More Week 9 Highlights

Monday we made our second trip to the Science Museum.  We had already been to most of the museums we had planned on visiting and had left this week as something of a "repeat week" ~ these museums have so much to them that they warrant at least a second, and in some cases a third and fourth visit.  Little did we know that this week was "Half-term" for students around England.  We have been spoiled by having the museums pretty much to ourselves, but not this week.  They were packed with families and lines, lines, lines....or as they say here, queues queues, queues.

The Science Museum has an incredible hands-on section that, despite the crowds, was much enjoyed by the boys.

Tuesday was a "Date Day".  Jeff took Chris out for the day for a round of golf at a course in Wimbledon, a movie and dinner.  Ben and I took off for a special day of our own.  We started with an errand (which I won't name because it is related to the birthday of a certain someone turning 7 within the next week) and then went to the Tate Modern.  Now, admittedly, modern art is not really my thing, but I keep thinking it is due to a lack of exposure......after, now 2 visits, to the Tate Modern, I don't think that's it.   :)

The Tate Modern is in a large warehousey-looking building on the south bank of the Thames.  It is right across the Millennium Bridge from St. Paul's Cathedral.

This picture of the bridge and the Tate Modern was taken a couple of days later from one of the outdoor galleries of the dome on St. Paul's Cathedral, but that is another great story for another day.

 We did like these sculptures by an artist named Giocometti.

A Matisse called "Snail" that I liked. 

Glad to see a good old Monet thrown in.

And things would not be complete without including a Jackson Pollack.

After the museum, we took the tube to Picadilly Circus and had lunch at Ed's Easy Diner, an American, 50's style diner that the boys really like, mostly for the A&W Root Beer.

Next, Ben and I saw a matinee performance of The Phantom of the Opera - my second time seeing it, his first ~ we both loved it!  We ended our day with dinner at a Chinese restaurant we have adopted as one of our favorite London restaurants, called Good Earth.  Was a wonderful day!  Check back for posts on the rest of "Week 9 Highlights".