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Published: March 1st 2016
Our third day of rain for the trip! We have been so lucky. With soggy socks and shoes, we pounded the streets, and soaked up the atmosphere of these old and very famous features of London. the tube offered welcome dry respite from the wet and cold. We also spoke to the bobbies outside No.10 Downing Street, but strangely were not invited in! Fancy your house being so heavily guarded all the time, with huge fences and austere gates blocking all entrances.
Sadly both Westminster abbey and St Paul's cathedral had very expensive admission prices that we could not afford. 20 and 18 pounds each respectively, which equates to $40 and $38 each! not affordable at this late stage of our journey: Notre Dame is free by comparison. We walked from Monument Station to Banks - all underground so kept very dry for a while!
The Tate Gallery had some amazing exhibitions depicting various forms of commentary re civil war and other instances of oppression of the people which were very powerful: particularly one exhibition depicting the woman of the South African stand against apartheid and the requirement for woman to carry a pass. There were also some examples
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A fortress!of modern art that failed to excite our interest, countered by the famous modern art of Mondrian and Siqueiros, Picasso and Salvadore Dali.
As usual it is quite amazing to stand on any of the bridges on the Thames and look towards tower bridge, the tower of London or the Houses of Parliament, with the boat tours flowing along the Thames even in this winter weather.
We treated ourselves to a raspberry tart to share on our way back to Hammersmith.
We are fast approaching the end of our journey and are looking forward to coming home. Anna has started working online as her students started classes thus week.
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