I don't think it's truly hit me that I'm living here for a semester yet. My area is beautiful! I'm still a bit in a haze, but I'm slowly but surely gaining ground and figuring out where I am. In the past few days we have been touristing like the best of them! I've explored a couple of museums, the
Natural History Museum, and its neighbor, the
Victoria & Albert Museum. (For the record, Kensington is all for Albert - the V&A, many statues, Exhibition Road, the
Royal Albert Music Hall, etc.). You've heard this before, but it's especially awesome if you've forked over $12.00 to visit the Met - museums (most) are free! Not only are they free, they're top notch! They're chock full with all the wonders you could possibly want to see. The V&A has a really stellar fashion exhibit too, which was the icing on the cake of a great day of museum-going. Aside from the museums, I've also done a couple tours. My program set up a coach tour for one morning so we got to see quite a lot of central London in a very comfortable way with a brilliantly funny tour guide. We continued on after the coach tour with a guided tour (by the fabulous Lucy and her dog Ollie) of the area. We learned some of the nooks and crannies of the area and saw more of the park and some of the beautiful buildings, memorials, and pieces of art that are plentiful in Kensington!
Too many more pictures after the break!
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| Having fun in the V&A |
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| The classic red telephone booth! |
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| It's just impossible to resist being a tourist for these! |
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| I mean really, they're quite pretty - smelled pretty bad though! |
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| Phone booth deserves a foot pop! |
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| ... and some sass |
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| South Kensington window boxes are the best! |
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| The Elizabeth Tower overlooking Parliament |
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| The Elizabeth Tower (housing Big Ben) and the Houses of Parliament |
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| The Elizabeth Tower |
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| Near St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral from the Millennium Bridge |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Near St. Paul's Cathedral which has a fascinating history with World War II and is a symbol for the resilience of London |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| The Tower Bridge |
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| The London Eye |
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| South Kensington |
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| The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park |
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| The Albert Memorial |
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| Ollie! |
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| The Albert Memorial |
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| The Albert Memorial |
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| Rosé at Rocca |
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| Pizza at Rocca |
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| Home! |
Stay tuned for more adventures!
Love the pictures!! You're so lucky (: Have a lot of fun and earn experience!!
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Thank you! I'm having a blast, can't quite believe I'm here yet!
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The Natural History Museum is literally my favorite building ever. When I was there I took an architecture class and did a project about it -- I don't know if you noticed, but there are plants and animals carved into the walls and ceilings! I'm obsessed!
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice! Thanks for pointing all of that out, I just looked on my pictures - so amazing!!! That and the Musée d'Orsay are probably my two favorite museums I've been too, and definitely the two most beautiful buildings that house museums that I've ever seen.
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