Bankside Frost Fair 2007

The Bankside Frost Fair apparently celebrates when Londoners took to the ice as the River Thames froze over during winter hundreds of years ago with 2007 marking 400 years since the first ever Frost Fair. I was promised ice sculpting but could only locate one such ice sculpture as per the pic to the left. Still, there were other things to entertain including various street theatre, the winter market, and going inside Shakespeare’s Globe.

The Undercroft of the Globe was also transformed into a winter-scape and filled with small stalls and traders and their unique crafts. The most entertaining thing about the Globe was the various performers wandering around performing little skits which could involve the public at any random moment. Hilarious.

My favourite aspect of the Frost Fair was, of course, the Husky Dogs. I wanted to steal one of the little fellas. So cute.