London 19/5/04

Today I woke up late but well rested. I headed to the Tate galleries- the old ones, not the new. I spent the entire day(ok from 12-5) there looking around and trying to recognize some British artists from my art history classes. Around 2 I sat out in the lawn, ad lunch and took a wonderful 20min nap. I need to incorporate these power naps into my daily routine. I feel wonderful afterwards! On my way out, I saw a statue that caught my eye-ah! I wanted to draw it. The gallery guard offered me a stool to sit on while I drew. WOA!! They need to provide these services into American Galleries as well. Awesome! After an hr or so, I meandered back through the train systems and got to the hostel. There, right next door to mine where my traveling companions...LISA & Stu! By sheer luck, they had a room right next door. We grabbed dinner at a nice English Pub right around the corner. Stu passed out from complete exhaustion. Lisa and I enjoyd a peaceful relaxing evening on the porch outside our room. A little sign said "Standing on porch is forbidden" Whoops, it was fun, despite their warning. We had a nice view of a neighborhood private park, and other houses 5 stories tall and all white georgeous row- houses. We sat out there and watched the sun set and came in to bed. I unfortunately had the opposite problem of last night....I couldn't sleep....freaking jet lag again.