The City that is London

Like a true Pinoy brainwashed by US colonial mentality, i will list down what i have succeeded in visiting so far. But a diversion first: One of the European participants in one of the international conferences i attended lamented the fact that Americans are always in a hurry to visit numerous historical landmarks with little introspection of what the landmarks really stood for -- or short, they go by the numbers. Hopefully, i have resisted that and marvelled and really internalized those great places i have visited so far (think of it like the excitement before, or in anticipation of multiple orgasmic -- tirik mata).

1. National Gallery -- paintings there makes you high. From the church-centered medieval period to contemporary Picasso painting, what can i say. I cannot describe the treasures of framed paintings there. I bought some postcard of the paintings i like best -- madonna in pink by raphael, the madonna of the rocks by da vinci (yes that's in dan brown's novel), madonna sketch also by da vinci, and one by saurat i forgot now (i even can't recall the spelling of the painter).
2. Tate - this is the modern and contemporary art by impressionist, expressionist and realist. Dali, wharhol, Picasso -- they're all there. I also bought postcards of 4 paintings i like best. Like the ones i brought at the natioonal gallery, I planned to paste together and frame the 4 postcard painting.
3. Buckhingham palace -- i was able to watch the changing the guard in its entirety. Too bad too many tourists like me so you have to position yourself to see the proceedings.
4. Blood brothers -- this play shown at Phoenix Theatre is spectacular. Speaking of play, i will watch tonite In Extremis at Shakespheare Globe in a few minutes so i better hurry.