Courtauld Gallery and Wool House at the Somerset House

cold and snowy in London, colder than when we were here for xmas.

Yesterday was a very good day, although it was fereeeeeezing outside. So, if you live in London for a while you learn few tricks. The tube costs fortune, like if you want to go to several places, it can easily add up to £20 easy. I do keep a car in London but during the weekdays most of the day, you need to pay £10 to get into central London, so unless I have to, I don't bring my car in. But, on Saturdays, and Sundays, there is no congestion charge, and on Sundays, a lot of parking bays are free. So, yesterday, we drove around central London like we own the town, for free. So, that is a good day.

Although I lived in London from 2009 to 2011, there are too many places in London I haven't seen yet. We lived previously in the West side of London, but this time around we are in East London. There are so many cultural venues and one of which is a smallish gallery with a great art school called Courtauld. It is located at the Somerset house right next to the King's College Strand campus. I finally visited with Arielle after visiting the Wool House for the second time. It house few of very famous impressionist art which was a great surprise. The current exhibit is called, Becoming Picasso:Paris 1901, a small but wonderfully comprehensible exhibition. I could not take photos of the exhibition but I was able to snap a few photos from their permanent collection.

arielle in front of a Botticelli piece