Second stop London

In London it was planned to meet in real life some friends from the internet. We had been chatting for some time and enjoyed each other, so now was the time for a real world meeting.



I booked myself into my standard hotel, the Norfolk Pine. The main feature of this venerable establishment is the fact that it is located some 5 minutes walk from Paddington station, where one arrives by train from Heathrow. And from here the Underground brings you almost where ever you desire to go in London.



To me that more often than not means the Tate Modern. I love to walk along the river for a while and soak in the London sights and sounds, before entering the Museum for what ever exhibition is there to see.







And since walking through a gallery for a while can make a person hungry, I stopped for a little lunch at the salvation army diner just across the Thames on the other side of the footbridge from the Tate.



And from here my walk leads me slowly but steadily to Leicester Square and Covent Garden, where our first meeting with my friends was arranged.



In London in those days, there was also an ‘outside’ exhibition on with colourful animal sculptures gracing the footpaths and public places. It somehow seems to be some kind of global movement, because I have seen similar exhibitions also in places like Munich or Johannesburg.