Oh I do love London. Started a wonderful day with breakfast with a view. Bathed in spectacular sunshine, I dined on poached eggs, great Scottish salmon and buckets of proper English tea. I had a lovely walk from my super comfortable hotel near St Pancras down through the West End to the National Portrait Gallery to their gorgeous roof top Portrait restaurant. Buckets of tea later I waved goodbye to Nelson and Ben out the window (OMG what a view) and caught the tube to South Kensington. I always feel much more balanced after riding the public transport system in any country and I felt very settled after my ride on the tube … The sight of mice on the train tracks was even somewhat settling (well sort of) cause it made me feel that my day was a somewhat normal one after the stress on the senses bought about by Dubai. The English commuters are all around me snoozing away .. Yes a normal London day.
There are some places I always have to visit in London .. No matter how many times I visit I just love it. The magic carpet in the V&A was exactly where it should be and the dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History were all back in place after their middle of the night romping. The mummies were all lying peacefully and Nelson and the lions were shining in the glorious English sunshine. I have come back to the hotel for a half hour lie down. My room and a good book, a lovely solitude moment after a day of dinosaur mad small children. It is school holidays so they are everywhere. Tonight, a cheap ticket all purchased to Shakespeare in Love on the West End and tomorrow to Cambridge.
Sleeping under the stars 