Day 9: Tired Feet

Today we spent the day in London again. We went to St. Paul’s Cathedral for church this morning. It was my first time at an Anglican church. It was also my first time drinking booze in church. For their communion they use actual wine, wine is gross, I definitely don’t like it. The service was very good. It definitely was not Baptist, the sermon was only about ten minutes. It was a liturgical service, which is good because I like liturgical services. There were lots of robes involved. The cathedral itself was the most impressive building I think I’ve ever been in, or at least close to it. Since we were there for the actual church service we weren’t allowed to take pictures. The cathedral was not only a massive building; it was ornately decorated with statues and gold leaf engravings. It was cool to see architecture like this in person. I’ve studied buildings like this for years and it’s nice to finally see one of them in person.

After church we went to a modern art museum, Tate Modern. There were some really cool exhibits there. There were also some really stupid pieces there, or at least I think so. It was very cool to be able to see, in person, some of the art that I’ve studied. It was exhilarant walking around the corner and seeing a Piet Mondrian painting. I’m so familiar with his paintings, which isn’t a large accomplishment, that I instantly recognized it. There were also several installments by Dan Flavin that were exciting to see. It’s strange to see art that I recognize, but have never seen in person. There were numerous other artists that I could go on and on about, but I will refrain. Outside the museum there was a guy making huge bubbles. That was extremely exciting also.

We had to be back at the compound by seven for dinner, so with what time we had left we went shopping. We went to a place called Primark. It is only in the UK and I have known about it for a couple of years. They don’t have an online store so you can only get clothes from there while over here. I’ve heard good things about it so I thought I would check it out. The clothes are pretty cool and the prices are cooler. The day did not seem as long as the last few ones have, but my feet feel like it was still a long day. I’m getting pretty good at navigating the Underground too, which is pretty cool. Now for a night full of relaxing and photo editing, and away I go!