Museums

So as it's wet and miserable again (deep sighs of remorse), I went to a Museum yesterday instead of taking a walk through the Heath, which is what I really wanted to do. However, the museums in this town are fantastic. And the public ones are all free. Thank you Mayor of London. My two favorites are the British Museum (mummies and Greek pottery) and the Tate Britain (old oil paintings mostly). Yesterday I went to the Tate Modern, which is where they put all the art work post 1900, when they had to split the collection because it was too large to house only at the Tate Britain.

The Tate Modern building is artwork in itself. It's a renovated power station and you can tell. I had a good time, despite my general lack of interest in modern paintings. However, they had one really lovely Monet and some nice Picasso's. And a Rodin statue, so it was a worthwhile trip.

It's still quite damp today, so I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with myself. Something I suppose. After all, I leave for Paris in less than a week now. (Though I sort of don't want to.)