[transcribed from a real journal]
In the train...woo! It's crowded.
Anyhoo, Kat and I walked loads today. MILES. US. Our legs hurt a lot but we got around okay. It initially sucked because it was raining, but it was kinda on and off. We walked through Kensington Gardens, which was kinda deserted when we first walked through there cos it was early and raining. After that we walked around some MORE and ended up at the Natural History Museum. WOO!
So the museum...was absolutely full of people. Nutters. Lots of kids. KIDS. They're scary. First we went to some "human biology" section. It was silly and fun...conveying all the aspects of human bodies. It reminded me of psychology class. We also saw the many MANY numbers (uh, I didn't think that was grammatically correct) of dead stuffed animals. There was a dog near the horse (cross sections) and this kid said the dog was a baby horse or something. Uh...
We also looked at the dinosaur section. It was quite large. Very. There was a bottom level with the dinosaur...stuff. There was an upper level where you could look at the dinosaur skeletons suspended in air and the top of other people's heads. The stuffed animals (literally) section was huge. OH, there was another section where a humpback whale (or some kind of whale) took up the whole length of the room. There were also lots of goats and stuff in there.
The bird section was kinda freaky. There were some bird heads displayed and a baby bird preserved in the egg. Mm, how yum. :P
There was one huge beautiful room full of minerals. Um. YEY! In the back of the room there was a semi-random room for meteorites. We rested in that room a bit because it was very uncrowded in comparison to the rest of the museum. Kids aren't very into rocks, I suppose.
After that museum, we went to the science museum, which was right by. It reminded me of the Liberty Science Center cos it had an IMAX and some flight simulator ride. It had free admission, like the natural history museum. One of the rooms was nearly designed...all blue inside and the cafe had tables whose surfaces lit up. We walked aimlessly around since a lot of the exhibits seemed random...or maybe just one of em. Something about human advancement and stuff. I think the museum had seven floors but we only wen to the first one and the basement...oh, there was this other floor with lots of hands-on stuff, which meant it was bursting with kids. (shudders) We kind of ran out of there.
After science museum was HARRODS! Ooooh. It reminded me of Neiman Marcus in that it had lots of super expensive stuff that you always wonder is bought by what crazy people. Or something. You know, like scary expensive designer bags. I think I saw a fountain pen that was nearly £900 or something close to that? Eek! I can't imagine a pen being worth that much. There were also loads of teddy bears and I was wondering if I should've gotten one for Mum. They weren't TOO expensive...the little ones at least.
But the best part about Harrods was the food. I feel like they hit every type of cuisine. They even sell produce! I would've been tempted to buy chocolate if it hadn't been so crowded. Maybe I'll go back later if I have time. It took an hour to walk back to the station. They sold chocolate covered dates! What the hell? There was a Krispy Kreme donut counter inside as well, next to the bakery. And a gelato counter...oh man. :P I could hardly believe there'd be a Krispy Kreme place in there. But literally, it was all there. Chinese, Japanese, Indian, meat, cheese, patisserie...
...Oh well. Heaven. Kat and I went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. It was pretty nice inside, so we must've looked out of place being all rained on and teenager looking. I got Vietnamese spring rolls and rice noodles and kat got chicken and rice. It was very good, although I've had better spring rolls. We ate everything but the portions were rather small...which was good. That's the first time I've eaten in a restaurant here. So maybe portions are usually small.
After that we walked back to Paddingston Station, which took about an hour. We walked a lot of miles...4 or 5? Or SEVEN?
Ooo I bought postcards. It'll take me forever to send em all. Crap.