Guy Fawkes and Gallery Night

Guy Fawkes fireworks

Sorry I haven't written in a while.  I just had so many other things I was doing. But now I will tell you about three events, starting with Guy Fawkes Day.

Guy Fawkes Day
 
It was on November 5th, also known as Bonfire Night.  Perhaps I should tell you why the holiday is celebrated.  Guys Fawkes was part of plot called the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and bring down the English government in 1605.  He was caught and executed and drawn and quartered.

We went to a park in the evening and saw people doing fire tricks, swallowing fire, and running it along their arms and juggling with it.  We also saw a HUGE bonfire on top of which were paper effigies of Guy Fawkes which burned.  There also was a guy who attached himself to a wheel that spun around and set off sparks and fireworks.  Then there was a fireworks show.

At home, we went to the top of our building to watch the fireworks going off all over London.  It was a great view.

Bonfire Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gallery Night

This night we went to visit some galleries of East Asian art.  The first gallery had a lecture on Buddhist Art.  There were suits of armour there too.  It was very colorful but didn't look that protective.

We went on to a few other galleries, including Sotheby's, a famous gallery.  They were filled with beautiful art like Ming Vases and stone carvings. 

Qing vase, sold at Sotheby's for $83,000,000

But the best part came next.  The last gallery we went to had Indian art.  In it we met a dog named Otto.  He is a deerhound, very thin, belonging to the art gallery owner's girlfriend Kerry.  He is still a puppy but already very big.  About 3 weeks later we went over to Kerry's house to visit and play with Otto.

This is what Otto the Deerhound puppy looks like