June 4 - Tate Modern, "The Mousetrap"

 

Today we took two busses to the Tate Modern. We had never been in the new, 10-floor building, but Jecca has visited it several times. We took the elevator right to the tenth floor to look out at the amazing views of London. The balcony was closed, unfortunately, due to the strong winds. 

    We then visited just one gallery because of time constraints. It was an exhibition by Richard Long, who uses natural materials and is a landscape artist. All of us thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated it.

   

When we finished that, the skies opened up with rain, thunder and wind. Our plan to eat in the theatre district was abandoned and we ate at a nearby Gail's where we all had sandwiches and Jecca and Barbara split a scone.

       The rain stopped and we took two busses to St Martin's Theatre where we saw Agatha Christie's,  The Mousetrap, the longest running play in London. We had good seats, although we were all chilly with a vent above us.

We all enjoyed the play which was well acted and staged. We needed levity after the two serious dramas of the previous two days.

       Then, we had a frustrating trip home as the number 15 bus never came. We waited almost an hour and then decided to take another Uber which dropped us by the Tower where we ate at Wagamama, a good quality chain restaurant.