Unfortunately for me and Danielle the Harry Potter walking tour was a no go due to unforeseen transport circumstances. I mean the tube in London is amazing and if you have ever spoken to me about it I can spiel about how amazing it is for 15 minutes but sometimes it just sucks. Like when there are abrupt delays preventing the train from moving and therefore you miss the beginning of the walking tour and have no idea where to find them. Dannie and I both got stuck in the same tube jam so instead of wandering the sights of Harry Potter we ended up in Central London lost for something to do. Luckily for us it was a nice day so we decided to make the most of it as we could and went for a wander.
We wandered down to Trafalgar Square for a bit of a people watch before jumping on a bus over to St Paul's Cathedral to check out the protesters and then walk across the Millennium Bridge to check out the Thames on a beautiful sunny London day. From there we wandered into the Swan restaurant at the Globe Theater where we had a delicious lunch while over looking the river. After hoeing into Eggs Benedict (Dannie) and Carrot Cake (Me) we needed to walk off our meal so we wandered from the Globe along the Thames down to Waterloo where there were Christmas Markets. It was nice to wander the Markets and start to get a feel of Christmas in London although it was hard to imagine since it was still so bright and sunny.
In the end we managed to get out and about and see some of the Harry Potter monuments (although without the commentary and repeating a few things we have seen before) so it wasn't all bad. Hopefully we get to do the walking tour sometime soon - next time we will leave even more time to get there!
On Sunday we had much more luck with the tubes and we managed to arrive at the Science Museum on time and in tact. We were joined by Lauren and heading into the Museum to check it out. Many people had raved to me about the museum so I was really looking forward to it and it didn't disappoint. They had so many cool exhibits that even not so nerdy unscientific people like myself can understand. One of my favorites was the 'Who Am I' exhibit which focuses on the Human body and how our bodies and minds work. It was so interesting to learn about how your brain recognizes faces and phobias and gender and all the facts and figures.
One of the reason we decided to go the the Science Museum this weekend was that they had an exhibition on the genius of every day things. It was a temporary exhibit that displayed how things like pegs, post it notes, rubber bands were all invented, marketed and used across the world. It was really interesting how someone had taken a really simple idea and created something amazing that everyone uses!
We wandered most of the museum and checked out the building the modern world with cars, planes, tractors and medical equipment. We saw a massive displays of clocks from all over the world of all shapes and sizes. I also hit the gift shop and played with lots of the toys in there! Similar to that of other Museum visits after a couple of hours I had lost interest and was sick of all the kids running around. We decided the best course of action was to head to the nearby Hummingbird Bakery and treat ourselves to a cupcake and hot chocolate.
It was a perfect end to my nerdy weekend. The Science Museum has definitely been one of my favorite museums because it was so interactive and lots of different things to read and look at. It was also number #46 in the top 100 - Slowly getting closer!
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