Today we took our second day trip, this time to Hampton Court Palace, and it was a lot of fun. We were leaving for the train station at 9:00 AM, so I started my day by turning off my alarms, skipping breakfast and rolling out of bed about 15 minutes before we left. Surprisingly though …
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Forget my love of pigeons, I met sweet bumblebees at Hampton Court Palace
By Brittaney Mann For a while I did not think I would want a big house because I did not think I would be able to fill the rooms, but after visiting Hampton Court Palace, I realized I don’t even have to fill the rooms, and a mural on the ceilings and wall is plenty. …
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Paddington Photo Dump
The gates of Hampton court palace are very impressive. The gates are lined with statues, most notably a unicorn and a lion–two animals that do not exist. The building itself was quite impressive (as one would hope a palace would be). It had many small towers/chimneys coming out of the top of the building making …
I Wanna be a Princess
Today we went to Hampton Court Palace, and I loved it. There was a lot to explore, and there were multiple architectural styles mashed together. It was a little weird, but strangely enough it worked. I started in Henry VIII’s kitchen, and it was a lot larger than I expected. There were at least 5 …
6/7: Lost in the Hedge Maze at Hampton Court Palace
Waking up at 9:00 am for the first time in nearly a week was a rough start to what would be a beautiful day. We got to Hampton Court around 10:15 and headed straight to the palace, crossing a bridge that had a beautiful view of the Thames River. When we arrived at the palace, …
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Art Through Open Eyes
Yesterday we began our day with a walk toward Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery. We were asked to write our blog comparing and contrasting two different paintings from the gallery that moved us. I picked Edgar Degas’ Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando and the Le Nain Brothers’ Three Men and a Boy. …
Ryan Talks About Comics Instead of Any Paintings He Saw.
I had a very good time at the National Gallery the other day. It felt far more reasonable to enjoy the paintings at this museum than at the Tate Modern because it was clear that effort was put into every single one of them. I think that the names of each painting at the National …
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A trip to the National Gallery
By Brittaney Mann Experiencing visual art is something I wish everyone had the opportunity to do because it provokes introspection through the somewhat passive act of observation. I am a person that enjoys reading poems and such because I achieve a similar path to self-reflection when consuming that media, but sometimes art can take me …
6/4: Picking on Flowers at the National Gallery (Van Gogh is sick)
Visiting the National Gallery was one of my most anticipated stops during our entire time abroad in London. Vincent Van Gogh is my favorite painter of all time, not just because of his paintings but also because of his tragically beautiful life, and there were four of his paintings currently on display at the art …
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A Horse and a Train at the National Gallery
Today we went to the National Gallery right by Trafalgar Square, a massive museum full of art from pretty much every era except for modern art. There were several pieces in the museum that caught my eye, ranging from immersive projections exhibits to classic works like Van Gogh’s sunflowers or Money’s water lilies (the sunflowers …
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Theatre in London U of A 