Today I decided to forgo my typical breakfast, and went for just coffee and a croissant. Oh if you get your food ‘take away’ they charge you less money, about 5-10p (cents) per item from what I can tell. Which is what I typically do with something like this anyway…
With coffee in hand I took the tube to The Tate Museum. A lot of good things to see and some not so much, but I guess it’s tend to be in the eye of the beholder. Ones that stood out:
- Francesca Woodman – A photographer who does mainly self portraits of her self nude in everyday situations, in an artful way… I think she was one of the photographers which was pointed out to me during my B&W photography class a couple years back.
- Claude Monet
- Pierre Bonnard – Coffee
- Steve McQueen – I didn’t realize he was an artist as well. (It’s not the one from Bullit)
Kept my time under 1.5 hours and it seems to be working. I was ready for lunch, but not at all exhausted. After sitting down for a sandwich and crisps (potato chips), I finish up my River Thames walk. Starting where I left off: The London Eye, The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abby, Buckingham Palace.
Which led me directly to Green Park, it was 3PM and my feet were tired so off with my shoes and on with the iPod to listening to my first Spanish lesson.
Pardon, Senorita. ¿Tienes usted Inglés? No?! Hablo Español un poco.
Ohh yeah… Let’s see if I make it to Spain to use this high powered lingo!
Anyway, after the half hour of that I read a little and watched the worst attempt at a cricket game I can imagine. These guys looked as if they didn’t have an athletic bone in their body. Pure comedy.
What did I eat tonight?! How about Indian curry and a beer. Better, but not as good as Indian Clay Oven in the Lower Haight, starting to miss San Francisco cuisine!
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