Wednesday September 4 – We head to the Barbican, this area had been destroyed during the war and was rebuilt in the mid-sixties. It’s a pretty amazing place having theatres, libraries, schools and gardens in one place. Probably the closest architecture gets to the food equivalent of “ugly-delicious”.
Accidentally Law Stuff
After visiting the Barbican we walked to the Soane Museum, in act of happenstance we came across an old Tudor building. Initially we thought it might have been Liberty. Only much later we found out it was Staple Inn one of the old Inns of Chancery, which were like the Inns of Court but for Solicitors and dates to 1585 – again thanks Wikipedia.
Sir John Soane Museum
The Soane Museum is probably the maddest museum you’ll come across. John Soane was a neo-classical architect during the Napoleonic period. The Museum was founded in 1833 by an Act of Parliament, partly so he could disinherit his layabout son. Fun guy.
It has incredible paintings from Canaletto, Hogarth and Turner mostly in tiny packed gallery.
Covent Gardens
Here we are outside Covent Gardens
St Martin-in-the-fields
St Martin’s Church is across the road from Trafalgar Square.
Trafalgar Square
Onto Trafalgar Square.
National Gallery
The National Gallery was amazing
National Portrait Gallery
Is next door
Inns of Court – Middle Temple
On the way back home we walked through the Temple where the fancy Barristers hang out.
Bank of England
Here it is and the Royal Exchange
Walked 18km / 25793 Steps
MM4.Travel 
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