A Day of Art & Grand Views

 

On Tuesday, my friend Dave and I went to the Tate Britain, one of my favorite museums anywhere.

We saw room after room of wonderful art and I love the way they arranged the rooms with a theme in mind.  

Here's a puzzle for you.  One of the docents told us to be sure to look at the clock in one of the galleries.  I wondered what could be worth mentioning about a clock.  It took me a minute.  What do you think, can you tell what time it was?

The Tate Britain has the largest collection of JMW Turner paintings anywhere else in the world.  A stroll through the Turner galleries is always a treat.

My friends Julie and Dave leave on Wednesday so for their last night in London, we chose Oblix at the top of "The Shard".  The views were spectacular.  I had never been up close to that building before so it was a treat to finally enter the building.

The restaurant is on the 32nd floor and wraps half way around the building.  We were lucky to have such clear weather enhancing the views.

On the taxi ride back to the hotel, I managed to snap a not too bad photo of St. Pauls Cathedral right out the taxi window.