Today Devin's class was canceled so we headed out on a day of sight seeing! We headed to the Thames River. We went to see the HMS Belfast which was launched in 1938 and served in WW2 and the Korean War. It is the only example of the great fleets of big gun armoured warships built for the Royal Navy in the first half of the twentieth century. We explored the nine decks and even saw the massive boiler and engine rooms, we saw the kitchen, medical area, bunks, and chapel. This was a huge ship and we could have walked around for hours on it.
When we left the ship we walked along the river and saw The globe. Shakespeare's Globe is a unique international resource dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare's work and the playhouse for which he wrote, through the connected means of performance and education. This was neat and I hope to go back and see a performance in the building while staying in London!
Next we kept walking along the river and stopped at the Tate Modern Museum. The Tate displays the national collection of international modern art. The art was strange and very unique! The museum also had pieces of art by Picasso and Matisse. Some of the art took up the entire rooms. The front of the museum is a very tall old chimney. We walked through the museum and then headed to find the starting point of our boat cruise.
Finally we got on the boat which was right under the London Eye. We took the boat ride and headed home! It has been a long day and we are all tired!
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