As I write this (the original journey entry, not this blog post), the suburbs of London are speeding by as I journey to Scotland (they named a country after me, isn't that nice?). London was lovely to say the least. Despite the fact that my train left at 6:41 in the morning, I was wide awake by the time the train arrived at Waterloo. After a short tube ride to the Hostel, I headed out to explore. My first stop was the Victoria and Albert Museum which had wonderful examples of from all over the world.
Wheter it be Reinassance, Korean, Chinese, Buddist, Islamic, or English, the museum showed that great artwork can be found at every corner of the globe.
In addition, they also had a collection (loaned by the Queen!) of works by the Renaissance master Raphael, in his youth was turtle who fought crime. I snappeda few pictures before being told no photography was allowed i nthe Raphael exhibit... oops!
After leaving the museum I strolled around the Kennisgton area of London, and then walked through Kennsington Gardens.
After that I met up with my friends Ani, Antoine, and Julian, who were staying in London for the week. Ani wanted to see the Tate Museum of Modern Art, so we jumped on the tube and made our way to London's premier modern art museum. True, I've never been a fan of modern art, several of the paintings did leave an impact on me.
My personal favorite was called, 'confused student'
In addition, I was also very impressed by the sheer scale of the museum which is housed in a old power plant and the magnificent views it offers of the London skyline.
Afterwords, we walked to the reconstruction of the Globe Theatre...
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| Ani wouldn't pose for the picture |
From the Globe we made our way to St. Paul's Cathedral via Millenium Bridge (the one that's attacked at the beginning of HP 6).
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| You can see London Bridge in the background of this picture. |
While the Cathedral was closed we still got quite a few amazing photos of it.
Afterwords, he were all feeling a mite peckish, so we headed to a nearby tea shop., where I fooled everybody with an April fools joke "Wait is that Prince Harry?" And then failed with another prank "Tyrion kills Cersei in
Game of Thrones." In all honestly, I'm surprised that the first one was a more believable statement, considering the high body count in the series (and its only going to get higher as the series goes on, trust me).
After that, it was time to bid goodbye to my friends (you'll be hearing more about them soon when we tour Wales and Ireland) and return to my hostel. Hopefully this won't be the last time I'm in London. It's an extraordinary city, and I've only barely begun to scratch the surface of what it has to offer.
