Friday, December 14, 2007

Made it to Madrid!

They have a great metro system here, but security is very high. Probably a result of the bombings. We made it to our hostel, had a big Spanish lunch and then took a siesta :) The siesta of course took longer than expected and then we just walked around the plazas here and made our way to a tapas bar.


He was in my seafood paella.

Comes with dessert :)


Plaza Mayor complete with floating leaves of light.

Adios.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Goodbye London...

until the 23rd.


ewww people ewww


whoosh!


London Bridge in the city skyline.

Good night and good luck.
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On to Science


Outside the NHM there was a christmas market.


1937 Nobel Prize. They don't make them like they used. No wait. They make them exactly like this still.


Following directions.


And now we set on foot toward a romantic stroll along Tower Bridge.
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Naturally


Brain Sponge!


NHM interior.


Dodo! This one goes out to all the Southampton peeps, especially those hailing from Mauritius.


My pet dinosaur :)
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Last day in London

Went to History and Science Museum today. I need to get to sleep, so not much text and I will just drown you in pictures.


is falling down.


Natural History Museum. It's just a facade!


Thinking monkey is perplexed.


Escher-esque.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Dinner...


... is served.
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And More

We had to time to see a couple more arches before Cindy and I had to make it back and get the groceries to make fajitas tonight!


World War Memorial.


Wellington Arch.
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Buckingham Palace

Got a late start so you will be seeing a lot evening shots :) Cindy really wanted to go see Buckingham Palace so I obliged.


Buckingham Palac at night. You can make out their xmas tree. If you look really closely, you can make out a silhouette of the guard.


London Eye off in the distance.


Palace straight on ;)


Victory statue. It's just outside of the palace.
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He put the Eye in London

So we decided to go to the Dali museum on the south bank. They have a lot of more obscure stuff here. A lot of interesting sculptures that are definitely recognizable. I learned a bit about this crazy guy.


I think Dali supported immersive AI.


Snails. The only way to fly.


Trying to decode this...


This is for Janusz who wanted brighter pictures :)
This by Azam, the Dali museum's resident artist.
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