Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Cathedral, Bridge and Tate


Wednesday 25th May

Today we visited St Pauls Cathedral and climbed more than 500 steps to the top of the dome (See more here
dral-History/Climb-the-Dome) for an amazing 360 view of London. I'm glad we managed to beat the crowds as the warnings about tight spaces were not exaggerating. Back on terra-firma we explored the Cathedral and then went below ground to see Nelson and Wellington's tombs in the Crypt.

Afterwards we walked over the Millennium Bridge (which now doesn't wobble like it did at first). When it was opened in 2000 it was the first pedestrian-only bridge across the Thames in over a hundred years (still is).


We then wandered through the Tate Modern, which is a free museum of modern art. Converted from an old power station, the building itself was awesome, perfect for galleries and exhibits. Here we saw a few more works by Dali and Van Gogh, plus some more 'modern' works that we didn't really like.



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