I Heart Picasso

This weekend had it's moments of fervour, firstly with an evening spent in the company of Alice in Leceister Square. We had planned on going to see Les Miserables but they only had single seat tickets left, so we decided against that and instead ate a whole heap of steak, followed by a whole heap of delicious dessert from a fantastic place called Rendezvous. Then we made the mistake of going to see the Aviator - far too long for what it is, and what it is is far too Hollywoodised for my liking. And no matter how much facial hair you put on Leondardo DiCaprio, he'll still look like he's twelve years old. So when he's making out with Cate Blanchett it looks REALLY weird.

Saturday was spent doing nothing much at all - sleep and cleaning prevailed, and a wee bit of shopping.

Yesterday we went to the Tate Modern Art Museum which was just incredible - they have Monet's 'Water Lillies' and Picasso's 'Girl in a Chemise', as well as the rest of their collection of Picasso's, Cezannes, Matisses, Brusques, a couple of Dalis.... needless to say I went a little mad. And their collection of Warhols is amazing - they've got the Marilyn Monroe piece and the red Jackie O... *sigh!* They've got a couple of exhibitions on their at the moment but nothing to entice me to pay some ridiculous amount to get it. Having said that, the Tate is free, they ask for a donation at the door but it's not pushed on you or anything, which is nice. It's built in this old powerstation, so it's absolutely MASSIVE. Apparently they get 5 million visitors a year, which doesn't surprise me - even yesterday, a Sunday afternoon, absolutely freezing and miserable, it was still really busy. I know where they make their money though, apart from the exhibition - the gift shop! That was my contribution.


The Turbine Hall - the main entry to the gallery. It's kinda big...


Crazy Optical Art - seems to be a new thing. The things in this room really messed with my eyes...lots of lines and aluminium and suspension. It was cool!


The view of St Paul's Cathedral from the Tate

Now I've done the Tate, next on the list is the National Potrait Gallery and the Salvador Dali Museum. I can't wait for the latter - bit of a Dali fan!

For now however, it's another week of work ahead. Hooray for me.

Oh, and I finally sorted out my Gallipoli tour - it's definitely happening, all paid for. Just have to book some flights to and from Istanbul and it's all sorted. Tops!