Friday has finally arrived! The day reserved for sleeping in (I was up yesterday at 6 for the sport conference - I deserved an extra few hours!) and exploring. And explore we did!
We set off today with plans of adventuring to the Natural History Museum. I've heard rave reviews about it and figured it was time we check it out for ourselves, considering it is free and all! London, I love you for your plethora of free museums. It makes my broke college student heart happy.
We got off at the South Kensington Tube station and exploring we went. Our stomachs began to rumble during the half an hour tube ride, considering it was around 12:30. So, we decided to stop for lunch at this darling little place, Love's Fresh Pasta & Pizza. All good adventures involve some sort of food, right?
I'm a sucker for fresh herbs on the table.
Look at that basil!
Jake pondering all of the options. You order on Galaxy Tablets and then the food is brought to you. Customization at it's finest! After browsing, we both settled on pesto with chicken. Ahhh my favorite Italian dish.
While we're on the topic of lunch, since when is orange Fanta yellow? I mean, it tastes DELICIOUS but the color really throws me off.
Also, I'm a huge fan of free espresso after lunch. Just enough caffeine to get me through that horrible afternoon slump!
Ah, beautiful.
Off we went to the Natural History Museum. I pretty much felt like a Harry Potter superstar the entire time I was in this building. It was GORGEOUS.
Ah so beautiful.
Another picture of the beautiful design. Oh, and a dinosaur!
Everyone loves a good dinosaur... right?
Apparently, after some trees die they can form cool designs inside. That's my basic description as I can't really remember what is actually happening in this. I wish I remembered now...
We obviously had to push ever. single. button inside the museum. Such an interactive place - perfect for the child inside me!
My hand is about the size of this dinosaur footprint! (Dinosaurs amaze me... can you tell?) Also, touching the objects on display is my favorite... So when you put dinosaurs and things you can touch together, you get happy Hannah.
And apparently earthquake videos make for a focused Jake. He sat there for probably 10 minutes before getting up. Tsunamis for the win!
I've only felt tiny earthquakes before. This earthquake simulator simulated the earthquake in Japan a few years ago. So cool!
We got to ride an elevator through the earth. Random but pretty near regardless.
Happy Hannah after a few hours spent in the museum! We didn't even finish all of us but wanted to do some exploring before the sun went down.
Kensington, you're such a cute little residential/ museum area. I'm in love.
Love my street vendors. & nuts with sugar. Yum!
Apparently I have a thing for taking pictures of gates. Hello Kensington Gardens! Suppppperrrr beautiful to walk around!
Memorial for Prince Albert.
The shear height of the monument makes me look even smaller.
For all you science readers...
Here's Watt's statue.
Just taking a walk on a gorgeous Spring (dare I say that word while you are all covered in snow?) day!
Honestly, this is the first reference to her that I have seen her.
Jake & I took our time and enjoyed a stroll through the park. Complete with sitting here and just watching the birds. So peaceful.
Panorama
Saw another one of my palaces today. This is just my day home.
Why so serious? But really, I find the way they phrase things here so endearing.
One last view. Don't worry home, I'll be back.
I hate window displays. They make me hungry & make me compulsively buy sweet desserts. Oh well. I haven't eaten my piece of cake yet but I can already tell it will be worth it.
Seriously, cut down with the window displays. So tempting!
All in all, we had a gorgeous day here in London - much better weather than yours in the US, regardless of where you are! Tomorrow, we are off to Bath for more exploring. As the result of our super early train, tonight will be a Netflix and Kindle night... just the way I like it!
Happy Friday all - it's the weekend again! I'll see you all in 10 weeks!
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