London town Part 1

This past weekend I traveled to London for 4 days with two friends from school, we covered so much in so little time I think London deserves a few entrees.

We stayed with one of their friends who is studying in London for a year. Anyway the first place she took us was the TATE its the modern art museum in London. I have never been a huge fan of modern art (I guess I always just think of Picasso, who has a man's ear growing out of his forehead, so you just never know),  however It was not so much 21st century modern art as it was art that was considered revolutionary for a particular time period. We saw a few Andy Warhol paintings, from far away they look like a cartoon, but up close you can see that he only used dots of colors to create the painting, its called pointillism. We also saw Georges Braque who was a cubist painter. Then of course we saw Picasso and even Monet's water lilies. I was really surprised Monet's painting was displayed, but then again at one point impressionism was a completely modern genre of art for the time period it was introduced. Anyway long story short I really enjoyed the museum I wish we had more time to spend there, but we had a whole city to see in a few days.

After the Museum we walked all over London taking pictures of the London eye, the Millenium bridge (it was in Harry Potter), saw a few old cathedrals, and of course got distracted by the sales. London reminds me so much of Boston, it was a little like being home.

I have to say it was also really refreshing to hear English and to know that there would not be any communication boundaries. Even if I can understand directions, descriptions, and casual conversation in French there is always a degree of uncertainty when people speak really fast or use more sophisticated vocabulary. However, it was a bit of a let down that night when we went to a club, and every girl I met was from America. We actually knew people at each others schools, this is an unbelievably small world.

Our friend told us that right after English people get out of work they head straight to the Pubs, we stopped at one around 4:30, it was absolutely packed, with English people of all ages. It seams like everyone knows how to relax in Europe.