London 3



What I did:

• Olympic volleyball (women's)
• Various Olympic National Houses - Olympic (representing the IOC or something), Brazil, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and probably a few more that I can't remember.
• Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre





Highlights:

• Watching an Olympic event really makes you realize how incredible these athletes are!  And they're even more impressive when you get to watch in person...  I also was fortunate enough that Team GB (that's Team Great Britain) was one of the teams I got to watch.  It was fun to see the crowd get into it and try to support them, but ultimately they were outclassed by a pretty wide margin and lost fairly quickly.
• I got to watch Usain Bolt win the gold medal in the 200 metre sprint on the big screen at Picadilly Circus.  It was pretty cool to see the whole place explode when he won!
• I saw the Taming of the Shrew at the Globe Theatre.  That's a replica of the original Globe Theatre where Shakespeare's plays were actually put on in Victorian times, right down to the standing tickets in the middle.  Those spots are super cheap (5 pounds only!) but if it rains, you're sh!+ outta luck.  But it's pretty tiring to stand there and crane your neck up to watch the stage even when it's dry.  Anyways, it is fun to watch Taming of the Shrew at any time, but the whole vibe at the Globe was pretty cool, you felt like you had travelled back in time or something.

The Olympic mascots are a pair of one-eyed monsters (I swear, you can't make this stuff up).  They've done up a few of these according to various themes and placed them around the city.  Obviously they want tourists to be aware of Britain's history of...  umm...  piracy...



Can't Miss:  If you're a fan of Shakespeare, check out the Globe Theatre!

KPMG sponsors the ferry in London.  Why?  Because...  uhhh...  no, I can't think of a reason why actually.



Because Percy's an idiot:

• Same disclaimer as last time.  Please stop scrolling down if you have any respect for me.  That probably doesn't apply to most of you...  lol

This is actually a pretty awesome piece of art.  Not being sarcastic, I do think it's pretty awesome.

Oh cool!  Wait.  I see the snake and the dog helping.  Where's the scorpion?

Seriously scorpion?  wtf dude.  Not cool man...  (in case you're wondering, see bottom left corner)