Showing posts with label British Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Library. Show all posts

Monday, 4 January 2010

4th January in a new decade ...

Already we are 4 days into a new year and a new decade ...
I slept in until 11 am yesterday ...maybe that should be one of my new year resolutions... at the weekend sleep in really late like a teenager.

My Christmas break has been awesome.. I have so enjoyed my time out of the 'coal face'
Actually it has been a blessing that I have been off work as we have had such cold weather.. many times since I have been off my road has been a skating rink.. I thought we had seen the last of it but it is frozen over again today and we have a few snow flurries. mmm it will be fun commuting in the morning!!!

On Saturday Teen and I went on a day trip to London to meet up with my Cuz who is over from Australia. We were up at 5am and back at 9pm (that could explain the long lie the day after).

First stop was the Natural History Museum, just check out that blue sky.. it was snowing back home....
There were 3 things we needed to do whilst here.
The first one was to explore the dinosaurs bit (which was great as we were about number 30 in the queue to first step through the doors... so we had a clear go at it. As you can see by the time we left it was sooo very busy)

The second thing was to find strange things in jars
result!!
Lastely we had to find this chap (yes this is 'wee' Teen & the last time we came to the NHM )
we found him.. he hasn't changed a bit
I think we may have started a tradition for as long as the polar bear is there!!
We met up with my Cuz at the British Library where there is a fabulous 19th Century photo exhibition on .... there were some beautiful pictures ... there is a taster here.

It was a great day and a great end to a lovely two week break.

The Christmas decorations are back in the loft for another 11 1/2 months and reality hits in the morning as it is back to the old 9-5... roll on Easter :-)