Matt and Deb's Travels
Since January, we've been in London enjoying time with our daughter, Monica, and her family while she finished up her MFA. The big news is, Monica completed her MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art at UCL this week! The culminating event was the MA/MFA/PHD Degree Show, which will be held June 6th through... Continue Reading →
If the history of medicine interests you, you may enjoy a visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum.
The University of the Third Age, or U3A, hosts multiple classes, five days a week. Classes include folk dancing, history, languages, five film classes, three walking groups, and many more. We joined mid-term, and so we were lucky to find open spots on the walks.
Walking London has been a great way for us to spend our time.
I usually give myself one day every week to do my blogging. I took this week off to plan and book our trip to Scandinavia, which is coming up in June. So, here is the short version of some of the sights we saw over the last couple of weeks…
What do you do if you only have a week in London? Last night as we stood in the biting, cold wind waiting for Sinead, our tour guide for the Jack the Ripper Tour, we met a young couple from Washington, D.C. They asked us what we’d recommend they see during their week in London.
The Tate Modern was featuring the artist, Anni Albers whose work focused on textiles. On Monday we headed over there.
We met Ivo, our tour guide from Tours by Foot, near the David Bowie mural...
When life gets too hectic, visit a Quaker Meeting.
The British Museum can be completely overwhelming. We'd visited once before and spent maybe an hour. We saw the Rosetta Stone, and then focused on nothing while zipping through each of the rooms. This time we decided on a more organized approach.
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