Dream to Travel from NCM

Tate Britain and Tate Modern—a terrific day and the weather was nearly perfect.

Today, my travels took me by Uber, ferry and foot. I have walked no less than seven or eight miles per day since I arrived in London. Phew. The weather has cooperated for the most part. Today was museum day and was also supposed to include the National Gallery, but there was a lot of activity in Trafalgar Square for the Pro-Palestine protests so we opted to skip. I’m a tad disappointed but totally understand.

10AM meeting my guide at the Tate Britain. At Tate Britain we saw works by David Hockney, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, John Singer Sargent, Joseph Mallord William Turner and his exquisite self portrait, John Constable and Mark Rothko, who I love. What a glorious morning.

Tate Britain, A picture perfect morning
We took the water taxi from the Tate Britain to the Tate Modern on the other side of the River Thames.
Tate Modern.
My guide, Tere. A very knowledgeable artist and art historian. She made the two museums manageable and exciting for me.

The day continued to be terrific and exciting at Tate Modern. Here we saw works by Pablo Picasso, Jenny Holzer, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Eileen Agar. Gosh, so many; too many to mention!

These are pictures taken during my walk back to the hotel. It was such a beautiful afternoon, I decided to walk the just over three miles. Almost the entire walk was along the River Thames.

A very cool and large book market.

A London carousel. Seems like every city I visit has a carousel. Stay tuned for Paris.
Very cool skate park. Wish I had been able to capture more action photos.
I loved this! A wall almost a half mile in length dedicated to memories of time during COVID lockdown.
Big Ben and Westminster at dusk.
Modern London at dusk.
London Eye at dusk. I didn’t go on.
Ok, so I got caught in a brief shower, but look at the beautiful rainbow as a result. Totally worth it!
Finally made it into my hotel’s neighborhood.
The very interesting bridge spanning the River Thames is in the neighborhood I am staying. It is the Albert Bridge, connecting Chelsea on the north and Battersea on the south. Very beautiful at dusk.
Would you drink water from here? Not me!
So, yesterday I showed you my white house block. Well, here are a couple of red house blocks. All beautiful.
And finally, a red and white house block. All were beautiful and lavish too.

Off to Paris tomorrow. Eurostar—can’t wait. And I am looking forward to seeing my niece, Erika! Stay tuned; next stop, Paris.

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8 responses to “Tate Britain and Tate Modern—a terrific day and the weather was nearly perfect.”

      • I am doing so well Surprising myself. Drove today for the first time to therapy. Tomorrow, I am going to the gym to use the bike. I’ve got this, as your card said.

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      • I am doing so well Surprising myself. Drove today for the first time to therapy. Tomorrow, I am going to the gym to use the bike. I’ve got this, as your card said.GEEZ, GOT THAT MESSAGE AGAIN, SO I Keep on texting, hoping it will send

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      • I am doing so well Surprising myself. Drove today for the first time to therapy. Tomorrow, I am going to the gym to use the bike. I’ve got this, as your card said.GEEZ, GOT THAT MESSAGE AGAIN, SO I Keep on texting, hoping it will send
        Nope, won’t send I’ll keep typing

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      • Full disclosure. Have said the “F” word a few times

        Won’t let me send again, so xxxxxxx

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