Today was museum day. After another continental breakfast at the hostel I took the underground to the Victoria and Albert Museum- that Kristen luckily recommended me to go and see. The museum is expansive covering design from just about every country and every time period. The temporary exhibit was on Surrealism Design- over all there was more painting than design, but still more Surrealist Design than I had every seen. There was a fashion wing that included an exhibit on what’s hot in New York fashion today and I was proud of myself for recognizing several names. There was another temporary exhibit that I found odd- it was a whole exhibit dedicated to Kylie Manogue- that pop star who was popular a few years ago. Several rooms filled with her pictures, her clothes, and a mock dressing room. It was strange.



After going to the V&A I strolled around that part of London ending up back at Harrods where I ate at their little grocery café across the street from the store. There was a conveyer bet sushi bar, a bagel bar, a Krispy Kreme bar, and a French bar, with take out groceries in between it all. I was a bit shocked that the Krispy Kreme’s were 90 pence ($1.80)- but than again everything here costs about twice what it does back home.

After lunch I had planed on going to see St. Paul’s- but decided it wasn’t worth the 9-pound ($18) admission. Here are a pictures of the exterior.



After leaving St. Paul’s I headed back over the Millennium Bridge to the Tate Modern. On this trip I saw much of their impressive permanent collection and took of pictures of their family and education programs. I also had dinner in their top floor restaurant with its great views.



Notice all of the cranes in the picture? I could count at least 30 construction cranes from where I sat in the Tate.

Tonight I get my stuff in order to leave early tomorrow to catch a flight to Amsterdam.