The Globe Theatre

This was one of my most anticipated field trips yet. In high school and my freshmen year of college I took Shakespeare classes, so even though I am by no means a lit major I still have interest in arguably one of the world's greatest playwrights and poet.

On Monday, 1 February, was the day we were set to visit this historic site (not as historic as it could be since the actual Globe Theatre burned down, but was rebuilt by an American a few centuries ago). I was going to go to classes then meet my roommate at home since I didn't want to pay for food out. My morning classes dragged by, and I attempted to rush home, however my beloved public transport had other plans. Between 1230 and 1300 every day, (Many places do use military time here) the good ol' 24 bus to Hampstead Heath changes drivers. Sometimes, depending on the driver, this is a quick affair, mostly, however, it takes a while for one driver to get out and the other to get in while chatting briefly. Today was one of those days where neither driver was moving very quickly. After we got on the move again he bus seemed to hit every single red light or person crossing the road. 

Once home I ran upstairs to switch bags, and noticed my roommate was in the bathroom. I went back down to the kitchen made a quick lunch and waited. She didn't come down and we were supposed to meet at the theatre at 1345, and it was getting close to half past 1. I waited a bit longer before I checked upstairs again, her bedroom door was closed and so was the bathroom door. Uh oh... She was either still in bed or gone, but why hadn't she texted me? I checked my phone again and nothing. I took off down the street, trying to decide if I should take the bus down to Camden Town Station or walk to Belsize Park.
Here's a little something to help you out: 

I needed to get from about where Belsize Park (underlined in green) is on the Northern Line to Mansion House (boxed in blue)

I decided to take the bus down to Camden Town Station (underlined in red on the pic) since it's a short bus ride and I have this tendency to get lost trying to find Belsize Park. This ended with me taking the Northern line to Bank, walking this little underground pathway to Monument and hopping on the District line to Mansion House. By the time I had gotten to Camden Town Station it was already 1345. So you can imagine my distress at having to wait for a train that was going to the right end destination. When I finally got to Mansion House I had a vague map to go on but managed to go in the right direction.

Since I still wasn't sure where I was going exactly, and I hadn't yet heard from Desiree (My roommie) I decided I'd try calling her. Miraculously it worked, her phone was just out of prepaid minutes so she couldn't answer my texts or call me. She was able to help guide me towards the theatre.

Unfortunately as it is not just a random building anybody can walk into I had to ask around and get lost a bit more before I made it almost 40 minutes late.


Despite being very late our tour guide was amazing. After we saw he main theatre area, where he talked about how dirty Shakespeare's plays are and how brilliant of a man he was, we went into a practice room for actors in the main building. He had us playing games and reciting lines from Shakespeare. It definitely turned my bad morning around and made up for being very late.