A Journey through history at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington. The V&A is the worlds greatest museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity.
We wandered through layers of time. I will return home with the information I need for several current projects and of course yet more ideas. Sensory overload, - time for lunch just down the road and I wanted to introduce Di to the ambience of a coffee shop I had visited on a prior trip. Patisserie Valerie The original cafe first opened its doors in 1926, in nearby Firth Street, when a Belgian born Madam Valerie decided to introduce a taste of the continent to the English. When the Luftwaffe bombed Patisserie Valer
ie the intrepid management moved to Old Compton Street where the present cafe is still sited. The decor is left over from the 50's with a unique atmosphere, complete with its now famous Toulouse-Lautrec cartoons. We sampled wonderful snacks and finished by sharing a chocolate profiterole….. Heaven on a plate….On to Harrods and we jostled through the crowds… rode the escalators and walked through the amazing display of Christmas decorations…opulence on a grand scale, but beautiful to the eyes….A final visit to the
V&A and armed with new research books we journeyed home upstairs in the big red bus.We were privy to very loud discussion by a group of young men who got louder and louder as they forced their opinions on the entire bus…. As the discussion turned rather serious… I made the comment that “I hope they don’t have guns”….!!!!! One never knows.
Dinner at a local restaurant and the end to a wonderful and less energetic day…
