Tuesday and Wednesday 22nd & 23rd
Tuesday was a relaxing day for me and I took my time to rise and do something with my time. When I finally did, I caught up with Kurt and Aaron and we went to an Internet Cafe in Earl’s Court to book flights to Nice this coming weekend where we plan to visit Monaco. After this we headed into the city again and I visited ‘The Movieum’ which was located in City Hall, Behind the London Eye, on the Thames.
This was an exhibition which took you through the process of making a movie. It was an interesting exhibition with many costumes and props from some of the most famous movies of our time. After visiting the War Museum the previous day, everything else would struggle to meet my now high expectations, and unfortunately this was the case. It was mid afternoon when I finished at ‘The Movieum’ and I headed north east to meet Laura Morrissey, a friend from Brisbane who used to work at GE with me. Laura has been living in London for the past year, and has been working for a company handling marine insurance, a subsidiary of Lloyds. We went for a drink at a pub in Camden then watched a band perform a small gig at a nearby horse stable which had been transformed into a club.
On Wednesday it was raining and cold so I thought it would be a great opportunity to visit the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. The National Gallery is London’s attempt at the Louvre, and despite being quite large, I’m sure it ventures into insignificance when compared to the famous French Museum. I saw many pieces of art by famous artists from the early 15th century through to the 21st century. The older paintings were predominately themed around Christ and his following and the more recent paintings (1700’s - 1800’s) were themed around scenery and various objects. In the older displays there were many pieces of art which focussed primarily on Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John, the Kings bearing gifts, and Christ’s crucifixion. It was interesting to hear (through an audio guide) and read the many different thoughts and interpretations of the meanings of these pieces of art. I guess this is one of the interesting things about art, that it is open to individual perception and interpretation. One piece of artwork that did interest me, and I will endeavour to investigate further, was a portrait of a lady with a starling and a squirrel in picture. The caption says it is thought that the artist had painted a lady called Anne Lovell from East Harling. Reference is made toward the squirrel being associated to the Lovell name which I was not aware of.
After visiting the National Gallery I walked up to Regent St to find the HSBC branch that I had to go to open by bank account which I deposited money into back home. This all went without a hitch and I now have access to some savings, rather than using credit. After the bank I went to a large sports bar on Haymarket St which was showing an IPL game between Mumbai and Chennai. Matthew Hayden was batting for Chennai and scored 81 runs before being run out by the “obnoxious little weed” with about 3 overs to spare.
Tuesday was a relaxing day for me and I took my time to rise and do something with my time. When I finally did, I caught up with Kurt and Aaron and we went to an Internet Cafe in Earl’s Court to book flights to Nice this coming weekend where we plan to visit Monaco. After this we headed into the city again and I visited ‘The Movieum’ which was located in City Hall, Behind the London Eye, on the Thames.
This was an exhibition which took you through the process of making a movie. It was an interesting exhibition with many costumes and props from some of the most famous movies of our time. After visiting the War Museum the previous day, everything else would struggle to meet my now high expectations, and unfortunately this was the case. It was mid afternoon when I finished at ‘The Movieum’ and I headed north east to meet Laura Morrissey, a friend from Brisbane who used to work at GE with me. Laura has been living in London for the past year, and has been working for a company handling marine insurance, a subsidiary of Lloyds. We went for a drink at a pub in Camden then watched a band perform a small gig at a nearby horse stable which had been transformed into a club.
On Wednesday it was raining and cold so I thought it would be a great opportunity to visit the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. The National Gallery is London’s attempt at the Louvre, and despite being quite large, I’m sure it ventures into insignificance when compared to the famous French Museum. I saw many pieces of art by famous artists from the early 15th century through to the 21st century. The older paintings were predominately themed around Christ and his following and the more recent paintings (1700’s - 1800’s) were themed around scenery and various objects. In the older displays there were many pieces of art which focussed primarily on Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John, the Kings bearing gifts, and Christ’s crucifixion. It was interesting to hear (through an audio guide) and read the many different thoughts and interpretations of the meanings of these pieces of art. I guess this is one of the interesting things about art, that it is open to individual perception and interpretation. One piece of artwork that did interest me, and I will endeavour to investigate further, was a portrait of a lady with a starling and a squirrel in picture. The caption says it is thought that the artist had painted a lady called Anne Lovell from East Harling. Reference is made toward the squirrel being associated to the Lovell name which I was not aware of.After visiting the National Gallery I walked up to Regent St to find the HSBC branch that I had to go to open by bank account which I deposited money into back home. This all went without a hitch and I now have access to some savings, rather than using credit. After the bank I went to a large sports bar on Haymarket St which was showing an IPL game between Mumbai and Chennai. Matthew Hayden was batting for Chennai and scored 81 runs before being run out by the “obnoxious little weed” with about 3 overs to spare.
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"at a nearby horse stable which had been transformed into a club."
hahahahahaah
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