Matty let me sleep in today, it was a great surprise. I feel very well rested now and I am caught up to UK time. He even made me biscuits, eggs and bacon for breakfast. I couldn't ask for a better host! We took our time getting ready and I booked some travel for next week. Despite the late start, we had a fun and packed day. We took the train to central London and first thing off the Tube we stepped into a phone store. I purchased a cell phone and a couple SIM cards to use whilst I am over here. Since the rates are expensive, I will not give out my number, but if you need to get a hold of me, let me know.
Next thing we went to a very small gallery featuring the artist, Lucian Freud. It was a fun and the art was very good. We then made our way to the Tate Modern, for a special exhibit by Cildo Meireles. It was an amazing exhibit, and we enjoyed ourselves. He is considered a Neo-concretism artist and wishes to engage the body as well as the mind, meaning his art is interactive. It was so much fun and one of the best art exhibits I have seen. It begin in a mesh cube with matching weighted balls laid on the floor, each ball had a different weight but you could pick them up and kick them around. Matt threw one across the cube like a bowling ball and we did get yelled at, "NO BALLING!!" Matt called him a prat and we moved on. :) The next piece was a large square with broken glass as the floor. We walked around on the broken glass passing through numerous barriers set up by the artist. It was a very odd and fun feeling to walk on broken glass. The exciting piece was a room with all contents being red, it was your basic living room but everything inside the room was red, and the connecting room was all black with what appeared to be red paint all over the floor. You had to walk across the red paint to get to a floating sink with red running water. It was very eye captivating. Our favorite room was filled with long rulers hanging from the ceiling, and clocks covering each wall. The rulers made a swirl effect and the pathway got smaller and smaller as you walked, until the rulers all met in the middle. It was a blast walking through t he rulers, you couldn't see through to the other side. We took pictures. :) Lastly, the exhibit ended with a room full of talcum powder. Literally, you had to take off your shoes and socks (you could either go bare foot or put on large rain boots) and walk through a dark room with the floor made entirely of talcum powder. You could not feel a solid floor underneath the powder, it was a very odd sensation, almost like walking in water. You had to feel the art and it was so much fun. I made my way around the corner to the single source of light, one burning candle and Matty turns to me and says, "I have such an urge to push you over right now." I politely replied, "you do and you die!" He resisted. :) For all those who were around for my childhood, it very much reminded me of my days "playing powder" with Jill Baker. Jill, you would have loved that room too. :)
After we left the Tate Modern, we walked across the Millennium bridge, right in front of St. Paul's Cathedral (so beautiful) and into the closest Tube station. We made our way back to the Leicester Square area (well honestly, I have no idea exactly where we ended up, but it was around there), and to the theatre. The play Rain Man was our main event of the evening, with Josh Hartnett as the lead role. He is so beautiful in person, and the actor who played Ray did an outstanding job. The play was very good and I give it my top reviews. At the end of the play I mentioned to Matty, "Josh Hartnett looked and even acted exactly like Tom Cruise in the movie." Matty was stunned to hear there was a Rain Man movie which I find hillarious, so I told him we need to watch it.
Lastly, we made our way home. I insisted we stop for Cadbury chocolate and so we did. Matt made me some warm tea with milk as I figured out my new phone and all the details. It was a very fun day and I would do it all over again! I hope you don't mind the long explanation of our adventures today, it was just too fun not to mention!
I will leave you with one last thing. As we ended the night with the Telly we heard the phrase, "Nevermind what haters say." We both laughed and thought it was a very wise saying to adopt. So there you have it, "nevermind what haters say."
Cheers,
Anna
(Estelle, can you forward this on to Jill and Andrea? I am not sure I have their correct email addresses. Thank you!)
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