Whilst we were in London, there was an art project on called "The London Elephant Parade". There were 260 painted elephants "celebrat[ing] the beauty of the magnificent Asian elephant" - according to its website http://www.elephantfamily.org/how-can-you-help/events/elephant-parade-london-2010/ The elephants were in "parks, squares and [the] streets of central London... the biggest and most beautiful outdoor art event the city has ever seen... from May to June." The website said that the parade auction afterwards raised over £4 million. On our travels we spotted a few of them, so, in keeping with "from a different perspective", rather than including maps or photos of places we visited, I've mapped the travels by the elephants I photographed. The map placings of the elephants aren't necessarily correct but they were placed where they looked right, although the Natural History Museum one and the Covent Garden ellies are roughly right. The map and banner are from the website.
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Sunday, 24 October 2010
AJC week 22 Catch-up - From an Elephant Perspective
Whilst we were in London, there was an art project on called "The London Elephant Parade". There were 260 painted elephants "celebrat[ing] the beauty of the magnificent Asian elephant" - according to its website http://www.elephantfamily.org/how-can-you-help/events/elephant-parade-london-2010/ The elephants were in "parks, squares and [the] streets of central London... the biggest and most beautiful outdoor art event the city has ever seen... from May to June." The website said that the parade auction afterwards raised over £4 million. On our travels we spotted a few of them, so, in keeping with "from a different perspective", rather than including maps or photos of places we visited, I've mapped the travels by the elephants I photographed. The map placings of the elephants aren't necessarily correct but they were placed where they looked right, although the Natural History Museum one and the Covent Garden ellies are roughly right. The map and banner are from the website.
AJC week 22 - "Road Trip"
This week's theme was "A Different Perspective". It was also the end of the week that my son turned 13, and as it was his school half-term holidays, we went to London for a few days. We went to the Natural History Museum, The Tower of London (Tower Bridge being nearby), Covent Garden, the Ambassador Theatre to see "Stomp", and on the last day I went to the V&A, whilst hubby and son went back around parts missing at the Natural History Museum. We had an experience at the hotel - note to self: London's 4* is about everywhere else's 3* - but the trips out and walking around made up for that. We didn't actually drive there, so no road trip as such - we "let the train take the strain" - but we did go in a London Black Cab from Euston to Kensington (via Baker Street and Park Lane - a veritable Monopoly Board journey).Credits:
Background paper, old map, GWR poster, Underground symbol, phonebox, soldier, red bus and label - Ruby Rynne @ Plain Digital Wrapper, London Calling
My photo of Tower Bridge
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