ben, and we ended up at the South Bank and walked quitea long way down it. There's a book market down there! Well pleased to find that.
And oh the south bank is beautiful at night, all lit up. And it wasnt too cold once i added another layer. Spoke to yet more strangers! These two guys on a bench who were also very appreciative of the beautifulness of our surroundings.
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I ended up standing outside the Globe Theatre! Anyone who knows me knows how much of a big deal that is for me. Couldn't get in though, twas closed. That's the next step, go down there with a sleeping bag and refuse to move until they give me a job.

So thats been my eventful sunday! It's been a very busy and very good half a week Ive explored, got cold, got warm, got lost, got my voice back (pretty much) and have fallen in love.

With London! :-)

xxx