Yesterday was exhausting, but very enjoyable, and even educational. We visited the Natural History Museum that is absolutely gorgeous. It was so large though, that we only got through half of it in 3 hours, so we'll definitely be going back!
Here are some pictures from the museum:
Dinosaur right when you walk in the museum!
Me posing with a stuffed tiger!
The beautiful outside of the Natural History Museum
Then, today started off with a bang. Or should I say, lack thereof. We all leisurely woke up around 9 or 10 am to find out that our lights didn't turn on. To add to that wonderful news, we turned on the faucet in the kitchen, and realized the water didn't work. Because we had no power, we had no Internet connection, and therefore felt disconnected from the world.
We all sat around in the upstairs flat staring at the wall and talking about random things for 3 hours before the electricity finally came back on. It took an hour for the water to come back, and when it did it spontaneously would spurt from the faucet with such a force we would get a premature shower.
It was an interesting morning/afternoon.
We made up for it though, by walking down the Thames River as the sun began to set after dinner. We started up by Saint Paul's Cathedral, walked over Millennium Bridge that was a spot in the sixth Harry Potter movie (think opening Dementor scene). After that we spotted the Globe Theater which we will be visiting in a couple of weeks (and will be seeing A Midsummer's Night Dream, no less) and from there started down the Thames Path leading directly next to the river toward the London Eye. We finished our journey here (when our fingers were numb and our hair was sufficiently windswept) with pictures of the Eye, Big Ben, and Parliament. We hopped on the Tube back, and felt like real London-ers :)
It was so overwhelmingly beautiful, that I just felt like I was floating the entire time we walked down the river. It just really hit me how lucky I am.
Here are some pictures from our journey tonight:
Me standing on Millennium Bridge with Tower Bridge off in the distance.
The re-constructed Globe Theater.
I don't think this picture needs an explanation!
Taking the Tube back home...
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