Jour 12, 9 mai 2024

 We started our day a little earlier than yesterday. We went to The Strand to take the bus to St Paul's Cathedral. No one wanted to take the tour, so we went into the courtyard to take a break and look at Mark and Gillie's sculptures. Chairs were offered to the public to simply relax.

There was also an exhibition of luxury electric cars. Nicole and Dominique were particularly interested.

We crossed the Millennium Bridge to reach the Tate Modern, where we all decided to visit the Yoko Ono exhibition. It was a great exhibition covering his art from start to finish. Yoko Ono was multidisciplinary long before meeting John Lennon (film, painting, installation, poetry, etc.). Of course, she wouldn't have been as famous without him, but on her own, she was an original artist.  We didn't expect such a big exhibition. It took us about an hour and a half to visit all the rooms.

We made a wish and hang it in a tree.

Carole traced the outline of Dominique and Nicole, from their shadow.

Carole participated in the creation of a work by hammering a nail into it.

We tried to play chess, with a completely white game.

There was this bleu room, where every one was invited to create.

After the exhibition it was lunch time so we went to the cafe area of ​​the museum.

We followed our route to Borought Market. Along the way we stopped to buy souvenirs.  Nicole met this nice lady.

Borough Market was crowded, as always. We had the pleasure of tasting cheese and pâté. The pâté was so good that Nicole bought some for an aperitif at home.

After Borought Market we crossed London Bridge and went to Leaden Hall Market for a beer. It was full of gentlemen in smart suits, chatting with beers in hand.

Dominique knows how to go down a spiral staircase with elegance.

We came back with the tube, just to relax for a while before going to the pub for our traditional fish and chips.

We decided to take a walk before heading home. We walked for about 45 minutes. We returned for the first time after sunset.  That give us the opportunity to see Albert bridge illuminated.

So it was a day of 19952 steps.