The Natural History Museum was first on our list. Liz got to show, and tell me all about her primate friends! She was also studying at the same time, so I was helpful with sciency stuff. Who knew I could be a scientist?! I sure as hell didn't! We next went to the Victorian & Albert Museum, aka V&A. It was HUGE!!!!!!! So many things to look at, and so little time! They had sculptures, monuments, and exhibition on theatre & plays, and jewelry. There were about 50 other exhibits that we could have seen, but we needed to get TEA!
We walked to Hyde Park, and saw the Princess of Whales Fountain, which is a little let down...its a circle with water...let down. But the Albert Memorial...not so much a let down! ITS GINORMOUS! The Queen Victoria built this monument, in memory of her husband, Prince Albert. She loved him so much, and wanted the world to see just how much! Well, it would cost today 10 million pounds to make! HOLY CRAP!!!! FIND ME A QUEEN THAT WILL LOVE ME THAT MUCH!!!!!
Then the estate of Queen Victoria, the Kensington Palace was next. Boy was that pretty! There are so many palaces here, that I am having a hard time keeping track of them all! This is the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess Kate. Behind that is the Orangery where Liz and I had afternoon tea.
Afternoon tea was started by Duchess Anna Marie Stanhope so that she wasn't so hungry during the day. We had the Champagne tea, and I had Palace Earl Gray Tea. It was DELICIOUS!!!! I was so impressed with it, and I felt so fancy and British! So cool!!
After tea, we went to hunt down the Peter Pan statue and make a wish on it. Tradition is that you make a wish on it, good luck will come to you. Then we walked down to "Winter Wonderland" which is a carnival like thing based on christmas. It was really crowded but was really cool looking! Lots of beer, and fun houses = MY MIND! After traveling through my head, we went to the Marble Arch, and then to Harrods. Oh boy...its the expensive expensive expensive very expensive version of Macy's. They had every single designer named item in this store. People go in here just to look at the stuff, and there is more than 3 floors of it...its like a museum of things I can never afford!! Cry on the inside..
So to complete a british filled day, we went to see 'La Traviatta' at the Royal Opera House. It was amazing! The voices, were incredible and the opera house was just as beautiful. The singers filled the hall no problem, and it was a packed house. It was really nice to see a lot of young people there (my age), because you don't see a lot of young people going to operas. We were in the nose bleeder seats, but it was totally worth it, and I could see everything just as well. Its about hearing, and not seeing, but we got both of those!
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