The Barbican, in the city of London, is an arts venue, right in the heart of the city, with various exhibitions spaces and a grand concert hall at its heart. A Utopian vision of what the future of the city of London could be, was built in the 1960's with from the outside, all the appeal of a concrete monster and yet, inside, it was simply compforting and warm.
The bank are an official sponsor and with our move to the city we were all invited to an open evening, to meet the managers and to to view a new exhibit on Architecture. Gillian and I went along and found our way up to the "Garden Room", so named for its extensive, Rain Forest like conservatory out the back, that if it had only been a little warmer, one would have felt like one was visiting Brazil.
We were offered free drinks (Free Booze, Yahoo), and snacks and given a short speach by the Currator and Managing Director, before being left at leisure to enjoy the drinks. I must have had one more than I remember as the alarm this morning was very much a shock. You know when the alarm is ringing but you feel, deep inside, that you have just fallen asleep. Its nearly FriGay! Thankfully.
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