Hello and farewell! I am heading out of London tomorrow morning bright and early. So I have been making the most of my British time the past couple of days.
Last night, because I'm such an oh so cultured European now, I went to a beautiful classical music show at St. Martin's in the Fields at Trafalgar. The orchestra played Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel- beautiful! Not to mention at candle light.. however, Jory and I kind of took the cheap route, and only bought 10L tickets, seeing as the show was for listening anyway... here was our view! : )
It was a truly beautiful Anglican church, and we realllly got to see how beautiful the pulpit was... ; )
Plaster ceiling: so much detail, even though you cannot see it in this photo!
We had really fun foreign ladies next to us who kept making us move down further, because the "old people" next to them kept telling them they were crowding their space. Stuffy British old people.
After the show, Jory and I walked around London at night. We did this for two reasons:
number one- zero crazy tourists walking into you constantly
number two- we hadn't seen the sights lit up! It was a beautiful warm night, ideal for a stroll, and we got such great shots.
Clock Tower and Parliament.
Clock Tower and partial Eye.
I LOVE this shot because the cars are moving and everything is so infused with light despite it being really dark outside.
Jory and I outside of Westminster!
Westminster- the point where Kate Middleton walked in to become Princess Kate.
River stroll... that was soon interrupted by a crazy police speedboat chase. It was AWESOME! I wish I had grabbed a photo of the police boat- it was hilarious- straight out of a movie.
Then we came across the memorial for the Battle of Britain. This long bronze carved wall commemorated those who participated in the battle- it was beautiful. So many different figures had been carved into this one memorial!
Then today, I FINALLY got to see the Tracey Emin exhibit. If you aren't familiar with who Tracey Emin is, just picture a really angry deranged pro-female sexually liberated woman who makes the craziest art out of blankets, found objects, and neon lights. She's extremely vulgar, extremely sexual, and had been extremely abused, so it's fair to say her art represents all of her experiences. It was so outrageous on so many different levels. Since we couldn't take photos in the exhibit, here are some I had:
After that ravishing experience, Jory and I just walked around the Southbank, taking pictures of the setting up of the VINTAGE festival, which I am so bummed I am missing. The Vintage festival is basically this HUGE party for three days (Fri-Sat-Sun) in retro style. The National Gallery is turned into a huge retro shin dig, with areas sectioned off based on era: 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and up to the present day. From food to music to clothing, everything is transformed based on the era it is representing. However, tickets were 60 L...per night.... and that was the student price. Oh well, it still would have been fun! : ) Here are some shots of the surroundings that will soon be the Vintage festival.
"dayyyyyy tripppaa"
This Beatles song, according to my Professor Richard, was written about the fans of 60's music that just "rode" the fashions and fads for fun, instead of being a true part of the culture, who were called "faces."
Then we saw some really awesome painted buses!
This one was FULL of shtuff! Really interesting!
-xox-
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