I was floored today several times between our trips to the British Library, the National Gallery and the Evensong prayer service at Westminster Abbey. I brought my journal along and made a list of the incredible things I saw... there were too many to remember... Here's a few:
At the British Library I saw...
- The Magna Carta
- The Codex Sinaiticus (the oldest remaining copy of the Bible)
- The Gutenberg Bible
- Darwin's Notebook
- Several pages of da Vinci's notebook
- Original music scores by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Hayden
- Original Beowolf manuscript
- Sir Thomas More's last letter to Henry VIII (before he was executed by Henry)
...and much more... all in this one Library Exhibit!
At the National Gallery I got to see...
- Monet's Lilies, and Japanese Bridge
- VanGogh's Sunflowers, and several others.
- Several Renoir's
- Degas 'Nude Woman Bathing', and assorted portraits (including Dancers)
and... to take the cake, I saw my absolute favorite painting, da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Believe me, if you come face to face with this painting, you will understand why Leonardo da Vinci was so incredible. The painting is perfect, and much larger than I thought it would be. It stunned me. I'm definitely going to be taking a free day off in London and spending all day in the National Gallery.
Also, tonight, our group went to a beautiful Evensong worship service at Westminster Abbey with an amazing boys choir radiating throughout the cathedral walls.
We're headed off to York tomorrow, but our group will be going in and out of London a lot... so no rush to do everything! More later... Lots of Love.
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nude paintings are inappropriate
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