Merry Christmas ... from (not so snowy) London!
Trip Start
Mar 05, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 11, 2009
London,
England,
United Kingdom
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Ian made it his mission to see as many things as we could in the time we had left there before heading to Ireland - the only problem was getting me out of bed before 9.30am!!!
Highlights of the last week and a half included:
* a trip to Windsor Castle ... we caught the train out to Windsor, expecting to then have to walk a ways to the castle. But we arrived in the station, walked out and around the corner - and there it was! It was really good. The castle & the church were really well looked after, but the Queen was clearly dodging us again! We even saw a giant dolls house made for Queen Victoria for her Birthday that had working electricity & fully connected plumbing!!!
* the Science Museum ... heaps of amazing exhibits, including space, history of medicine, plastics, telecommunications, and great inventions of the last two hundred years. We spent over three hours looking through the museum & it was really interesting.
* the British Museum ... we were getting a little museum-ed out by this stage, so picked our targets here. We only visited a few sections including the Oceania room, Japanese exhibit, and early British history. We saw a display on the history of the slave trade in Britain, but definitely the best thing we saw was the original Rosetta Stone (the stone that helped solve the mystery of reading Egyptian hieroglyphics).
* the Roald Dahl Museum (pronounced Roo-arl according to the experts!). It was really enjoyable - there was heaps of information on Dahl's life, his writing & even a heap of crafty activities for us to try!
* Shopping ... we paid another visit to both Harrods & the Camden Markets. Lots of fun & things to buy (or at least wish we could afford!!!)
* Wicked - the musical ... we got tickets from one of the 'discount' ticket booths (and won't make that mistake again!). The show was actually pretty good though. The singing was really good, as were the special effects / lighting.
Suddenly ... it was Christmas Day! We had a really enjoyable day with Mark & Vanessa, opening a few pressies, watching some great Christmas tv shows (Dr Who and Wallace & Grommit specials) and eating & drinking way too much Christmas fare! Mark's roast chicken was so big, he could barely fit it in the oven to cook it!
The only disappointing aspect of the whole time was ... NO SNOW!!! We thought there might be a chance a couple of days, but alas, no luck. We hope everybody we know at home (& around the globe) had a wonderful Christmas as well.
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The F Word
Jane says that you should do high tea at the Waldorf, Champagne at Harvey Nichols, and dinner at Gordon Ramsays (do you think my wife has expensive taste).
Hope you have a great new year.