With a short break before our formal term begins, I took the opportunity to visit London for the weekend a visit to a few musuems and spend some time with my fellow Paso Robles native Anna McCarthey. God works in amazing ways, bringing us together in England after 10 years living elsewhere. I am so thankful for her friendship and hospitality during these cold days. :) We even got to go to a lovely church called Holy Trinity Brompton and have brunch at a nice French Patisserie. It was the type of weekend I dreamed of having, and I'm so grateful...here's some fun highlights: 
Victoria & Albert Museum: This column was taken from Rome, a 9 foot diameter with ornate carvings like a church would have. I wondered how they got it in the building?!
Outside the Museums was a cool Ice Carving exhibition (Yes, it was that cold!)
Not only is the Natural History Museum full of cool exhibits on all types of animals and plants, the building is absolutely beautiful. I took this shot from an angle that I saw an artist (or architecture student) sketching from earlier in the day. That's a iron sculpture of a dinosaur in the center. Needless to say this place was a hit with kids!
Outside of the Natural History Museum
The chandelier in the Victoria & Albert (V&A) rotunda was created by the famous glassworker Dale Chihuly and in my favorite colors. :) Beautiful!
At the V&A I toured the Fashion exhibit and Material and Techniques area - I took this one of the tapestry section for you Mom! Amazing textures.
Can you believe this dress?! Yes, its supposed to be worn that wide to show off the embriodery and the wearer had to turn sideways to walk through a doorway, ha! What we ladies do for fashion!
Anna & I went out to a Irish pub on Saturday night to listen to some music. It was a great place, it felt like we were transported to Dublin, complete with a Happy Birthday song and dance, an old Dubliner dressed up for a night out, and one of the young women in the band composing a ballad! (Even crazier, we met a young guy from Fresno there! He was traveling through on his way to a university program in South Africa. Small world!)
On the Tube headed to church. As you can see, scarves are all the fashion here to dress up our dull warm coats. The scarf I am wearing was a Christmas gift from my Egpytian classmate, so thoughtful! We had a great time chatting through the whole weekend and getting looks because of our American accents. :) I know this is just the beginning of a great friendship, yeah!
Victoria & Albert Museum: This column was taken from Rome, a 9 foot diameter with ornate carvings like a church would have. I wondered how they got it in the building?!
Outside the Museums was a cool Ice Carving exhibition (Yes, it was that cold!)
Not only is the Natural History Museum full of cool exhibits on all types of animals and plants, the building is absolutely beautiful. I took this shot from an angle that I saw an artist (or architecture student) sketching from earlier in the day. That's a iron sculpture of a dinosaur in the center. Needless to say this place was a hit with kids!
Outside of the Natural History Museum
The chandelier in the Victoria & Albert (V&A) rotunda was created by the famous glassworker Dale Chihuly and in my favorite colors. :) Beautiful!
At the V&A I toured the Fashion exhibit and Material and Techniques area - I took this one of the tapestry section for you Mom! Amazing textures.
Can you believe this dress?! Yes, its supposed to be worn that wide to show off the embriodery and the wearer had to turn sideways to walk through a doorway, ha! What we ladies do for fashion!
Anna & I went out to a Irish pub on Saturday night to listen to some music. It was a great place, it felt like we were transported to Dublin, complete with a Happy Birthday song and dance, an old Dubliner dressed up for a night out, and one of the young women in the band composing a ballad! (Even crazier, we met a young guy from Fresno there! He was traveling through on his way to a university program in South Africa. Small world!)
On the Tube headed to church. As you can see, scarves are all the fashion here to dress up our dull warm coats. The scarf I am wearing was a Christmas gift from my Egpytian classmate, so thoughtful! We had a great time chatting through the whole weekend and getting looks because of our American accents. :) I know this is just the beginning of a great friendship, yeah! 
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I want to go to those places. Sounds like fun
Love Mom
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