The Beautiful British Museum

I was very excited about spending our Sunday morning strolling through The British Museum - a nostalgic excitement, like how you would look forward to going on school outings with your rucksack full of notebooks and a packed lunch! To help wake us up properly after the previous night out in Soho, we sat bleary eyed with a coffee and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings of the main hall - a spot of people watching is always good fun! This regal lion watches over the visitors coming and going with a certain air of nobility, there are several more from his era scattered throughout the museum. Once I felt my brain to start engaging we were off exploring, only managing a handful of rooms from Egyptian, Ancient Greek and Roman artefacts before the hoards of tourists got too much and we retired for lunch (weekend visiting wouldn't usually be my first choice, not the most patient person in a crowd!) But I was so pleased to be back in one of my favourite places, these museums will always be filled with joy and wonder for me, I'll never tire of them. Hope to take you on a mini-tour with the pictures I took whilst walking those amazing halls! 

What's your favourite museum to visit? Uk or abroad, all suggestions welcome!

Thanks for reading,

Katie

London Boat Party

I spent a rather lovely sunny day sailing the River Thames last week, as a lucky plus-one on a boat party. We began the trip from Kew and spent a couple of hours touring the most famous sights of Westminster, through to tower bridge. It was happily not as rocky as I was expecting, and the weather didn't get us too windswept! The Houses Of Parliament is having restoration work done which was spoiling all those tourists photographs, but it was still wonderful to see all these landmarks from a different point of view, bobbing along on the river! 

As the party boat docked at Westminster it would have been rude not to take a quick spin on The London Eye, we timed it perfect to see the sunset across London. I have been on it a couple of times but there's always something new to spot, this time the 'Walkie Talkie' building had sprung up and the Shard in it's entirety. A very happy way to spend a Friday!

Thanks for popping by,

Katie