The science museum next door was far more interesting with displays of flight but no mention of Richard Pearse. There were plenty of modern planes on display as well as a Harrier jump jet.
Museums these days have many hands-on displays which are geared up for young people.
As a result they can be quite crowded and noisy.
They even had the actual Apollo 11 space capsule on display. That was the one that circled The moon without landing. The tiles on the back were rather charred.
There were very good sections on the history of computers and steam engines and the way they advanced the industrial revolution.
The Natural History museum would have been interested but I ran out of time.
That night I went to see the stage show "The Book of Mormon" which was hilarious and very well performed. The Prince of Wales theatre was great.
On Friday Pen and I had a good look around Harrods then lunch in a wonderful old pub in Trafalgar square.
Walking down Piccadilly we stumbled across Fortnum and Masons which I always thought of as a grocery store but it has many levels of clothing and jewellery as well. It's been going since 1707.
Last night we met up with a Kiwi friend, Simon and a friend of his at a very smart restaurant in Sloane square.
London certainly is a wonderful city with so much history. Walking down a street or in a park you see what a multi cultural place it is and it is refreshing to hear English spoken occasionally.
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