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da ([personal profile] da) wrote2007-12-27 11:34 pm

England day two

I seem to have misplaced my last entry. Here are a few Boxing Day photos. (there are seven that were at the "crop and post" level, though I like a few of the photos I took quite a bit, I'll probably do more with them later). 

Yesterday's high points:

We saw Cabaret, which I think was more affecting live than film. I certainly came out depressed. It was a good show. 3.5/4 stars, we agreed. 

The National Gallery is wonderful.  Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers', a few Caravaggios, Reuben's 'Massacre of the Innocents' and a few other 'wow they have that too' moments. 

In the morning we went to the Tate, which was neat, but we only spent an hour and a bit. We left without seeing the featured exhibit, a retrospective on Turner Prize winners, which looked good but cost 11 pounds.  As d. put it, we have a lot of London to see that costs less than 11 quid. :)  Of things I saw, I was taken by  Shedboatshead which was a large shed, turned into a boat and filled with the rest of the shed, sailed down the Rhine a few miles, and rebuilt into a shed.  In the gift shop, I found a book by Banksy that I like quite a lot. He has a few things to say about surveillance.

And now we're off for the morning!

[identity profile] poeticalpanther.livejournal.com 2007-12-28 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're looking for a lovely gallery that's rarely crowded, full of Old Masters and some *gorgeous* icon work from Orthodox churches, try the Courtauld. It's in the front gatehouse of Somerset House, if your cabbie doesn't know the place (I had to tell mine this when we went there). Also not very expensive.

[identity profile] morgan-starfire.livejournal.com 2007-12-28 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Especially since that's something like $22 in USD, and close to it (at least for now) in Canadian...

[identity profile] melted-snowball.livejournal.com 2007-12-28 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. And considering how full the National Gallery is of stuff to see...