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 morningWe 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.
I spent all morning at Windsor Castle. All afternoon walking around my neighborhood—The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. I had a great time. The day started out raining, but while I was viewing Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House it stopped. The afternoon was fairly sunny and breezy. At Windsor we got to see Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, State Apartments—lots of rooms, Treasures of the Castle, St. George’s Chapel and Semi-State Rooms.
* Note: no photography allowed inside most of the buildings.
**Today’s journey had me traveling by foot, Uber, bus and Underground.
Windsor Castle today—Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire including two building complexes, or courts, separated by a circular tower. There is almost a millennium of architectural history here. This was our entrance to Windsor Great Park. I think through this arch is what is referred to as the Middle Ward.The Round Tower. It is in the Middle Ward separating the Upper Ward from the Lower Ward.Part of the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle (one of its oldest remaining parts, although the conical roof is a 19th century addition), the Curfew Tower is famous because its dungeons were used to keep the prisoners. The upper story contains the castle bells and clock.Views from inside Windsor Great Park while walking around. Stunning.
More views.
A bronze equestrian statue of King Charles II on horseback sits in the Upper Ward of Windsor Castle beneath the castle’s Round Tower. This bronze statue is next to the South Wing entrance.
The lower ward includes St. George’s Chapel. Prince Harry of Wales and Meghan Markle, and Princess Eugenia of York and Jack Brooksbank are among those who were married here. Hope I got their names/titles correct. ; )
I think I am technically in South Kensington. It is a great neighborhood to walk around, sit in a cafe, people watch and grab a bite to eat.
This is the white block in my neighborhood.
One beautiful white home after another.
My go to grocery store in the neighborhood. It is kinda like a Trader Joe’s. It was nice! And convenient.
Hey, if anyone wants to fact check me here, please do so. I feel like today was a tad jumbled and confusing at Windsor Castle. My guide was disorganized and I am still a bit jet lagged.
Definitely tomorrow, more book stores and bakeries!
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