Wiseman by the front gates of the school and, after a quick head count, set off to the Underground station for the field trip to the Globe Theatre. Half an hour and one change of trains later they came out of Mansion House station and set off across Southwark Bridge to the south bank of the Thames. Despite living her entire life in London, Tania had never previously visited the Globe Theatre, and she was looking forward to exploring the modern reconstruction of William Shakespeare’s famous sixteenth-century “Wooden O.” Walking across the bridge with Edric at her side, she gazed down into the murky waters of the Thames. She was struck by how different it looked from the clear blue waters of the Tamesis. The Faerie river followed the same curves and loops as the Thames, except that in the Mortal World the river wound through the noisy, dirty heart of London while in Faerie the vast Royal Palace stretched along its northern bank, with a great green forest to the south. Tania was very impressed by her first sight of the Globe Theatre.
