London: Nathan

London. What a city! We left the Horwitzes in Reedham and took the train to London today. We got in about 1 pm and dropped our bags off at the hostel. The Tate Modern and Globe Theater were nearby so Jordan and I scoped those out. I learned I have to tell her when she's going the wrong direction or she'll keep walking straight until she sees a random open doorway or spiral staircase.

The Tate Modern hurt my head. There was an exhibit called 'Stutter' that reminded me of Churchill's marching band show: Symphonic Schizophrenia. The other big exhibits covered basically everything from Picasso on to now. Some of the works were interesting. There was a VW Bus with sleds coming out of it and survival equipment on the sleds. There was a cool work where the artist stapled a bunch of aluminum strips together and twisted them around. And there was a huge table. I could walk under it. Unfortunately, I couldn't climb on it or take a picture of it. You have to see it to believe it. Then there were the weird ones, ones that the artist had to be really famous to pull something like that off. One was a mirror. That's it, a mirror. Another was a canvas with a rip in it. If I were painting and I ripped my canvas, I'd say oops and get a new one. Apparently this guy is famous enough to pull it off. I definitely don't understand modern art.

We continued our wandering around London while staying near the Thames. We visited St. Paul's Cathedral and then continued down the street until we got to Fleet Street, location of Sweeney Todd's barbershop. I would have gotten a trim, but I was the kind of out-of-towner he's kill and turn into meat pies.

Learning from my previous experience earlier that day, I subtly directed us back toward the hostel and we basically made a big circle. We saw some good stuff today and will be going out later tonight.

Until next time.

P.S. I'm watching cricket and I think it's sinking in.