Thursday, October 9, 2014

Who writes the signs?

So just a quick written post - pic's maybe tomorrow morning.
Yesterday was our first full day in London. We:
  • Walked from our hotel to Sloane Square to get cash and Oyster cards to get around
  • Took bus 11 to the west end to get discount theater tickets (Lecshire Square)
  • Went to the National Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar square Had lunch at St. Martin's in the Field Cafe (called the Cafe in the Crypt - I'll let you guess which part of the church it's in)
  • Walked around the west end/Parliament/West Minster
  • Popped into the Coal Hole for a pint of Ale (well Carolyn had a half of cider)
  • Went and saw "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (Really, really, funny)
  • Took the bus (number 11) back to Belgravia
  • Had a light dinner at La Bottega which was everything the reviews said and then some.
We're going to try and set a faster pace today...Heading off to the British Museum this morning. We're going to head back to the west end for lunch and try and find another show to watch (we hope Book of Mormon or Wicked). I'm sure we'll think of things to do along the way to keep us busy. We have taken a few photo's but the weather has been, well, a bit variable so nothing stands out that's not just a touristy shot. If we get any more we'll post them.

Where as Paris is elegance defined London is energy and motion. Not a place to start a trip but once your energy level is up it's a GREAT place to burn some of that energy off. We will come back.

So the question of yesterday was "Who write the little signs for the art work in museums?" "Here we see a fisherman with eight different kinds of fish and three kinds of fruit. We don't know the symbolism behind the fish". I want that job.

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