Last night we had a good old fashioned American BBQ at James's apartment. This is James and Mike Sinacore, both of whom I went to elementary school with in Connecticut. Mike is living at James's apartment for the summer and working an investment banking internship at JP Morgan in London.
After dinner I schooled them both in Mario Kart 64.
Sunday morning I went with some people I met to speakers corner in Hyde Park. There were about a dozen speakers on their soap boxes; mostly religious nuts. This socialist guy was actually pretty intelligent and well spoken.
Shouting at sinners...
More speakers corner
Me at the tower bridge
This weekend I decided to get out of London and went to Portsmouth, a town on the south coast of England. Unfortunately, I didn't get any good beach weather, and they only have pebble beaches, no sand. But it was a pretty nice town with some good free museums. I also got to see Wall E which was the best Disney movie ever made in my opinion.
I fulfilled a child hood dream and rode a hovercraft. It was only slightly more expensive than the normal slow ferry boat from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight, and a fun ride (but surprisingly bumpy and rough on the water).
The Hayward Gallery in London has a really great exhibition titled "Psycho Buildings" that meshes art and architecture in some really cool installations, including the geodesic sphere on the roof.
I hung out with Mike for a day in London, and we passed the calvary gaurds on the way to the Winston Churchill museum and underground bunkers.
On Tuesday I took the train out of London to see BEDZED, which stands for Beddington Zero [fossil] Energy Development. Luckily they had a small visitors center and a model home, so I didn't have to resort to ringing doorbells and begging for a tour.
It's architecture week in London, so there are loads of random pavillions and installations like this one all over the city. There are also some special events. I went to see "Garbage Warrior" an excellent documentary on the big screen.
4 comments:
You should post a note on the right side of your page with your approximate itinerary--at least day/country.
KOBRA!!!!!
I'm flying to Hong Kong tomorrow.
Psycho Bldgs sounded very cool--here's the site:
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh/ART57911.html
still wanted to see more examples! Much more installation art than anything, and really provocative.
So, do tell: Is everything made in Hong Kong?
And, are you collecting any material goods as you travel? How about any material?
Working on 4 different quilts!--xox, Mom
You, owning people in Mario Kart 64? Wow.. I guess the Brits are pretty far behind in that department.
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