Thursday started early in order to catch the train from Oxford to the UK’s capital city, London.
On our arrival, we went straight to Waterloo, where we started a “Duck Tour” on an amphibious vehicle originally designed for the 1944 D-Day landings. We saw many famous London sights, including the Palace of Westminster, the Horse Guards’ Parade and the MI6 building. Of course all of these landmarks dwindled into insignificance compared to the fact that we were on a big yellow boat/bus thing.After the Duck Tour, we walked along the South Bank to the Globe Theatre to watch Howard Brenton’s play, Anne Boleyn. Despite standing for over two hours to watch the play, nobody complained as the mixture of swearing, sexual references and crude humour kept us all enthralled.
Some of us then headed inside the Tate Modern art gallery next door to catch a brief look at the famous Turbine Hall displays. The rest of us enjoyed some time in the London sunshine with ice cream next to the River Thames.
We finally headed for dinner at Café Rouge, overlooked by Sir Christopher Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral. Tom made sure that everybody knew that Christopher Wren was a Wadham College alumnus. Once we’d eaten, we headed on a brief, impromptu walking tour of London on the way back to the station taken by Michael, where we saw Temple Church and a number of other (mainly legal) sights.
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