London – Day 2 – Kensington Park and British Museum

On my second day in London the sun finally made an appearance in the morning.  I set out to enjoy it with a stroll through Kensington Park which is just north of my hostel.  There were so many people out enjoying the green space walking their dogs and running.  I really wanted to be one of the people running.  That was actually my original intent in booking this location.  However, my energy is still pretty low and my head still feels pretty foggy.

Kensington Park

Kensington Palace – no one home for tea

My goal in walking north was the Vodofone store in Notting Hill to get a local SIM card for my phone.  My card from Ireland wasn’t allowing me to use data so a local card was needed as I’m depending on my phone to help me find my way around.

My other piece of business was to get an Oyster card which is the refillable pass for the tube.  I found single rides pretty pricy and having an Oyster card will just make getting around easier and cheaper.  Plus I have it for my next visit – along with my SIM card.

Business accomplished I headed out to the British Museum.  When Dad, Tatiana, and I were in London when I was 12 we didn’t manage to see the British Museum.  It has been noted as the home of many objects referenced in my history studies and so has always been a place I wanted to visit.  It far from disappointed.   It is massive – you could spend days and days going through it and never really get your head around all the artefacts.

Rosetta stone – used to decipher ancient Egyptian heiroglyphics as it has the same text in heiroglyphics and greek

Internal court of the British Museum

Reliquary of a saints head

Unfortunately my energy gave out pretty quickly and so I wasn’t able to fully appreciate it all.  This will definitely call for a redo on a future visit and I will definitely take the audio guide instead of wandering through aimlessly.