The Final Day in Good Ole London

This is Andrei. As required by the mandate of Alex, I must write in this blog at least one day per city. Alas, today is the last day and I have not written yet... until now.

I will start with our morning, as it is the time of the day which comes first, right? I am just getting the hang of this chronology. Anyways, we had a "late" morning and got up at eight. We wanted to stop by a pub or some other joint for a "full English breakfast". We went to our day's initial destination: Camden; a location littered with open air markets. Despite sleeping in, most of the shops and restaurants were not open. While searching for an English breakfast, we glanced at all the quirky stores with all their strange items.

We finally found a place which would serve our needs. Eggs, bacon, beans, toast, mushrooms, tomato, and who could forget the tea! It was delicious and delectable.

After our breakfast we hit the shops which we soon found to be the same "interesting" items over and over again.

We left this place and headed towards the British Library which held a grand assortment of old important original manuscripts and books. Some examples include the Gutenberg Bible, Alice in Wonderland, and a few written Beatles lyrics. They were all very fascinating but we cannot show what we saw as there was no photography permitted. The pictures Alex had taken were deleted by the demand of an associate who worked at the Library. Anyways, there was also a very interesting collection of old maps. These maps were both artistic as well as practical overflowing with drawings and intricately placed cities.

Alex and I were satisfied with the amount of documents we saw so headed to Soho to take a much needed break. It was there we stopped in a park, sat down, and did very much writing in journals and postcards. It was an enjoyable and relaxing break being able to see things slow down contrasting the fast pace of the rest of London.

We journeyed through Soho and I found myself a bit disturbed by the characters we encountered and the distasteful stores on Old Compton street. I guess everywhere has places like that. It was all better after Alex and I stopped at a pub for lunch and had ourselves the beef roast and pie of the day, as well as a half pint. After lunch, we headed for the Tate Modern.

Full of painting, sculptures, and "art", Tate had many interesting things to show. The modern art was a little too much for me but there were many other things I could appreciate. There was some nice Picasso as well as many others. We spent about an hour and a half until we got through all the free exhibits and proceeded home after a nice and conclusive day in London.