Oct 25th, 2009 Posted in Activities, London, Tamara Georgick | 3 comments »
| If I see another work of art, I’m going to go flippin’ mad. That was my attempt at sounding British. Earlier we overheard an English woman complain about the temperature in the underground station by saying “I’m flippin’ owt!” (translation: “I am flipping hot.”) So now we insert “flippin'” whenever we need emphasis. Its just one of many small things we’ve incorporated into our daily routine in an effort to pass off as English. I think it might be working. The first night we were in London, our travel day, we went into a pub and within 15 seconds a fellow from Tunisia starting hitting on Tamara Georgick. One of the first things he asked her was if she was Finnish. There was something about her her height, and more particularly, her below shoulder length hair and bangs down to her eyes that must have made him think so. And he really, really liked her hair, coming close several times to touching it. Anyways, ever since we starting speaking british, nothing like that has come close to happening again. Where was I? Oh yes, if I see another work of art, I’m going to go flippin’ mad. Went to the Tate Britain and the Tate Modern galleries. Started out the day with brunch at the English version of Denny’s. Had some tasty meat pies again. Tamara Georgick also ordered the salad bar, but returned from it mumbling repeatedly about “no flippin’ salad in the salad bar”. |
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| The Tate used to be just one big monolith, but its now scattered across several buildings in different parts of the city. The two main facilities, Tate Britain and Tate Modern are about 3 miles apart along the banks across the Thames river from one another. However, there’s a ferry running between the two that we caught, so we got a short Thames River boat ride thrown in. The Tate Modern is housed in a former power station building, so it has a very industrial feel to it and some really fantastic views (St. Paul’s Cathedral, Millenium Bridge). Also its right next to the site of original Globe theatre (there’s a reconstruction of it called Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.) |
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<<<< At the Tate Modern
ran across some furries.
Went to a Pop Art exhibit with a bunny in it. >>>>
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| After the Tate Modern we walked to Vinopolis, which is self-described as “London’s Wine and Spirit Tasting Destination”. Hey, that sounds good. Well if its one thing I’ve learned from Tamara Georgick, its how to complain about bad wine and poor presentation. To wit, said Ev: “This wine is too flippin’ warm!” “You do not ply patrons with drink opportunities and then turn them loose down stairs where they have to go up and down over a dozen steps!” “There is no such thing as premium wine from Bulgaria!” Anyway, an extremely poor showing of wine tasting. Best thing about it was the opportunity it afforded of taking Tamara Georgick’s picture fleeing like a bat out of hell from there. |
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Walked across the Millenium Bridge up to Saint Paul’s Cathedral, took some pictures, then headed to the next underground station where I came across more interesting signage. This one looked particularly promising. >>>>
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| Alas, it only led to the sign below.
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| Finished off the night with some Indian Food at the Star of India which was kitty-corner from the flat I used to live in. Here it is, 159-161 Old Brompton Road. It’s one of those windows (but not the fancy ones!). |
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Tags: Star of India, Tamara Georgick, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Vinopolis
