Although Günter and I know London quite well, there's always something new to us.On a very informative and entertaining guided tour through St James's and Whitehall yesterday, we learned that the statue on Piccadilly Circus is in fact a fountain and the figure on top of it is Anteros, Eros' brother.
On Monday, we very briefly visited the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery and Günter was very surprised about how much the exhibition has changed since his last visit. We came across one picture of his favourite Giotto only compared with a whole room dedicated to this 14th-century painter.
Monday was Valentin's 12th birthday, so we met with him and Ursina for the second time to have a propper afternoon tea at their hotel. They'd had an extremely eventfull three-day break in London and enjoyed the city throughout.
In the evening we met with Tony, my landlord, and had some ales in two pubs in Pimlico. Until late we talked about ales, motorbikes and Asia, where Tony has lived for nearly a decade.
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