First Trip to London

On Saturday, Sept. 21st, Annie and I went to London for the day. She had been there twice before, so had a good understanding of how to use the trains & underground system. She is such a life-saver to help me figure things out.

The train station is literally 5 minutes away from my residence and the train leaves every half hour, so it is super easy to get around. We wanted to go see a couple of the many museums in London, and walk through the Kensington Park, then onto Oxford Street for a bit of (window shopping for me), shopping. We first went into the Natural History Museum where we saw a plethora of nature, anmials, fossils, rocks, minerals, and even some awesome dinosaurs! Then, we crossed the street to the V&A Museum (where I was advised holds many textiles), and saw to our amazement that they had not one, but four floors of various hostorial periods of art work, architecture, stained glass, sculpture, paintings, and much, much more. There was so much, that we were only able to see a tenth of it in about 2 hours.

The walk through Kensington Park was just beautiful. We walked for quite a while, in hopes of following our maps to go see the Kensignton Palace. There were directories in the park, but the lines of paths were like spider-webs that were difficult to follow. But, as we followed the Serpentine waters, we found the Landcaster Road that led us to the Round Pond and the sight of the palace was clearly visible. I was so thankful for my Uncle gifting me a pocket book with detailed maps of London. All in all, it was a sight to see, along with all of the birds, paddle boats, and horses.

Even though we didn't get over to Big Ben, the Eye of London, or London Bridge, It was an amazing day to walk all over and visit a great variety of sights. I now know what it means to be in a LARGE city. At one point, there were wall to wall people on Oxford Street, so that I was unable to get a clear spot for a picture of myself in the area. It made me want to hop on a double decker bus to be above the traffic and crowds. That will be on the agenda for next time.
Below is a link to my Flikr with more photos to view...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/102582703@N04/

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