Somerset House London

Even though I've been sick since the Super Bowl on Sunday, I've done quite a lot.

So last Sunday was the Super Bowl, and due to it airing really late here and I had no vested interest in either of the two teams playing I only watched it until after the half time show. I watched the Super Bowl at Imperial College. They had a large screening …

Day 5 - weather better. 16 max today and not so windy. Went to St. Paul's cathedral today. Took a free guides tour which is recommended because you get to see a few parts of the cathedral that you normally wouldn't have access to. Walked up the many stairs to the whispering gallery. What a mind bender. If you whisper loudly into/along the wall the …

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... Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Helen was back from the wedding and met up with me at Temple station. From there we went to Somerset House to see the ice skating rink. We didn't ice skate though ($$ and we both don't skate well). Walked along the ...

... leads me back to today, Wednesday, and as of right now I'm not too sure where Kim is. I know she was going to the Somerset House and Tate Britain, but she's probably been standing in front of some painting for the last 45 minutes so I imagine she'll be ...

... till closing (4:30 p.m.) and then headed to one of my favorite art galleries: The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House near the London Eye. The museum has an amazing collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. I love visiting private ...

... pretty cool, if not a bit disturbing in parts.  The first concert I went to was Bat for Lashes, at a venue called the Somerset House.  Very cool venue in the middle of a huge courtyard.  Naturally, it rained for quite a bit of the ...

... on their couch that night.   It was a perfect London day.  We ate pie in Lincoln's Inn Fields, had coffee at Somerset House, and argued about bus routes.  Tom made his famous chile and Alfie and I watched Ab Fab while downing £2 ...

... - we've been paying special attention to "les musée moins connus", so to speak...  the Courtauld Gallery in London is housed in the Somerset House - about 10-15 minutes walk from the Trafalgar square...and if you like the Impressionists and ...

... actually filmed there), but unfortunately it was not open to tourists (probably because it was Good Friday).  Instead, I stopped in at Somerset House to see the Courtauld Gallery.  I really enjoyed it, for 2 reasons: first, the art was amazing, ...

... over town. I always think of The Devil Wears Prada (and The Office: "too slow! You're not going to Paris") when I see them. Somerset House, where it was all housed, turns out to be right next door to the Strand Campus! So of course while I was walking ...

... our friend James from the Inca trail. We managed to do (and eat) a lot while we were in London. Some of the highlights were: 1. Ice Skating at Somerset House with Farid and Cat and having a really nice meal in the OXO building. (Not going to name ...

... to check in at the hostel. Had an expensive soup, did the domestics. Met Varoon who showed us some of the Temple District and Somerset House, where Pete gushed over the Christmas-ness. Ate at a Leon at Ludgate Circus before turning in for an early night. ...