We decided we needed to go out today, so we walked to Tower Bridge (using some streets I rarely walk along, which was nice: Trinity Street, then Tabard Street, then up Tower Bridge Road to the bridge itself.
There was some sort of children’s thingy going on in the part between the bridge and City Hall. Just between Strada Restaurant and City Hall we found the Telectroscope. You queue up and put a pound coin into a booth. Two hands “write out” a ticket and it then emerges from a slot below. The obverse and reverse of the ticket are at the end of the entry.
It was cloudy in New York, and we saw only a few people there (it was 9:30 am in New York, so perhaps everyone was still asleep).
We then walked along the shore, stopping at a Starbucks for a coffee, before getting to Tate Modern, where we saw the Street and Studio exhibition. HWMBO liked it more than I did. Again, it’s one of those exhibits that is oversupplied with very small works that you have to get right up to the wall to see. But, some of it was good. I’m waiting for the Cy Twombly in a few weeks. Should be good.
We then talked to the Royal Festival Hall, across the river, and to Quizno’s at the Embankment. As usual, they were out of meatballs, so I had a tangy steak sandwich and HWMBO had a chicken sandwich. Both very good.
Underground and home.
Wow, is this Telectroscope for really? It sounds very interesting. I’ve never heard of it and didn’t think it was possible for anyone to build an underwater tunnel bridging Europe and NYC.
Ok, I just found it on Wikipedia.
Too bad it wasn’t a real underground tunnel between Europe and NYC. That would have been pretty cool.
It’s still really cool to look into it and see the Brooklyn Bridge (or Tower Bridge, if you’re in NYC) in the background and people waving to you, even if it is just a webcam.
Oh yes! I agree on that. Can you hear people in NYC as well?
No, just pictures. It would be cool if there were microphones but I think the problems with full-duplex communications probably were insurmountable.