Busy Girl




National Gallery

 

This has been a busy few days granted there has been no post for close to two weeks. Last Tuesday I set out for the National Portrait Gallery. I had been there for an hour before I realized I was in the wrong museum… Both the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery are right off of Trafalgar Square. I accidently walked into the National Gallery, although I did find some beautiful art. It was more of a pleasant surprise than anything as I actually saw Van Gogh’s sunflowers and yellow chair paintings. The sunflowers piece has been a favorite of mine ever since I had to replicate it with pastels in fifth grade. I bought a miniature reprint to have framed when I come home.





National Gallery & Trafalgar Square

This past weekend I went home to my dad’s family in Horwich with my friend Amy. It was a pleasant and calm weekend. I got a pedicure that was nice, but I definitely not the pedicure I get from Regina’s Nails in West Seattle with my mom. It was great to see the family and pick my other piece of luggage. I was highly entertained by the attempts to replicate our American accents from Dane, Sammy, Karen and even Emma and Thomas.

Tonight I went to dinner at the Mayflower pub. The pub is built in the location of the original mooring of the Mayflower that left England on September 6, 1620 for the new world. I had a Kobe burger that was the first American sized portion I have seen in two months! I also tried a new ale called Speckled Hen. I do not think I will be sipping upon it again. My favorite English ale is definitely Doombarg (sp?), which is a beer the English classify as a “bitter” ale when I would be more prone to call it an amber ale.

Tomorrow I am heading to Dublin for the weekend, so I will be back with a report on Ireland in a few days.