Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Our UK Trip: Around the Galleries

On our first full day in London, we went to some art galleries around town. We started out at the Tate Britain, where Jackson loved seeing WWII bombers turned on their heads and suspended in the air.

Jackson loved looking at the paintings. He wanted us to explain what was happening in ones that particularly caught his attention. He really enjoyed the "scary" ones too, such as John Martin's paintings of the wrath of God. Daddy bought Jackson a book about terror and the sublime that featured a lot of his favourites.

From the Tate Britain, we were able to take a boat down the river to the Tate Modern.

We saw landmarks such as the Big Ben, the London Eye, and St Paul's Cathedral, all of which Jackson continued to remember and recognise for the rest of our trip.

The modern art at the Tate Modern wasn't as much Jackson's thing, and it was nearly lunchtime, so after a quick visit to the surrealism floor, we had a picnic outside on the lawns near the river.

It was fun!

2 comments:

Chris said...

"He really enjoyed the "scary" ones too, such as John Martin's paintings of the wrath of God. Daddy bought Jackson a book about terror and the sublime that featured a lot of his favourites. "

That's my nephew!!!! And definitely your son!

Carrie said...

Yep, that's our boy!