London: New Activities
Aug. 20th, 2019 04:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitApart from going to plays and musical events I continued my pursuit of doing new things.
First up, I took a canal boat trip along the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock. I'd known about the canal but never gone along it before. It's a very peaceful trip through parts of London:
At Camden Lock I went to find someone for lunch and ended up in a little café serving Italian food with a group of English language students. After I'd eaten I went over to talk to them - their tutor encouraged me to join them - which was lovely.
A lot of the time in London I get around by tube or bus, but on Friday morning I was going to an exhibition at the Tate Modern and the quickest way from where I was staying was to walk. The exhibition was a restrospective on the Russian artist Natalia Goncharova. I'd received an email with the details a couple of months ago, and in the spirit of trying something new I had decided to book. I really enjoyed the exhibition. She was a multi-talented artist and everything was really vibrant. The following are just a small example of the exhibits, you can read more here
From there I took the river bus (slightly expensive, but as a one-off going from one bank of the river to the other without having to walk far, it was worth it) to Tower Bridge. I'd been wanting to see inside the machine room, for some time, and walk across the upper walkway. They've installed some glass panels so you can look down - the picture of my feet is proof I walked along them!
First up, I took a canal boat trip along the Regent's Canal from Little Venice to Camden Lock. I'd known about the canal but never gone along it before. It's a very peaceful trip through parts of London:
At Camden Lock I went to find someone for lunch and ended up in a little café serving Italian food with a group of English language students. After I'd eaten I went over to talk to them - their tutor encouraged me to join them - which was lovely.
A lot of the time in London I get around by tube or bus, but on Friday morning I was going to an exhibition at the Tate Modern and the quickest way from where I was staying was to walk. The exhibition was a restrospective on the Russian artist Natalia Goncharova. I'd received an email with the details a couple of months ago, and in the spirit of trying something new I had decided to book. I really enjoyed the exhibition. She was a multi-talented artist and everything was really vibrant. The following are just a small example of the exhibits, you can read more here
From there I took the river bus (slightly expensive, but as a one-off going from one bank of the river to the other without having to walk far, it was worth it) to Tower Bridge. I'd been wanting to see inside the machine room, for some time, and walk across the upper walkway. They've installed some glass panels so you can look down - the picture of my feet is proof I walked along them!
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Date: 2019-08-21 07:06 am (UTC)Thanks for sharing your activites, theatrical and otherwise, on your trip. Your views on them have been really intereting.
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Date: 2019-08-21 07:44 am (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed the activities - the views, of course, are entirely my own ;)