Mummies, a Secret Tea Room and Twelve Angry Men

No London trip would be complete without a visit of the British Museum, especially with its Egyptian exhibition. So we got our ducks in a row (said ducks can be found in above picture!) and spent a few hours in the probably World's best museum. There is nothing here that isn't breathtaking, including the wonderful architecture of the Great Court.

And again we can add some Canadian content (in form of totem poles)!

The Pantheon

Colossal statue of Ramesses II and two Lamassu (Human Headed Winged Bull)

Are you my mummy? (quoted from Dr Who: The empty Child)

The Nereid Monument

When we came back out of the museum the weather was - again - wonderful, so - again - we spent the rest of the day strolling through the parks and the streets of the city.

Buckingham Palace

Green Park

We had a lot of (fancy) coffees during the weekend, so we thought that for once a tea room would be in order. Google Maps pointed us towards Soho's Secret Tearoom: You enter into a normal pub that looks like a normal pub. To be let into the tea room you will have to ask the waitress. She will point you in direction of a hidden stairway leading to the upstairs tea room, furnished like a tea room, with lots of tea china and tea pots. Very cosy! Difficult to find, but definitely recommended!

Afterwards we decided to have a look at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, but unfortunately we were too late for a tour (next time for sure!). Therefore we strolled a bit around St. Paul's Cathedral before we returned to the Entertainment District.

River Thames with the Shard in the background, with 306m (1,004ft) currently the highest building in the European Union.

St. Paul's Cathedral

We had tickets for Twelve Angry Men with Martin Shaw (Doyle from the 70's TV Show The Professionals) and Robert Vaughn.

The drama was very well played and beautifully directed, and we had no problems understanding the actors (although they spoke with an American accent…). Unfortunately this was also our final act in London; tomorrow we have to fly back to Germany!

So much to see, and things to do… London, we'll be back!