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Bankside buildings, on the south side of the Thames. The last day I walked along the Jubilee Walkway visiting sites across the Thames from the old historic London. While it turned cooler and looked like rain, it never did...the entire week
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Day 8, on the plane, ready for take off and home. Note I am smiling....almost.
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View of the cavernous space in this former power plant. For me the repurposed building may have been the most interesting thing about Tate Modern!
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Modern art using electronic signs. Different for sure
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Examples of the sayings. I liked this exhibit
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A room full of interesting sayings
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My last adventure was visint the Tate Modern(art gallery). Tate Modern opened in 2000 in a renovated electric power plant building. Here are displayed art of the 20th and 21 Century in a huge setting
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This just reminded my of my bed each morning
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Portrait of a Young Woman 1935
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I didnt take many photos of the art but I did like this one. Portrait of a Young Woman. Description follows
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On the bridge with St. Paul's behind me
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Different for sure
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In front of tate Modern is our new once woobly bridge, the Millenium Bridge
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You can se that this bulding was once a power plant
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Further along the Jubilee Walkway I found the rebuilt version of Shakespeare's Globe Theater. The original 3000 seat Globe was located close by. In 1612 during a play, the theater caught fire and burned completely down. This new Globe was built in 1997
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As part of the 1500 seat Globe Theater there is an excellent museum of theater in Shakespeare's time.
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Just beyond the ruins was the Anchor Inn. It is the last of the original 22 licensed "inns"(tavern, brothel, nightclub) of Bankside's red light district heyday in the 1600's
