![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
AI, Afternoon tea and Greenwich
Aug. 19th, 2019 10:01 pmFor the next fortnight, I'm holidaying in London.
So far, we've made a trip up to the Barbican (Saturday) and one to Greenwich (today).
Saturday began with the AI exhibition at the Barbican. It was interesting and quite fun. The main part of it was the exhibition in the Curve and then there was a shadow/symbol display at the bottom of the building where you touched icons with your shadow to see what they meant.
The main exhibition showed approaches to AI over the centuries from the early stories about golems to code cracking and social bots today.
After we had finished with both rooms we headed onto afternoon tea at the Modern Pantry. Now this was the main reason we were in the area - as it was afternoon tea with a difference.
It was wonderful. The savoury courses were slightly better, but the sweet ones (except those at the top tier where the passion fruit drowned out everything else) were also great. I liked the fritters, savoury scones and the cake slices.
Today we headed over to Greenwich - quite a long journey from here.
We started at the Cutty Sark. It was interesting, although also crowded.
We then headed towards the observatory, stopping at an excellent pie place (pie and soft drink for four for £22).
We looked around the observatory and the meridian line.
Then we went into the Planetarium for a show about the Night Sky. We finished our day with Ben and Jerry's ice creams back at the station before heading home.
So far, we've made a trip up to the Barbican (Saturday) and one to Greenwich (today).
Saturday began with the AI exhibition at the Barbican. It was interesting and quite fun. The main part of it was the exhibition in the Curve and then there was a shadow/symbol display at the bottom of the building where you touched icons with your shadow to see what they meant.
The main exhibition showed approaches to AI over the centuries from the early stories about golems to code cracking and social bots today.
After we had finished with both rooms we headed onto afternoon tea at the Modern Pantry. Now this was the main reason we were in the area - as it was afternoon tea with a difference.
It was wonderful. The savoury courses were slightly better, but the sweet ones (except those at the top tier where the passion fruit drowned out everything else) were also great. I liked the fritters, savoury scones and the cake slices.
Today we headed over to Greenwich - quite a long journey from here.
We started at the Cutty Sark. It was interesting, although also crowded.
We then headed towards the observatory, stopping at an excellent pie place (pie and soft drink for four for £22).
We looked around the observatory and the meridian line.
Then we went into the Planetarium for a show about the Night Sky. We finished our day with Ben and Jerry's ice creams back at the station before heading home.
