Today we got up early had our daily morning meeting and then left for another long day out. We walked to a museum that was only about 20 minutes. It was the Museum of Brands and Packaging. It cost three pounds (I won’t even go into how expensive it is to eat in this city, it’s insane!). We wandered through rooms upon rooms of packaging—some of it was quite interesting, but others were rather mundane. It was interesting to see the progression of certain brands and the changing in advertising during war times. The museum was in Notting Hill and since it’s a Saturday and nice weather we went to Portobello Market which was only down the street (which is what I believe Mom used to pass by all the time).
The market was great (see above picture). It was fun to people watch, grab food, and shop. I resisted buying anything until we passed a candy stall. Matt and I bought a bag of Turkish delights (I craved them and he had always wanted to try them since reading about them in The Chronicles of Narnia) that were covered in powdered sugar. They were probably the best ones I have ever had. It was really cool to see all the street performers (see picture below) and hear all the different languages being spoken. I was really glad we had a chance to spend a few hours there (which was not scheduled but since the weather was nice we couldn’t resist.
We then ran home for a quick break to charge some camera batteries and then we were off again, this time to the Tate Modern Art Museum. People who know me, know I really enjoy going to art museums so I was pretty excited. We took the tube as close as we could and them crossed over the Millennium Bridge (see picture below)—I know I have walked over it before but it was a really cool to do it again. There are some great views of the river Thames from up there. The Tate Modern was really good and had a great deal of exhibits. I loved the oil paintings, as per usual, and enjoyed quite a lot of the abstract exhibits. Two museums in one day can be really tiring!
After the Tate, we all split up again and the people I was with decided to go for dinner in Covent Garden. After eating some pasta I went to the Lamb and Flag Pub (which apparently is the oldest pub in London) for a pint before we had to meet up with some other people. We ended up jumping around to three or so pubs that night. We were a little tipsy on the tube ride home that night. Then to bed to wake up bright and early!
To see the quick notes I jotted down during the Tate copy and paste this link in your browser
http://www.scribd.com/doc/962730/tate-modern-notes
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