Sarah was delightful to follow through the Tate Modern galleries which, for us, immediately accessible. She was through in explaining how the galleries are organized and then as we walked and looked she pointed further illustrated the concept. She engaged us further by asking for our reactions and she encouraged us to really look by asking questions that required our own visual analysis.

First off, before we even started or met Will we were extremely frustrated. Our taxi driver tried so hard but could not find the address of our meeting place. All three of us kept looking for the address and going around on the same street. It turns out the Liberty Arms (is that the name of the location, now I can't remember?) is not located on the street but behind some other buildings. We were told to meet at the front of the restaurant, but it was impossible to tell which side was the front. We walked around and around approaching many people trying to find our guide. We did not know if our guide was a man or a woman or where he/she would be. It was aggravating. Will was a very competent and enthusiastic guide. He has a passion for modern art which carried through the whole tour. He also helped us see and history affects art and vice versa. He was very kind and accommodating of our interests and very personable. We were slightly disappointed in the Tate Modern because we didn't see works of art which were famous or we were as familiar with. Will explained that is one of the goals of the Tate.

The Tate Modern , like most art museums, has many changing exhibits. Kevin was not familiar with so much of what we saw. Perhaps he could have spent 15 minutes before our arrival to familiarize himself with the museum? The description of the tour was quite specific, but we did not experience much of what was described. Not sure if it was Kevin's area of expertise, but his lack of interest seemed obvious to us. Basically, he appeared to be somewhat detached, aloof, and gave us the impression he was eager for the tour to end. My husband is fairly knowledgeable in art history, and Kevin was unable (or maybe unwilling) to answer many of his queries. We were disappointed.

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