london in five days (I)
As a birthday present for all of us (well, namely Raspberry, Lucas and I), we took a trip to London this past Sunday for five days. Out of the four of us, I'm the only one who has been before, in 1984, 1994, and 2004. Yes, in keeping with the pattern, it would've been great if I could've made it last year but for some reason, we just didn't (the
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The medical displays are so fascinating!
What's with the boat on the building?
Reminds me of this Ken Lum public art piece called, Four Boats Stranded. (http://www.ahva.ubc.ca/wreckarticlepdfs/12_120208_121212.pdf)
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I think you'd like the Wellcome Collection. There are all these oddities (well, we may think of it as such, but they were perfectly normal at one time in history). I had to explain what a chastity belt was to Raspberry.
I'm not sure what was up with the boat on the building, considering we weren't exactly close to water. Perhaps it's related to the mural and the random boat on the sidewalk (see pictures). It's a historical building and certainly not as cool as Ken Lum's piece!
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http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/04/20/a-renovation-at-trinity-green/
The ships that are there now are replicas of the originals, which are in a museum. :)
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