Thanks to the kind and gracious hearts of Hannah’s parents, Chris and I were able to take one last trip into London to see a few things that we had not been able to see in previous trips without Makenna.. He wanted to go to the Natural History Museum and I wanted to go to Buckingham Palace, even though it’s closed this time of year.
We gleefully dropped of Makenna and caught the train into Victoria station. Of course the underground lines we needed were closed but we were able to just grab another one and get to the museum. We had to walk past Harrods department store so instead of walking past it, we walked through it. Supposedly it has all types of stores ranging from high-priced, high-end to low price. I didn’t see any of the latter as we walked through that's for sure.
We made it to the museum and it was neat to see a lot of different types of things from rocks and gems to dinosaurs. I think the dinosaur findings were really neat. The museum was definitely of the mindset of big
-bang theory more than biblical. In fact, one area said that some group of scientists believed that we could’ve evolved from these sea life plants. This picture on the left is of a Saber tooth - pretty cool! Then the picture of the dinosaur standing is of a sloth! I thought that was kind of freaky. I never realized they were that big at one time.
We left there after a couple of hours and we were drowsy from the heat in the place. It seems as though if we don’t have Makenna keeping us on our toes and getting us frustrated by her behavior, we’d rather take a nap.
Since the Science museum was right there we went there. We grabbed a bite to eat and looked at the space section. We got to see the diapers that astronauts have to wear, plus the clever way they have to shower in space. We didn’t stay here too long as I was anxious to get to Buckingham Palace.
We made it to the palace and went into the Queen’s Gallery. This was just a museum like section that had paintings, furniture, some amour, some of the jewelry, and table service dishes. I liked the pictures and some of the furniture. I’ve said this before, and say it again…these people have way too much money. It was actually only three rooms of stuff so it didn’t take us to long to go through here, plus we couldn't take pictures. You weren't even allowed to have your cell phone on.
We went to the front of the palace and took some pictures and got to see a couple of guards do their marching thing. It seems a bit strange and formal for no reason, but I’m sure it’s years of tradition and for show. I think the police walking around carrying machine-type guns were more intimidating.
We gleefully dropped of Makenna and caught the train into Victoria station. Of course the underground lines we needed were closed but we were able to just grab another one and get to the museum. We had to walk past Harrods department store so instead of walking past it, we walked through it. Supposedly it has all types of stores ranging from high-priced, high-end to low price. I didn’t see any of the latter as we walked through that's for sure.
We made it to the museum and it was neat to see a lot of different types of things from rocks and gems to dinosaurs. I think the dinosaur findings were really neat. The museum was definitely of the mindset of big
-bang theory more than biblical. In fact, one area said that some group of scientists believed that we could’ve evolved from these sea life plants. This picture on the left is of a Saber tooth - pretty cool! Then the picture of the dinosaur standing is of a sloth! I thought that was kind of freaky. I never realized they were that big at one time.
We left there after a couple of hours and we were drowsy from the heat in the place. It seems as though if we don’t have Makenna keeping us on our toes and getting us frustrated by her behavior, we’d rather take a nap.
Since the Science museum was right there we went there. We grabbed a bite to eat and looked at the space section. We got to see the diapers that astronauts have to wear, plus the clever way they have to shower in space. We didn’t stay here too long as I was anxious to get to Buckingham Palace.
We made it to the palace and went into the Queen’s Gallery. This was just a museum like section that had paintings, furniture, some amour, some of the jewelry, and table service dishes. I liked the pictures and some of the furniture. I’ve said this before, and say it again…these people have way too much money. It was actually only three rooms of stuff so it didn’t take us to long to go through here, plus we couldn't take pictures. You weren't even allowed to have your cell phone on.
We went to the front of the palace and took some pictures and got to see a couple of guards do their marching thing. It seems a bit strange and formal for no reason, but I’m sure it’s years of tradition and for show. I think the police walking around carrying machine-type guns were more intimidating.
This collage was more of the fountain in front of the palace instead of the palace itself.
We headed back to the train station and back to pick up Makenna. She seemed to have a good time at an animal farm they took her to. She even took a nap as she was so worn out they said. There was only a couple of incidents with her where she’d scream to get what she wanted and they told her she had to say please and she wouldn’t so they didn’t give it to her…good for them! I’m glad to see them be consistent with something we’d do.
I’m going to miss her having such a good friend, although I know she’ll make more through the years and forget this one and the fun she had, but maybe they’ll meet up again some day and pick up where they left off.
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