27 July 2011

A grand day out...


In a pre-emptive strike against the cries of "I am so bored, what should I do" I dragged the kids (plus a friend) up to town today to have a quick peep in an art gallery and a lot of messing about looking at cool stuff in London. The photo above was actually from the end of the day, the large astroturfed chairs on the South Bank, outside the National Theatre. But otherwise, more or less in order, here was our day:



Installation outside the Festival Hall, which we checked out, along with


their current installment of themed Beach Huts (to do with the anniversary of the Festival of Britain),


most of which containing some or other sort of installation (this one had mannequins with swimsuits - 50s style (I think, I only had a quick peep) - inside.


One had an exhibit of various mosaics, including this great London South Bank one. We then crossed the river, popped into the National Gallery to have a look at a few famous paintings, then had lunch and went along to Covent Garden, where we bought some cheese in Neal's Yard Dairy, and checked out a few shops...


A wander back through Covent Garden took us past (and into) The Icecreamists, where we all indulged. This was actually the small size...


He soon got it under control, though - pistachio and milk chocolate were his two flavours - others had white chocolate, lemon (ice cream, not sorbet - gorgeous!), custard, chocolate hazelnut and one sort of coffee flavour, not sure precisely what it was. Mmm.


A walk back over Waterloo Bridge, with interesting scenery on both sides...


...and the aforementioned stop to play on the giant astroturfed furniture before taking the train back home.



Sometimes I do really miss working in downtown London, though I don't miss the commute or the crowds...

1 comment:

Kathy said...

Looks like great fun! Wish I had been there to join you.