Day 34 London.

London Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street

A better sleep and a later start as we’re of the British Museum (BM) that opens at 10.00AM.

For some reason I over-shoot the turn off and we have to double back, however this takes us past The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, about which I have heard lots over my medical career. Funny though, like most hospitals, the structure isn’t that impressive.

And guess what’s right beside it? The Royal Homeopathic Hospital of London!! Wonder how they operate?

Even though we were quite early at the museum, there were hordes there. The Rosetta Stone had the crows 4-5 deep.

British Museum

We started in the Egyptian section, migrating to the Assyrian, Greek, Roman section where one of my favourite statues is crouched.

Does my bum look big on this plinth?

We then head off to the Pacific section which for some reason houses a work that shows the potential amount of medication we might have from cradle to the grave. All in all about 14,000 over a lifetime!

It’s then the Americas, Aztec and then head for lunch, followed by clocks and watches and by that time we have been on our feet for over 4 hours!!

From the BM we head off to Covent Garden market, which is not that far off. I quite like it with its live performers and buskers.

I don’t think Jo is all that impressed. Either that or her bladder was full as we didn’t stay too long, and headed home.

So all that remained was to hop over to M and S to get some dinner and for Jo to do some shopping (which took more time than our stay at CG).

So back to the YHA for a rest and plan for tomorrow.

Chicken vindaloo and chicken jalfrezi with garlic naan for tea (courtesy of M&S) and some Shiraz blended by Belinda Kleinig, daughter of Simon Kleinig, a member of the Friends and all was well.

Tomorrow, the changing of the guard and the London Eye and who knows what else.