By this time it was mid afternoon, 3.30pm and the sun was beginning to set. As luck would have it we were next to a bridge and managed to scramble up the steps just in time to capture the last vestiges of a coloured sky as it disappeared behind The Houses of Parliament. Sustenance was required, so passing up tea at The Savoy (it looked a bit busy) we headed for Pret A Manger and relaxed with a cup of tea and what can only be described as an or*a*mic chocolate croissant (yummee). With our fix of chocolate we made it to Trafalgar Square and The National Portrait Gallery. The gallery we wanted to see of Dutch Winter Landscapes was closed due to strike action (bit odd) and even odder was Holbein's The Ambassadors which wasn't in the 'Holbein Exhibition', but in its usual place in the gallery. It's an absolute must to see this painting. First it looks so fresh, as though it was painted yesterday and every time you see it, you notice one more little detail that you can't believe you missed last time. Then, to walk from one side to the other and see the skull change from elongated form to 3-D is just amazing.
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