The Shard
Regardless of whether it's a good idea, it's really pretty.
London Eye
I always thought this was a bit silly, but it's actually quite impressive to be up in it.
Public Transport
Despite problems it's amazing to be somewhere where you can actually look up a sensible way from A to B and have some confidence that it will work, and know that most transport routes really will have another come along in 10 minutes, rather than running an ok service between 10am and 4PM, and then shutting down for rush-hour, evenings and weekends.
Serpentine Gallery
It is really cute, it feels like a proper posh art gallery (old buildings, white rooms, professional staff standing around discreetly in corners, uncluttered) but completely free just sitting in the middle of Hyde Park.
The exhibition was Thomas Schutte, who I'm embarrassed to say I knew literally nothing about, but it's very nice to take half an hour to just go and see something you wouldn't otherwise have seen.
The most impressive piece was this towering statue (more scary in person): http://www.serpentinegallery.org/IMG_5324-700.jpg I won't try to analyse it.
Natural History Museum
Ostriches are really big! As are emperor penguins, which I think were more bigger than I imagined than ostriches, whilst obviously not being as absolutely big.
And I bought the cutest stuffed toy ever (http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/dino-soft-toys/t-rex-soft-toy/product.html). I am indisputably over 3 years old :) The picture doesn't do it justice: it's really cuddly, but really fierce! It has a bendy plastic skeleton inside, so you can pose it with a lot of freedom and it will stand up in the pose.
Regardless of whether it's a good idea, it's really pretty.
London Eye
I always thought this was a bit silly, but it's actually quite impressive to be up in it.
Public Transport
Despite problems it's amazing to be somewhere where you can actually look up a sensible way from A to B and have some confidence that it will work, and know that most transport routes really will have another come along in 10 minutes, rather than running an ok service between 10am and 4PM, and then shutting down for rush-hour, evenings and weekends.
Serpentine Gallery
It is really cute, it feels like a proper posh art gallery (old buildings, white rooms, professional staff standing around discreetly in corners, uncluttered) but completely free just sitting in the middle of Hyde Park.
The exhibition was Thomas Schutte, who I'm embarrassed to say I knew literally nothing about, but it's very nice to take half an hour to just go and see something you wouldn't otherwise have seen.
The most impressive piece was this towering statue (more scary in person): http://www.serpentinegallery.org/IMG_5324-700.jpg I won't try to analyse it.
Natural History Museum
Ostriches are really big! As are emperor penguins, which I think were more bigger than I imagined than ostriches, whilst obviously not being as absolutely big.
And I bought the cutest stuffed toy ever (http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/dino-soft-toys/t-rex-soft-toy/product.html). I am indisputably over 3 years old :) The picture doesn't do it justice: it's really cuddly, but really fierce! It has a bendy plastic skeleton inside, so you can pose it with a lot of freedom and it will stand up in the pose.