Been off wifi for a couple of days due to weird connections. So I need to recap yesterday first. Started the day off by seeing the changing of the guards which was right next door to the hotel. While it is cool to see, I am not sure I would bother again to be honest. There is marching and bands playing and pageantry, but 15 minutes would have done me fine.
In the afternoon, Geoff went back down to the Thames and rode on one of the river boats. He managed to catch up to the captain, of course, and chatted him up about the boats and how they get licensed and whatnot. He also visited the Guard Museum and chatted with one of the guys there.
While he did that, Caterina and I walked across the city to the British Museum. It was a great hike through Green Park along Piccadilly to the Circle then up Regent and Oxford to the museum. It was fun as the streets were all closed through Regent and Oxford for a huge Christmas happening. We saw a huge Sebago shoe and learned that there is a Sebago shoe store on Regent Street. There were street acts and lots and lots of shoppers!
The British Museum was fabulous. We saw the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone and many Roman British artifacts. It was not very crowded and it was free! That was super given that every other museum we visited in Paris and Rome charged for visits. I was quite impressed.
After hiking back through Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square, we cut through St. James Park under the full moon and returned to the hotel very, very tired.
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