Day 3

Day 3 January 29th, 2011:

As the morning of the third day arrived I had great anticipation as we were going to a modern art museum-> Tate Modern. A lot of people are not into modern art because it is unique and different from more contemporary or classic art forms. And I will admit that some are much stranger than others, but it is all about opening up your mind to the different ideas they can give you and the different things each artist personally had in mind. For one of our classes we had to pick out three pieces that “spoke to us” or were meaningful to us. I haven’t picked which ones I like the most yet because I am interested in many of them but below are some of the pictures I took of the different ones I enjoyed.
Mehr Licht by Juliao Sarmento

Forget Me by Juliao Sarmento

Black Virtue by Matta

Film Star by John Latham

ANNND many many more that will be on facebook soonish!

After I was done going through most of the museum since a lot of the girls didn’t seem to like it as much we made plans to try to get on the London Eye for a ride! But… Forgetting it was Saturday; we had a good walk along the South bank and taking pictures of different cultural things in London. Along the beach of the river there were local sand artists doing sand sculptures and entertainers on the street/walkway some playing statues others doing magic tricks or someone even standing on stilts dressed up as Elvis! Enjoying some sort of snack that consisted of peanuts and clusters of something deep-fried and sugary that is sold along the side of many roads in London, we decided instead of going on the London Eye because of the huge crowd to walked across the river to Big Ben so we could see it during the day! Along with seeing the famous Big Ben we went nearby to Westminchester Abby and made it just in time for a choral church service! And that is something not everyone gets to experience in a lifetime. It was PRETTY dang sweet in my opinion. It is one of the most gorgeous places in the world inside this westminchester church and although we were not allowed to take pictures because it wasn’t visiting hours I will not forget how beautiful it was. It gave me chills listening to the choir sing while admiring the wonderful scenery of this church.

After another day of lots of walking my hip flexors were telling me I needed a break but once I got back to the hostel and had dinner some people mentioned going out to a club to Ministry of Sound that was across London and had an assortment of DJ’s playing in different rooms of this place. Although I wanted to just go to sleep after having a few hours of girl talk in our room I got up and met the group downstairs to head off! We all being very smart brought no map with but found our way with the help of some locals and only a short line was waiting for us once we got there! It was pretty awesome also. Each room had different techno/house music playing, my favorite being a room with music that had very loud bass! The bathrooms even had perfume, brushes and combs, and other items for your use for free! Clubbing and dancing is different than in the U.S. and it is more of a laid back setting where people are dancing by themselves just listening and feeling the music, or just too drunk to move a lot. I met someone from Poland and tried to learn a few words with no luck. On the way back to the hostel since the trains were closed for the night we caught a bus back to Russell Square! And sat on the top of a double decker bus! We even got to speak with two other English men who we got to talk about America with, places to go in London, and how they liked OUR accents! Something I had never heard before. Getting back around four in the morning with sore feet I knew my plans of getting up early to have breakfast and go to St. Paul’s church probably wasn’t going to happen so I will have to go there some other time while I am in London. As for day 3 it was pretty awesome!!