Fortunately I only had to get up at 8 this morning, but today we went to the V&A (Victoria & Albert) Museum and the Tate Modern Museum...
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| This was a model only half built sitting next to a mirror. It looks totally complete from this angle!!! |
Right before we went into the V&A our professors talked to us about pattern, so naturally I looked at a lot more pattern then usual... I mostly went through the British Gallery and looked at everything from the original clothes of Shakespeare to the jewelry boxes of royalty. The colors used in this time were very rich and there were a lot of floral patterns... The building itself was amazing... marble, mosaic or wood flooring, some with geometric patterns and the molding was very extravagant... and of course within the first three stairs I went up I fell, bruised my shin and have a slightly swollen ankle and a limp.
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| Barrel Vault we walked under |
Our journey over to the Tate Modern was awesome... we saw many buildings and bridges (all worth mentioning but I can't remember hardly or know any of their names.. sad right) went over the London Bridge to a small food market type thing with tons of people... we walked by many pubs and their local drunks, restaurants, museums, and these amazingly beautiful houses...
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| Interior Design Office inspiration |
The Tate Modern Museum was nothing like I expected... but I did figure out where the Interior Design Department at USU got their inspiration for the walls outside their office!!! I actually made it through the entire museum with a larger group of students, and my impression of the entire thing was OK, but now I feel I really need to see some amazing Museum to make up for it... Maybe I just didn't understand the art, but there are a lot of pieces that represent patterns well.
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
After the museums we started traveling back towards the same direction we went to get to Tate so we could try and find food... We sat down at like three different restaurants before we actually decided on one and the food was really good (so I heard, I just had mashed potatoes) then we took our version of a tour of London and got lost!!! we went to St. Paul's Cathedral and took pictures, then took the train the wrong direction to the Gherkin and walked about 7 miles in order to find it and somehow managed to do it all before sunset :) we then went to Covent Garden and watched a man on like a 10 foot high unicycle juggle knives in his briefs then switch and add a chain saw, I was shocked nothing was cut off!!! Then stopped at this amazing gelato place that has some of the strange flavors (they make one out of breast milk and another that is kind of like Viagra.... strange!!!), but I got the Dark Chocolate, white chocolate, and Vanilla, AMAZING :) we ate that while we listened to a guy play the guitar and sing Elton John songs, James Taylor songs and a few others... We ended up getting back shortly after 11 but it was a new experience...
~London Lost~
Elyse
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