The Geeked Out Day!

Yes, the title says it all...there were a lot of "geek out" moments yesterday.

We hit two museums yesterday. The first was the Natural History Museum (which is the second picture). It was an amazing building, with a long line to enter. Any long line and my grandfather equates it to Disney Land, and some of it was. I (April) began to geek out immediately. I was very excited to see the Biology and Darwin exhibits. The first stop though was through Dinosaur land! This was exciting, and slightly scary for DeAnn, who thought she just might be eaten. They had lifesize robotic dinos, it was great. On to Biology now, where most of the time was spent. It was DeAnn, me, and all the little kiddos. Darwin exhibit was disappointing, they did not even have a picture of him or any info, oh well.

Next Victoria and Albert Museum (third picture from the inside entry). This was no disappointment. We saw amazing art work-Michaelangelo and Rodin. The European artifacts towered over us, and were breathtaking. It was hard to take everything in.

Ok, here is the geekiest moment of the day. Brace yourselves. Are you ready? We ventured over to Kings Cross Station. This is where platform 9 3/4 is. Ring a bell? Ok, it is from the Harry Potter books, where Harry leaves the "muggle world" to enter into the "wizarding world". DeAnn, and I stood in line to get our pictures taken, the other 13 year olds there shared in our excitement.

Last Geeked out thing of the day, which was fun, was riding on the double decker bus. We of course were on the second level, and were perfectly fine making "ooohhhh" and "awwwww" sounds as we drove around.

We ended the day with cappucinos from our favorite coffee place, Neros. Then for dinner Fish and Chips...yummy as predicted.

Things we learned:

-We are Londonites now, and did not learn anything new, that is how well adjusted we are.

-Oh, we have not completely conquered the bus system, so we just got on and got off at a random stop.

We are about to catch a train to Manchester, so the adventure continues.

We love and miss our families and our church family very much. You guys are in our prayers!

Love,

Ape and De

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Victoria and Albert museum...