Vouchers

Today's after-school activity consisted of meeting at Peckham Rye rail station (I texted Bob the train I was on and he joined me and we went a few more stops together) and making our way to the Dulwich Picture Gallery--an old-timey name for a most definitely old-timey place.

England's first public, purpose-built art gallery, founded in1811, it's a magnificent place filled with a stunning collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century paintings. Armed with our 2-for-1 coupons, er, um, I should say "vouchers," as they're called here, courtesy of South West Rail, we also thoroughly enjoyed the current temporary exhibit, Canaletto in England. After we left the gallery at closing, we decided to treat ourselves to our first dinner out together in London that didn't involve self-service, communal tables, or take-away: a real sit-down, restaurant meal. Of course, at London prices, you've probably already guessed that there's another voucher involved! We went to YumYum, a Thai restaurant in our neighbourhood, just off of Stoke Newington Church Street. Stylish, expensive by Vancouver standards (but then, what isn't in London?), and a bit hit-and-miss (incredible lamb and pumpkin curry but so-so pad thai), it was worth the price with the 50%-off voucher. Not the best review, I suppose, but we still wandered home, full and happy. Along the way, a strange poster on Church Street caught my eye
and after some Googling, I learned a bit about the series of posters that has been put up in the London area. Although the poster we saw is kind of simple, it's still eye-catching, and I guess that's the point.