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Visit to Tate Modern
Aug. 18th, 2007 10:33 pmWe went to Tate Modern this afternoon to see the Dali exhibit, and also the Cities exhibition. We found the Cities exhibition to be overcrowded (it was free, natch) and jam-packed with information. If you want to go, go at a time when the tourists are elsewhere (Friday Changing of the Guard, for example).
The Dali exhibition was fine--however, there were too many people and too many items to see. Dali's paintings are very detailed, and to get all you can get out of them takes a long time. You don't have that with the press of many hundreds of people who want to stare at the paintings too. The films were interesting (Destino, especially) but again, overcrowded.
This evening we went to a French restaurant with Alex and Bob; I enjoyed the steak et frites, and HWMBO had fish (natch!). He exclaimed over the quality and the portion size, and gave it 8 out of 10. We dined in Soho, where Alex and Bob live, and bemoaned the fact that it's likely to be so wet tomorrow that no one will have a good time. Next weekend looks good, though--for a Bank Holiday weekend that is almost a first in Britain!
Oh, and I finished the sermon early this afternoon...it may not be my best sermon I've ever preached, but it still says something and I hope that people will respond to it.
But the next time I agree to preach a sermon on a Marian feast, please shoot me.
The Dali exhibition was fine--however, there were too many people and too many items to see. Dali's paintings are very detailed, and to get all you can get out of them takes a long time. You don't have that with the press of many hundreds of people who want to stare at the paintings too. The films were interesting (Destino, especially) but again, overcrowded.
This evening we went to a French restaurant with Alex and Bob; I enjoyed the steak et frites, and HWMBO had fish (natch!). He exclaimed over the quality and the portion size, and gave it 8 out of 10. We dined in Soho, where Alex and Bob live, and bemoaned the fact that it's likely to be so wet tomorrow that no one will have a good time. Next weekend looks good, though--for a Bank Holiday weekend that is almost a first in Britain!
Oh, and I finished the sermon early this afternoon...it may not be my best sermon I've ever preached, but it still says something and I hope that people will respond to it.
But the next time I agree to preach a sermon on a Marian feast, please shoot me.
