September 25-28, 2014
London, England
Saturday September 27, 2014
The Saturday of the trip, I got to go to museums, I was so excited! I didn't get to go to as many as I wanted, but I liked a majority of the ones I did see. I started out with the Photographer's Gallery. The gallery was showing a collection of Early Color Photography in Russia, which was very interesting to me. It featured a lot of methods that I was unfamiliar with. Hopefully I will have time to research those and learn a little bit more about them soon.
After leaving the Photographer's Gallery I got to go to the Tate Britain, which was my favorite museum of the day. It's not quite up to par with the National Gallery, but it was well worth a visit. There weren't really any artists there (that I got to see, I was semi-rushed) that were hugely popular. They did have a Late Turner exhibition, but I didn't make it to see that.
We had a small break for lunch at an "Americanized" pub called Maxwell's in Covent Garden before finishing our day at Museums. Tori wanted to see what we called the "gross museum." It was a museum of medical things- body parts and animals in jars. David and I sat on a couch and attempted to block everything around us out as we waited for Tori. When games on our phone weren't working to distract us well enough, we contemplated things like meditation until Tori was finally done and we were able to escape. Not surprising, I don't recommend this museum to anyone.
The Tate Modern was next on our list, and surprisingly, I also don't recommend the Tate Modern. I much preferred the Tate Britain. You have to be really in to the abstract to enjoy Tate Modern. I'd say the best thing about Tate Modern was actually the walk there. We got to pass by St. Paul's museum and then walk over the Millennium bridge.
Unfortunately the Tate Modern was the last museum we got to see since most museums close at 6 on Saturdays. But that just means we have a valid reason for a London Trip number 3 sometime in the future. :)
Sunday September 28, 2014
Sunday competes with Friday in awesomeness, but doesn't quite catch up. We started out the day exploring Hyde Park. Every inch of Hyde park is beautiful, and there are a LOT of inches in Hyde Park. The park covers 350 acres, or 625 acres if you're including Kensington Gardens.
We began by walking to Kensington Palace, which really isn't that impressive. Maybe if we'd gone in we would've been more impressed.
Next we passed the Royal Albert Hall. I'm sure the concerts and other events put on here are incredible. The building sure is!
Saturday September 27, 2014
The Saturday of the trip, I got to go to museums, I was so excited! I didn't get to go to as many as I wanted, but I liked a majority of the ones I did see. I started out with the Photographer's Gallery. The gallery was showing a collection of Early Color Photography in Russia, which was very interesting to me. It featured a lot of methods that I was unfamiliar with. Hopefully I will have time to research those and learn a little bit more about them soon.
After leaving the Photographer's Gallery I got to go to the Tate Britain, which was my favorite museum of the day. It's not quite up to par with the National Gallery, but it was well worth a visit. There weren't really any artists there (that I got to see, I was semi-rushed) that were hugely popular. They did have a Late Turner exhibition, but I didn't make it to see that.
We had a small break for lunch at an "Americanized" pub called Maxwell's in Covent Garden before finishing our day at Museums. Tori wanted to see what we called the "gross museum." It was a museum of medical things- body parts and animals in jars. David and I sat on a couch and attempted to block everything around us out as we waited for Tori. When games on our phone weren't working to distract us well enough, we contemplated things like meditation until Tori was finally done and we were able to escape. Not surprising, I don't recommend this museum to anyone.
The Tate Modern was next on our list, and surprisingly, I also don't recommend the Tate Modern. I much preferred the Tate Britain. You have to be really in to the abstract to enjoy Tate Modern. I'd say the best thing about Tate Modern was actually the walk there. We got to pass by St. Paul's museum and then walk over the Millennium bridge.
View from Millennium Bridge
View of St.Paul's Cathedral and Millennium
Bridge from the Tate Modern
Another view of the Millennium Bridge from Tate Modern
Unfortunately the Tate Modern was the last museum we got to see since most museums close at 6 on Saturdays. But that just means we have a valid reason for a London Trip number 3 sometime in the future. :)
Sunday September 28, 2014
Sunday competes with Friday in awesomeness, but doesn't quite catch up. We started out the day exploring Hyde Park. Every inch of Hyde park is beautiful, and there are a LOT of inches in Hyde Park. The park covers 350 acres, or 625 acres if you're including Kensington Gardens.
We began by walking to Kensington Palace, which really isn't that impressive. Maybe if we'd gone in we would've been more impressed.
Everywhere we went in Hyde Park was beautiful, we walked for a couple of hours and I still could have walked around, admiring the beauty for a couple hours more.
Peter Pan Statue
Can you tell I busted my butt right before this picture?
It was pretty embarrassing...
After enjoying the sights in Hyde Park, we headed into town for some shopping. H&M, Primark, and Forever 21 were my favorites. But it was crazy busy everywhere we went! Oxford Street is very very popular on the weekends.
Brittany, Megan and I may need to take another suitcase back to America with us to make up for all the clothes and presents we bought at Primark.
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