Well, I've been a pretty rotten blogger lately and I have to apologize. I'm home safe and sound from my journey, and there is still a lot more writing about it to come. Currently I'm still internalizing it, while also joining in on all the holiday crazy-wonderful-fun-ness. I hope everyone out there had a wonderful, magical Christmas!
Harrods! All decked out for the holidays!
My last weeks in London were quite fun. I was ill for a good portion of my time there, but that didn't stop Matt and me from getting out and about. Let me tell you, the Victoria and Albert museum is the coolest place in London, possibly. There is EVERYTHING there. Textiles, sculptures, paintings, amazing gift shops, lovely cafes....it has it all. If you are in London, you HAVE to go there. I'm serious. Just for the bronze-casts rooms.
Let me explain. There are two HUGE rooms filled with bronze and plaster casts (from plaster molds) of pretty much all of the most famous stuff around the world. It's all life size. So the pulpit from Pisa's Cathedral is in a room with Trajan's column. I'm not kidding. There is one room for all of Europe, then another room for just Italian stuff (and the all-of-Europe room is half just from Italy...basically what I'm saying is that Italy rocks...if you didn't already need proof). It's so trippy and cool!
Matt in front of trajan's Column.
the David, in London!
The V&A has it all. It's an amazing resource for an artist-so much information, so many patterns, designs, sculptures...all in one place. It's also just a really fun place to get lost in. So if you're not an artist, still go. And if you are, give yourself a whole day there, you will need it.
My favorite sculpture in the V&A
I also checked out the Turner's again, and went to Keats' house on the last day in London..which I felt was an appropriate way to end the trip. But more on Keats and my Keats journey later.
London is quite the city....I don't think I could ever live there to tell the truth. So much going on, so many people, so much fast, fast movement. I don't think it's for me. It was quite an adjustment, going from Florence to London. Florence is so small, slow, relaxed and OLD. London is old, but not old like Florence. And it is certainly not relaxed, small or slow in any way. But it is inefficient in a lot of ways that Florence isn't (London's bus system is insane...Florence's was much more manageable).
I guess I'm just not a big-city type of person. Or maybe I'm just a nowhere-competes-with-Florence type of person. I don't know. All I know is that I miss Italy terribly.
Beautiful last day in London
But lets face it-this is just more my style
2 comments:
that little window display of the dress and the furniture makes me want to dress up and ply pride and prejudice.
I'm glad you had a good time in London, but I must agree with you - almost nowhere competes with Florence.
lets play p&p!!!!!
:)
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