So apparently....

...I have uploaded too many, too big photos to my blogger account... a bit surprising and suspicious even, that it took me more than 5 years...

Mother and Child (and me)

森山大道 & William Klein at Tate

If you want to see grainy out of focus photos from 60's-70's New York and Tokyo, then a visit to Tate Modern in London is the place to go. 

Grainy, but too focused photo, with shadow of Magnus , 2012 - Never printed. 

I could be overly negative, and must admit that a few of the photos were kind of interesting, but still think it would be better if someone, preferably the artists themselves picked their 3 top photos and added an explanation about why they like them the best.

St Paul's - British Museum - The Borough Market

Believe it or not, the sky is blue above the clouds in London too. We did not go inside, but after reading that St Paul's is the no 2 World Heritage attraction in UK (only beaten by Edinburgh Castle) I might consider a visit tomorrow. 

After breakfast at some Italian coffee place, we went to British Museum and decided to go for the "Don't miss these 15-ish items" tour. First item was part of an old chess game of which I have seen the 14 (or so) lacking pieces up in Edinburgh 10 years ago (or so). Seems like BM decided to go for a dome shaped ceiling (instead of a tetrahedral as the Louvre) when needed modern space in an old venue. 

Literary around the corner from Magnus' place there is a very nice market place 

There were some scary fish, colourful but scary...

Louvre Highlights

First of all, some useful information, if you ever feel "oh, I really miss being surrounded by lots of Chinese people" and happen to be far away from China, then the Louvre is a very good alternative. 

We did a quick tour, and mainly wanted to see the triangles but manage to see;

Nike

Intravenus de Milo

People taking photos of a small painting.

Athena

Some more sculptures.

 Yes, and we also went through the exhibition about the history of the Louvre.

French Things in Black and White

Did not bring the big camera, only iPhone, so this is what you get. 

The Shard

From Tower Bridge in the Sun. 

From London Bridge in rainy weather. 

And from Magnus' bedroom sunny Sunday morning. 

London in Colour

Mitakesan

The Other Halloween Photos

The boys look happy, and why shouldn't they? 

Super sexy show by Diana...

And in the end, all of us got make up...

Saturday Walking

The Akasaka place had open garden day today, but the line was kind of long, so I took a photo and kept walking. 

At Koishikawakorakuen, it became clear again that I have no clue how to take a photo... what to do when it is dark shadows and sharp sun at the same time? 

If ducks always look happy...

...then many Koi look a bit sad. 

And this was acutally this morning, after breakie with Chris. 

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