The plan today was to visit some of the attraction that we passed yesterday. That plan was a bit sidetracked by the fact that the tourist bus follows a one- way route around London, making the journey to some destinations incredibly long. Nevertheless we managed to visit the National Gallery with hundreds of other tourists and saw a fantastic collection, including significant van Gogh, Cezanne and Monet paintings. We also visited the National Museum with hundreds of other tourists and its awe inspiring collection of antiquities and the Cartoon Museum with hardly any tourists, and its awe inspiring collection of historic cartoons, and some modern ones. We also ducked into the neo-classical Somerset House just off The Strand which was unfortunately being refurbished, but still impressive.
This was also the first chance we had to walk around the streets of London, admiring the history and architecture, with hundreds of other tourists. I have no recollection of London being quite so tourist focused, maybe it’s the time of year or impending wedding, but it definitely is now. We saw first hand the 1 ½ hour queue for Tower of London and the 3 hour queue to get into Madam Tussaud’s wax museum. They should both be added to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.
Also contrary to my recollections, there are many reasonably priced places to eat – we even picked up a nice sushi for dinner.
Tomorrow we’re up early to catch the train to Brussels, and then on to Zoetermeer to visit Yolanda & Han.
