Your brother will die tomorow. Content yourself!

London oh London!
Once again, we join you from a little internet cafe.. I really like these things. Especially the cheep ones. I think I'm going to get a bunch of computers together and start one myself. Look at me -- a little entraprenaur. Too bad I can't really spell it. But I'll be a good one.. just you watch.
Anyways, we have made the transition from Ireland to England! I seriously felt like crying as the Ireland coast drifted from view. I love that country and it will always have a very special place in my heart (let me dry my eyes a second). I was also a little bit sad becasuse Trish and I had met two WONDERFUL and goodlooking young men that morning .. and had to leave them in Dublin. A Swede (that would be from Sweden) and a Brit (and that would mean Britain -- Liverpool to be exact) . That was definately crying worthy. Anyways, our ferry ride back was absolutely fabulous compared to the one there! There was a casino, three restaurants, a play area for kids (and no.. I didn't go in there -- tempting) a store, a bar.. you name it! It was just wonderful! And no one getting sick.. Once we hit British soil, it was train time! I think that day we spent about 8 hours on the train. Talk about fun. :) To liven things up a little bit, Trish and I stopped over in Shrewsbury -- which may be actually said shrowsbury but we're not exactly sure -- the birthplace of the infamous DARWIN. But that's not really why we went (we did see his statue though!). We toured around the little town and all it's little alley ways (Trish and I took a little walk through grope lane.. which surprisingly still lives up to its name -- yummy) and then stopped for supper in.... McDonalds! It definately lived up to all of my low opinions of that fast food chain. BLECH. But hey, we were hungry and it was cheap.
So we finally pulled into Paddington Station (which is where the bear is from.. how cute!) at 11:45. I needed sleep. We went to our hostel -- no swede there :( -- and went to beddy-by.
Today was our second last full day in England. :( This trip has gone by soo fast! London is definately alot bigger than Dublin. We took the underground (our new best friend) to all sorts places -- starting with the parliamentry buildings, Big Ben (oh yeah! In real life! And yes, it's big -- no false advertising there), and Westminster Abbey. All of which were exciting. Then it was Theatre time. Right up my alley. Trish and I first went to the TheatreLand Musem (free of cost) which was all about the WestEnd (which is the area of London where all the Theatres are), how it came to be, it's history etc etc. There was also exhibits on the Redgraves (a very famous British acting family -- where Natasha Richardson is from) and on staging stuff (such as lighting, different costumes, weird stages etc). It was really fascinating. We were also there in time to see a makeup workshop. A guy did the make up of the Restoration period (the white powder, small lips, big hair).. it was so great! We then headed to London Bridge (and it didn't fall) and went to Shakespeare's globe theatre to see Measure for Measure -- one of Shakespeare's lesser known plays but one that I particularily wanted to see because I had done a scene from it in theatre class. Trish and I stood in the "yard" (which is where all the commoners would have stood in Shakespeare's day) and we were right infront of the stage -- I actually leaned on the stage the whole time and almost got kicked by an actor and hit with a sword -- that's how close I was! It was sooo awesome! I have never felt that close to the actors on stage before. The play itself was really good. The actors were very fun to watch, even though they didn't do my scene as well as me and my partner Todd did. But how could they have?!?? It's just not possible.
Anyways, the rest of our day was spent looking at the Tower Bridge, the London Tower, and riding the underground. We looked all over for Dicken's house but could not find it, so we'll just have to content ourselves with having seen his neighbourhood.
So now we are planning to go back to the hostel, have showers (something everybody on the subway should have done too... I love eau de B.O. ) and then hit the hay... we have to be at Paddington station by 6:15 tomorow so it's going to be an early morning!
Hope everyone is doing well... I do miss Canada.. kind of... okay, I miss all the people -- yes, you guys do still mean something to me! (although that swede... brown piercing eyes, tall, curly shaggy hair -- and interested in me too! sigh. If only I had gotten a name.)
Well, I'm knackered. (that means tired)
Cheers.
ps. the title is a line from Measure for Measure