5th October So these are from our trip to the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum where they saved a number of 15th-17th century structures (and maybe a Victorian one or two) and moved them to this space. It was cold and rainy but also cool.
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Tate Modern
Then after Somerset House I walked over the Millennium Bridge to the Tate Modern. Modern art is not really my thing (mainly because I don’t know enough about it) but it was cool to wander around.
Somerset House
3rd of October I went to Somerset House and walked around The Courtauld Gallery, which is a beautiful space and I really recommend it.
Fleet Street Etc
These are just from walks around the past week. Notes below if you click on them. 🙂
School Starts In Earnest
So my program started last week, and while it is super cool and I am learning stuff that feels relevant mostly, and things can happen like today at hour 2 of a 3 hour class my instructor was like “And now let’s walk over to the British Museum to see what I was talking about” and …
Family Skype
We have fun.
Slimer!
Looks like someone got slimed by the dumpster this morning….
Happened Upon A Lunchtime Organ Recital Like You Do
Also I forgot today I took the long way around to my building and passed this church, and there was a sign for a lunchtime organ recital and so I went! We weren’t supposed to take a picture but I snuck one in (don’t tell the vicar): The recital was really very cool and so …
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National Portrait Gallery
Today I did a tour of the Archaeology library, and then I went to the National Portrait Gallery which I realized I had actually not been to before I don’t think. I thought I had been there in 2004 when I visted London, but literally nothing looked familiar and although it could obviously have changed …
Two Museums That Don’t Allow Pictures But Were Very Cool
On the 29th, I went to the John Sloane House Museum: …which was very cool but they did not allow photography. Then I went the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, which was AMAZING but also no photography. It had so many anatomical specimens of animals, which isn’t totally my thing but they …
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