Just one week later, weather still going strong, we decided to explore another part of green in the city, this time the infamous Hyde Park. Unfortunately a lot of pictures are on Mitza's mobile which has no possibility to transfer them to a PC, therefore this will be just quick and dirty...
What I don't understand, Brits are so obsessed with Grade I or II listings, conservation and planning permissions, and then sometimes there are buildings that ruin the whole view. I wonder who gave the permission (or better said how expensive the permission was...) to build some concrete dice directly at the border of the park?
Crossing the park from north to south we soon arrived at the Royal Albert hall, the saucer in the background. Pictures from the monument you just see partly will be added after Mitza's return!
As we were close to the museum street we decided to go to the Science Museum, which is admission free as most museums in London. Although quite interesting and with a lot of effort to make the exhibitions interactive, I found it in some parts quite old fashioned. Showing 7 different engines from ships doesn't make it any more interesting, although the models were quite impressive.
Here the interactive parts: The first two are showing a simulator where you fly a WWII fighter and can make any kinds of maneuvers. (Watched just a few minutes, got sick from just watching and no one tried an Immelmann!)
Here you can see DJane MFPS with her latest device, some synthesizer from the seventies.
And now to the models:
They also had a cross section of a 747, which was really huge and interesting to see why the air cargo containers have this weird shape!
On the way back to the station (Which is quite an underground walk) we decided to have a look at one of the many ice rinks and eat a waffel. The waffel was one of the most disgusting I ever had (Fried!), but the surrounding helped to get into the right mood for the advent season.
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