So I've just had my first day in London, it has all gone well. Nothing was stolen I didn't get lost too often.
I left folkestone at 7:20am (it was just starting to get light as we were driving through the towns. At one stop some guys got on board and we started talking casually. Ended up having some really funny stories to swap and compare things over here to home.
We eventually got to Victoria coach station and from there I headed up to Buckingham palace, took some photos of the gates and the front facade as well as the massive fountain out front.
From there I wandered through some of the parks up to Piccadilly and along to the national gallery and trafalgar square. Saw some wonderful painting, mostly religious but others were portraits or landscapes. There's an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci paintings on as well.
From there I wandered up past Leicester square to the British museum. On my way there I found a shop called forbidden planet (?) it has a massive stock of sci-fi as well as comics. I was looking over some posters/calendars for people at home as they were all under £10 and very tempting.
The british museum is enormous and if you plan to visit set aside the majority of a day so you can explore and really read and see everything it has to offer.
From there I jumped onto the tube at tottenham court road and headed up to pax lodge in Belsize park (a north western suburb of London).
We just had a roast Sunday dinner. Roast beef, potatoes, Yorkshire Puddings, sprouts and cauliflower with apple pie and custard for dessert. I'll update again tomorrow after I've been to the natural history and science museums
(edit Monday morning) woke up this morning and I could see the Australian flag through my window :)
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