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Our sightseeing started around Pimlico, where we unexpectedly found a summer show of graduate works at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. The installation by Minji Lee was one of the more intriguing.
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Across the street, at the Tate Britain Gallery, we encountered voices in the upper gallery, so we timed a response to oooh back at them.
A body movement artist mimicked anyone who entered her range, so Adam tried to challenge her with less conventional poses.
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The Borough Market offers a wide variety of fresh local produce and meats. We moved from place to place to dine al fresco (i.e. standing up).
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The Design Museum has features notable objects, both everyday and unique. Guitar Hero is part of the everyday.
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The Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern was vacant on this visit.
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From the South Bank, we crossed over the Millennium Bridge, to walk towards Piccadilly Circus and Chinatown.
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DY and I saw the Saatchi Gallery on Boundary Road in North London, and I visited the gallery when it was in County Hall on South Bank. This was our first visit to the location at the Duke of York’s HQ near Sloane Square.
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Dav and LJ joined us for shopping at Petticoat Lane Market, and then Indian cuisine at Brick Lane.
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We arrived at Camden Town late in the day, so most of the temporary stalls either closing or closed.
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We budgeted a few hours to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum. The venue is mammoth, so we tried to be selective, wending our ways through the mazes of hall.
[See the Victoria & Albert Museum album of 12 webphotos]
To close the loop on some history of science, I had contacted the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, and scheduled to visit their offices in East London. This satisfied a personal curiosity, since I had visited the old site near Swiss Cottage in 2009, .
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I travel through London regularly, know the city well, and am comfortable getting around. Travelling with the family at tourist speed is a luxury.
Having already been away from home for week, I craved Chinese cuisine. We rode the tube to Piccadilly Circus, and wandered to find Chinatown on Gerrard Street — an easy street to remember, since the Chinatown at home bears the same name.
With the history of the Tavistock Institute at top of mind, we rode the tube up to Swiss Cottage to look at the Tavistock Clinic. The Institute and Clinic used to be colocated, but are now independent entities. On a late Sunday evening, the facilities were closed.
As a change from riding the London underground, we decided to return to the hotel on a double decker bus to see more of the city. We rode from Swiss Cottage on a path including Wellington Road, to Victoria Station.
The next day, I acted as scribe while Gary conducted an interview with Sir Richard Bowlby, on the ties between the research between by John Bowlby and cybernetics. Upon learning that the Bowlby archives are at the Wellcome Library, Gary and I decided to change our travel plans to reroute back through London for one day.
Accommodating a tight schedule, Dav and LJ met us at Paddington Station a few hours before we caught the train to Oxford. LJ found a pub and then a restaurant nearby, after consulting Internet reviews on her mobile phone. Continue reading “2009/08/30-09/05 London-Oxford-London-Hull-York“