Hullo!! We are up early this morning. The last few days, Mama has been burrowing away at the National Archives, which is monumentally boring for a little bear but... today, she is only doing a few hours...
Which is a good thing... cause a bored bear is... well... you don't want a bored bear. Let's just say that.
Alrighty... after a couple of hours, we are leaving the National Archives and heading off!
First we catch the Tube...
It's a glorious day out which is one of the reasons Mama decided to cut it short today.
This is our first stop!!!
Isn't it gorgeous? It's the Natural History Museum!
They've revamped the grounds since we were here last (a beary long time ago). There's almost a pre-historic jungle feel here.
And a dinosaur!!
Now that is cool!!!
It is a nice day, isn't it?
There was little dinosaurs running around too.
The building is just magnificent...
And the carvings on the gates are cool too... except... there's an awful lot of rodents and not a lot of bear things...
See... mice... We'll show you more later...
The entrance... impressive.
Alright... let's go in!
We had a wander through the gift shop. Lots of plushies...
And some fake ammonites (they're carved out of some limestone rock). Hmph.
And then we left... cause it was packed with people!! We saw this mouse on the way out...
Like... packed... crazy amount of kids and school tours and... yeah, no... we don't need that.
Let's see what else we can find!
Ooooh... this is like one of the first mammals from way back when...
If you think it looks a little bit like a mouse... you'd be right...
Alright... we headed down the road to the Victoria and Albert Museum...
We have been commissioned by Rose and her Mom to purchase a few things... so... we are on the hunt!
And look... it is almost empty!!
Much more civilized here!
There's that Chihuly arrangement that Beanie Mouse adores...
We had a gander through the gift shop and bought a few things... but again... just mice!!!
Right... now we are going to take a bus (or two)... cause we are headed up to the British Library... We have a several of Beanie's Bus Guides...
This is for the #14...
Which leaves from over there!
Let's go!!!
And we thought that we should be able to say "Bus Bingo!" everytime we took a bus but... Beanie says no... we would have had to have Cocoa or Navy with us... sigh... where are those two mice anyhow?
We got off here and had to walk a bit to change buses... and... do you know how hard it is to get a pic of the bus number sign??
It's beary hard!!!
There we go!! That was the #14...
Shall we say "Bus Bingo!!" ??? Shall we?? Hmph. We can't. Sigh.
Right... we are first going to stop here...
They have a cool wooden mail box! Beary cool...
We are at the Royal Academy and are hoping for a scone with clotted cream!
But we were too early (we think)... so we had to have a pain au chocolate (that's like a chocolate croissant)... It was beary yummy!
Then we headed across the road to Fortnum and Mason's...
The window displays were full of mice!!! Honestly... this city is going to the mice!
See... more! Some years foxes are the Christmas fashion... this year it's mice.
And... this place was packed with people too!!! What the heck!!
We grabbed what we came for and skedaddled out fast!
Then we caught another bus!
We normally never take buses cause they are too confusing but... with Beanie's Bus Guide in our pocket, we feel a bit more confident...
Going around Piccadilly Circus we spotted the Lindt store!
We had to change buses at one point... and moved upstairs... better view.
Ooooh... an outdoor food market.
And that place... that looks like one of those old, super deep bomb shelters from the war!! We might have to come back and check that out...
And here we are!! Ta-dah!
And that's the bus we took... the #73... Bus Bing... oh shoot...
I think I should be an Member of the Honourary Company of Beanie's by now! You know... Beanie... and Bearie... are not that far apart...
We are at the British Library...
We had a wander through the bookstore and bought a book or two...
And now we're heading back!
We caught more buses and a Tube and were famished!! We found this little Italian place...
It had rave reviews online so we went in...
Nicely decorated for Christmas...
We needed a stiff drink after a long day of adventures...
And a delicious fire-cooked pizza!!! It had a beary thin crust and was super yummy!
And then... home to bed... this little bear is tuckered!
More later...
