Natural History Museum

Days 12 and 13

August 14-15

We got up early Sunday morning and walked across the street to the train station. We had to look around for the Eurostar area. Once we found the area we went through customs. Tim and Tanya had to talk to the agent longer than Wayne and me. Tim showed all his paperwork with his copies of their original passports and visas, their temporary passports and visas, and their new passports without the new visas. The agent approved everything and they walked through customs. I think all of us were a little worried, but there was really no reason to be worried. Once back in London we spent the rest of the day just recuperating. We did get dinner and had fun walking to Greenwich Park. It was fun and enjoyable watching the girls play. Natalie is much more courageous than Marisa. Marisa learned how to slide down a pole by watching Natalie.

Monday morning, Wayne and I went and explored London on our own. We spent some time at the Natural History Museum. I just love the outside of this building.




The Natural History Museum was different than the museums we have visited so far on this trip. It was actually nice to see something besides art and old buildings. There were a lot of good displays. Since it was free, we didn't feel bad that we didn't spend a long time here.

Once we finished the museum we did some more walking around parts of the city we haven't seen too much of. We headed to Leichester Square. Half price play tickets can be purchased here. We were hoping we could see a matinee. They aren't available on Monday. As we were walking I saw this interesting building. It belongs to the Masons. It made me think of the Di Vinci Code.

Our next stop was Covent Gardens. It is a cute shopping area with lots of outdoor entertainment. We found a nice place for lunch. We finished our tour of the city by shopping on Bond and Oxford Streets. We had promised Natalie that we would buy her a train set for her birthday. Tanya told us about John Lewis. It is a huge store that had everything I was looking for, train set, flashdrive and books. I finally had a good shopping day.

We headed back to Tim and Tanya's. As we got off the underground, Tim was also getting off. We went the rest of the way home with him.