Tuesday travel - The Natural History Museum of London

Since some of you did say, it is not such a bad idea... This column might not come at every week, but I will do my best to bring you pictures of travels... And since we just came back from London a week ago, I will start with that trip. 

When we arrived, we dashed to the Victoria and Albert Museum to pick up my membershi card, because I could not breath easy until I checked that I CAN get in the Marie Antoinette exhibition (more on that next tuesday). But then I did not wanted to go into that exhibition just yet. We started at very early morning, with very little sleep, I was sleepy, I was tired, I wanted to go there fully alert, so I can soak up everything. 

Also, I wanted to let Norbert to have fun and see museums that interest HIM (yes, he would look at me at all the clothes I want, but he is a man). I suggested the two museums that are literally "just across the street" (the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum is there), and he choose the closer one :-) So we went into the Natural History Museum. 

Well, I admit, I have been into the Science Museum and the British Museum before, and was less enthusiastic, but boy, was I pleasantly surpised. 

First of all, the museum is free to visit. Yes, they accept donations, but they do not big you to give them money (unlike the Science Museum did, but then, that is yet another story).

There is an Earthquakes and Volcanos echibition going on, into wich you go into through this elevator: 

Take a look from closer:

Then, you can try a lot of things, like just how does a seizmograph work, how the elements move, how sands and stones mix, how water flows, and most of those things are really interestingly interactive. 

Long gone the museums, where one just looks. 

There is even a room, set up like a japanese store, and when you are in it, it stimulates, how things move around, when an earthquake hits.

Aside from the Volcanos and eathquakes exhibitions, there are a ton of interesting things around the museum, which is huge. I mean HUGE. We walked almost 20 thousand steps in there. 

There is of course how humans developed.

There are dinos:

There is the big blue whale:

And a ton of other interesting things.

Even Dodos (if you ever read Jasper Fforde novels... :-), they look like this. )

If you ever have a few hours in London, go. 

I've never was particularly interested either in biology or geography, but even I enjoyed it tremendously, so I can imagine, what joy it can cause to those who actually are.