The Journey Day 15: London, England

September 17th, 2016; London, England

The plan for the day was to visit museums: Victoria and Albert, Natural History and Science. We started the day by going to Pret for lattes and pastries. I ate a ham and cheese breakfast sandwich and Kelsi had an almond croissant. 

Then we took the underground to the museums. We went to V&A first, it was big and the layout was frustrating so I gave up trying to see everything. There was plenty to see anyway. The extra exhibit was for fashion week, so there was fashion thru the ages which was very interesting. At every exhibit window I asked Kelsi which of the outfits she liked best out of all of the ones in that exhibit. Most of the exhibits had an obvious favorite, but not all of them. The sculptures and beautiful doors were amazing. I also loved the paintings. We stayed for several hours, but we left before we finished it all.

We decided we needed some refreshers and snacks. We went to Kensington Creperie. I had mint tea and Kelsi had a latte. I hardly ever eat crepes so I am not sure I know what my favorite flavors would be, but I had the apple & cinnamon which was very good. Kelsi really loved hers!

After our refreshers we went the the natural history museum. The dinosaurs were awesome. I really liked the exhibit about Earth's plates and the timeline from the beginning to Earth as we know it today. The human exhibit was also really great. We were there for hours, and when we were done we decided to cut the science museum. I do love science museums, but I'm glad we went to the other two first, I know much more about science and seeing exhibits I know less about was better. 

We had a few recommendations from people on restaurants to visit in London, one was Wagamama's. We knew that there was one near the Eye, which we still had a pass for. So we decided to go there and wait for dusk. We wanted to see the lights turn on from the Eye. We had pad thai and a bottle of rose, for Cait! It was delicious! We still talk about wanting to go to Wagamama's if only there was one nearby. 

When we finished it still wasn't dark enough to go on the Eye so we stopped at a beer stand for a beer. We sat in beach chairs nearby to drink the beers and look out at the river as dusk settled. When it was getting to be evening we went to over to the Eye. We thought the line would take longer than it did. We were still able to see the lights turn on, but another 10 minutes and it would have been better still. The view from the Eye was really awesome.

Once we back on the bank we went to Founder's Arm another place that was recommended to us. It is located right on the river near the Black Friars Bridge. We had beers there, even though it was quite cool out we sat outside because the view of the river was great. I chatted a bit with someone at the table nearby. Mostly about my accent! 

Then, we went down to the Cut and sat upstairs at Young Vic and had a drink there. It was quite a relaxing night. It was fun to get different views of the city. After that Kelsi went across the street for a late night chip run!