So I'll give it a try to blog on this short trip. The flight was uneventful except Ann's leg was killing her and she didn't get much sleep. British Airways seems to have continued to shrink the size of the seats and row space to squeeze just a few more anchovies in, so neither of us had much room. I tried to watch but her elbow kept hitting the TV controller, so it was a challenge.
We got to our hotel, the K&K George where we stayed 12 years ago where we stayed with the kids in 2002. Our room was not yet ready so we went out to breakfast at Pret a Manger near the tube stop. We finally got into our room at 11 or so and promptly fell asleep. When we got up at 3, we went out to the British Science museum to get a picture of Watson & Crick's DNA model. Harry and I swore we had taken this picture 12 years ago, but we couldn't find it anywhere. I took it on 3 devices, so we are sure not to lose it.
Next door was the Victoria and Albert museum of decorative arts. Ceramics, furniture, glass, textiles, etc. it seemed to be the size of the Louvre, but not quite. Interesting, though. The Natural History Museum was next door to that, but we didn't have time or the strength.
Dinner at Masala, a local Halal Indian restaurant (?). It was packed when we got there and we had to wait 20 minutes for a table. The Indian restaurant across the street was empty, so we didn't want to go in there. The place smelled great, and the food matched. But while we ate, the place emptied out and we were essentially the only ones left when we finished at 8. The place across the street was full then. Go figure.
Stephen J. Rockower, MD
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