Sunday 2 December 2018

We are Tate Britain people

Today we had a nice slow start as we didn't need to be anywhere till midday. Before our noon talk at the Old Operating Theatre we decided to find St Dunstan in the East a ruin of a Christopher Wren Church that was bombed in the blitz. It was very cool and we were a little stunned when 3 other groups also arrived to check it out.... Who knew ruins would be popular on Sunday morning??? We then headed to the Old Operating Theatre to check out the museum before the talk on its history and operating techniques  The woman who did the talk was amazing and really passionate about the building and its history. Maree was concerned when she started by saying everyone had to sit down as people faint during the graphic parts - the graphic part was short and Maree put her fingers in her ears! Again we were amazed at the number of people attending about 30!!!!???? Next we headed to Tate Modern we are not Tate Modern people we are not cool enough and we don't want to be cool enough we are happy being Tate Britain people. But they had a very comprehensive exhibition of the work of Anni Alber's - a weaver who broke boundaries turning textiles into art. Walking over Millennium Bridge was next on the list we may have hummed the Harry Potter theme song as we did this. Just cos we had membership we went to the Tower of London to see the Chapel where Anne Boleyn is buried as it is only open certain times. As the Tower was near to closing and not that busy we saw the Crown Jewels and had a quick tour of the White Tower it was closing so many parts were off limits but did manage to see the Norman Chapel. The Tower is always gorgeous in the evening.







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