Our last few days in London were fun. We spent 5 hours in the British museum and were just completely overwhelmed. The museum itself was amazing and set up really well but there was just more stuff than you could imagine. Its good to be an empire.
The next day we watched the changing of the guard and at the Horse Guard. Its similar to the one at Buckingham Palace but on horses and not as crowded. Then we went to St. James Park and idled away the afternoon reading, people watching, and eating ice cream. We also watched military bands go up and down the mall, our cab drive told us he thought they were practicing for the Queens birthday. Then it was time to leave for Nairobi.
My final thoughts on London:
- Atkins would never work here: bangers and mash, cornish pasties, pies, fish and chips, etc.
- Cask drawn ales are wonderful (and we sampled enough of them to know that this is not a statistical anomaly)
- Charles should change his name to Edward so that when he ascends to the thrown they don't have to change the billions of ER signs.
- I overestimated my ability to figure out which way to look when driving is done on the left.
My first initial thoughts on Africa.
- Crap, they drive on the left and they don't have the nice markings telling you which way to look. I should have figured this out in London but we spent too much time in the parks.
- I'm glad I'm not here in the summer
- And finally a conversion rate of 70 to 1 is going to tax what little math ability I possess.
3 comments:
If you have time, you should visit the Marrian artists. Their beautiful home outside of Nairobi is their gallery.. open to visitors.
David and Phyllipa Marrian
Nairobi, Kenya
00 254 (0)20 884971
phyllipa@form-net.com
Are you driving? I hope not - don't think I would ever get use to driving on the left side.
Looking foward to your pictures. Bob and I are looking for a Rick Steves video on Kenya - We saw one last night on Egyt
Have fun and stay safe
Kelley- we will look at the museum, thanks for the tip.
Mom- the only driving we are doing is driving each other crazy and we are staying safe; we have armed guards at our hotel.
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