Sunday, March 19, 2006

Museums Online, final

For two summers in a row, in 1989 and 1990 I was in London. I was 16 years old on my first trip, got my first kiss from a man called Angus who was from Dublin, Ireland. His hair was a mess and he wore round sunglasses like John Lennon. We met while I was waiting for the bus in Trafalgar Square to take me to the suburbs, and he asked me to visit National Gallery with him. I saw him on next day at Camden Market, and then he disappeared. Many months later I received a letter from Ireland, the envelope dirty and the handwriting messy, but a note to say that "didn't we have such fun at the stairs of Piccadilly Circus"? Yes we did!

There are other fantastic museums and galleries in London worth visiting, my favorite is the Tate Gallery, where I saw all the Turner's and Warhol's for the first time. It was a very hot July and I got drunk on strong apple cider later that day on Covent Garden.

Those were the days! It's funny how much a human mind can actually remember, even the clothes I was wearing, the food, the pubs, the smell of a city...Once you realize how wonderful it is to travel you can't stop dreaming about the next trip. Right now I am sort of planning to visit my dear friend in Moscow this summer. I don't know for how long I can stay, but would love to visit a museum in there too. I've been in St Petersburg many times and The Hermitage is unbelieavable!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree, The Hermitage is certainly the most famous pub in StPetersburg. (^_^)