Explorations!

 

Thursday was a day filled with explorations.  I started by heading out to see this building formerly known as the Carreras Cigarette Factory.  It is now called the Greater London House.  It was built between 1926 and 1928 in a 20th century Egyptian revival design.  It's another place I had read about and wanted to see so that was my first destination.  

After viewing the Egyptian building,  I hopped on a bus heading back toward central London.  The nice thing about taking a bus is that when I see something that looks interesting I can just get off and take a look.  That is exactly what happened when we drove past this beautiful crescent.  What a pretty street.

As I wandered, I came across the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral and the outside was so interesting I took a peek inside.

It was beautiful!  That chandelier alone was pretty spectacular.  I'm glad it inspired me to see the inside.

Then I made my way to the Royal Academy of Arts. I had never visited this art museum before so it was about time I check it out.  

The entrance inside turned out to be quite beautiful by itself.  They had a special exhibit going on with an artist named Anselm Keifer who loved the works of Van Gogh so much he visited all the places frequented by Van Gogh.  This exhibit compared his works during this time along with some Van Gogh paintings I had never seen before.  I'm so glad I got to see them here.

Along the way, I happened upon this sculpture standing on a street corner.  There was no explanation or artist's name.  This poor workman is forever frozen in time looking for a place to plant his ladder.  

On the way back to the hotel, I passed this extremely cute little pub called the Coach & Horses.  

It was a good day full of new experiences.