last day in london

saturday the 20th was the only full day i had in london where i wasn't working, so momster and i made the most of it.  in the morning we strolled along the thames and admired the buskers (everything from 'statues' painted in all colors to a cellist to a talking dog to the invisible man) and the sea-serpent street-lamps, on the way to the reconstructed globe theater.  i had been near the globe before but never inside, so we took a tour, enjoying both the exhibit on theater in shakespearian times, including some period-style stage tapestries donated by new zealand (with atlas holding up a new-zealand-centric globe), and the theater itself, with its ornate stage and stalls.

we went to fortnum and mason for afternoon tea in honor of mrs. pumphrey's christmas hampers, then did a little christmas shopping at an outdoor craft market in the gathering twilight, and finished the day with a trip up the london eye.