I hope you all are enjoying your 70 degree weather… think of me when you are sitting out in the sun and how I am wearing 18 layers of clothing.
The first half of today was pretty busy. Melissa and I got up at nine and took the tube to South Kensington (not too far…) to go to church at the Brompton Oratory. The Oratory is huge! We almost got lost on our way there, but a very nice old gentleman asked us where we were going, told us that’s where he was going too, and then gave us direction! We were only a block away from it. The church is right next door to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Natural history. We went into the Natural History first. It was quite crowded outside, probably because there was an ice rink set up. We got a little bit bored fairly quickly with all the dinosaurs once we were in the museum… so we walked to the V&A Museum. The museums are reeeally big, so there wasn’t any chance of seeing it all in one day. But they are also conveniently free, so no worries!
After the museum, we walked down the street to Harrod’s. I can’t really think of an American equivalent to this store… maybe Bloomingdale’s, meets Neiman Marcus, meets Tiffany’s? It seriously has EVERYTHING. Of course, most of it cost more than small house…but it was still fun to look at!
By the time we finished there, it was about 3. We headed back to Gloucester Road to hit up Sainsbury’s on the way home to get some food for the week. When we actually made it back to the room, we were all so exhausted from all the walking that a nap was in order. The plan was to take a short nap, then go to the Gloucester Arms pub for dinner. We realized that plan was void when we woke up from our nap a short…. FIVE hours after we had gone to bed. Yes, it is now ten o’clock, I just woke up from a nights sleep basically, and missed dinner! Hahah we really need to get on a better sleeping schedule…this happened on a smaller scale yesterday as well. We are never going to meet any English boys if all we do is sleep!
Anyways, I don’t think anything else exciting is going to happen tonight. Classes start tomorrow (yes, I am actually going to school, not just taking an extended vacation!) so I am going to try to go to bed early. We’ll see how that goes…
Here are a few pictures from today and yesterday:
The first half of today was pretty busy. Melissa and I got up at nine and took the tube to South Kensington (not too far…) to go to church at the Brompton Oratory. The Oratory is huge! We almost got lost on our way there, but a very nice old gentleman asked us where we were going, told us that’s where he was going too, and then gave us direction! We were only a block away from it. The church is right next door to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Natural history. We went into the Natural History first. It was quite crowded outside, probably because there was an ice rink set up. We got a little bit bored fairly quickly with all the dinosaurs once we were in the museum… so we walked to the V&A Museum. The museums are reeeally big, so there wasn’t any chance of seeing it all in one day. But they are also conveniently free, so no worries!
After the museum, we walked down the street to Harrod’s. I can’t really think of an American equivalent to this store… maybe Bloomingdale’s, meets Neiman Marcus, meets Tiffany’s? It seriously has EVERYTHING. Of course, most of it cost more than small house…but it was still fun to look at!
By the time we finished there, it was about 3. We headed back to Gloucester Road to hit up Sainsbury’s on the way home to get some food for the week. When we actually made it back to the room, we were all so exhausted from all the walking that a nap was in order. The plan was to take a short nap, then go to the Gloucester Arms pub for dinner. We realized that plan was void when we woke up from our nap a short…. FIVE hours after we had gone to bed. Yes, it is now ten o’clock, I just woke up from a nights sleep basically, and missed dinner! Hahah we really need to get on a better sleeping schedule…this happened on a smaller scale yesterday as well. We are never going to meet any English boys if all we do is sleep!
Anyways, I don’t think anything else exciting is going to happen tonight. Classes start tomorrow (yes, I am actually going to school, not just taking an extended vacation!) so I am going to try to go to bed early. We’ll see how that goes…
Here are a few pictures from today and yesterday:
Melissa in front of the Brompton Oratory.
Ceiling in the Victoria and Albert museum.
The cafeteria at Harrod's. Pretty ordinary, really.
My shiny new PHONE! Skype anytime you want, and it will ring on there!!!
Snow on my jacket yesterday...not too much, but just enough to make things quite chilly.
Yes, it's nice and toasty here! Five hour naps... Herbie's dream!
ReplyDeleteIt is 72 degrees here today...I didn't even bring a coat to work. (:
ReplyDeleteCA update: Today, it's warmer outside than inside, so I opened some windows to let some warm fresh air in.
ReplyDeleteI would luuuv to experience Harrod's sometime in my life ... just to look.
I'm hungry!
ReplyDeleteNow I am full... Good Night!
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