we walked for the longest time ever! erm set off at 745 and we purposely walked another route to the city centre to explore the rest of the city other than the uni area.
keep seeing metro stations, so we've actually walked from stations to stations. phew. but their metro stations are at weird ulu locations, not like in sg where they serve crowded places. reached this part of the city where we can see far away bulldings. think that's the peak of the city, can see st james park and the city centre and the other side, the far away north sea (we guessed one, cos it's really a super big water area).
we continued walking till we finally see the tyne river! yes after 2 wks. to think that i actually visited durham's castle before newcastle's very own places of interest. nice bridges and river, just like those we see online and on postcards. gateshead on the other side of the river. might go over next time. another quite popular city too.
we crossed the millenium bridge and went into the Baltic, the centre of contemporary arts. well i cant believe i went in too but anyway admission is free though as usual, they'll suggest visitors to donate generously and they state the amount too! quite nice la the exhibits but certain paintings just seem like drafts and anyhow draw one lor. haha obviously i dun understand art. but there are some really well drawn, those perception kinds and lifelike kinds. cant take pics inside. these are levels 3 and 4.
level 5 is the viewing gallery and a maze thing with exhibitions at every turn. it started with a 'dunno clay or plastic human' standing upright and which is cut into half, separated by some planks. then the next one we saw is the black cat. i think it's a cat or a panther. so scary. it's cut into half, really looked like real one. dunno if it's fake or real, but it's sealed in a big display box. can see that it's painted black though, the fur looked hardened from the paint. so i thot everything's half. but luckily no. not all. the rest are more artistic masterpieces which i can hardly understand. got out of the maze and onto the other levels.
finally we finished the visit with 2nd level, the famous work by spencer tunick in NewcastleGateshead on 17 jul 2005, featuring 1700 naked bodies. he's using the nude bodies as raw material to intervene and transform a chosen site. the bodies all lie side by side, carpetting the entire pavement by the riverside(Newcastle Quayside, on the Gateshead Millenium Bridge, South Shore Road, The Side and Mill Road Car Park) amazing!
we walked through the sage gateshead, which is the equivalent of esplanade. nothing much inside, at least on the ground level, not sure if there more levels up but we can see the transparent roof from the ground level alr. only a large cafe and a small band, 5-6pple, playing instruments and singing. the guy's voice is so niceee, very country type and alittle jazzy. but cant video and record. dunno why.
we walked to the green bridge, to cross the tyne river a 2nd time back to newcastle city centre. followed road signs to castle keep. it cost 1.5P but students 50p so well must enter! newcastle's castle leh. amazing piece of architecture, i was wondering wat's a castle for. it's not a palace but there's the king and queen's chambers, narrow corridors and staircases keep turning round and round. there're watch towers which are obviously for lookout of enemies. the experience cant be described in the words, i'll keep this short and refer to the photos haha...my camera not enuff memory lor. but i didnt miss anything great la. most are snapped.great day out!
