RTW in F/J - Hand Carry Only - Iceland, Finland, Washington and a few other places

[WilsonM]

A quick update before brekkie:

Dinner last night was at Sketch: The Lecture Room, a 3 Michelin Star restaurant in London. Menu and wine pairing below:
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The food and pairings were delicious and the service exactly what you'd expect from a 3* restaurant. I do have pictures but AFF doesn't make it easy to upload and manipulate them to make them presentable so I might have to come back to that one. By the end of it though I was starting to hit a bit of a wall, largely due to fatigue - I think I'd been up at this point for almost 24hrs, having effectively gone back in time since leaving Singapore.

Plan for today is a Full English Breakfast in the dining room at the VSC, followed by a tube trip to the Imperial War Museum. Then, at 1400 I've booked in for a package tour of Buckingham Palace which includes the Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography at the King's Gallery, a tour of the Royal Mews and a tour of the Palace itself. This is apparently the last day that the tour runs as it is only available seasonally - so very fortuitous timing!

After that is a good old fashioned pub crawl with some UK people I've worked with - they very kindly have offered to train it into London from across the UK. I need to make sure I don't get too sauced, as it's an earlyish (0800) flight to Reykjavik tomorrow morning to kick off the Iceland part of my trip - and I might meet a few familiar faces on the way!

Enjoy the IWM of course, but honestly apart from the BL15's out the front I found it a bit light on detail - I reckon it focused on the general public compared to something as in depth as the British Museum - keen to hear your thoughts!

Nothing like a full english to get going - you might be better off getting breakfast prior to your flight - I haven't heard steller things about the dining at BA's T5 lounges

 

[Sprucegoose]

Plan for today is a Full English Breakfast in the dining room at the VSC,

That's a rite of passage there; they take it very seriously. Did you get the Black Pudding?

Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography at the King's Gallery, a tour of the Royal Mews and a tour of the Palace itself.

A brilliant day for all monarchists!

Do you recommend accommodation at the VSC?

 

[Sprucegoose]

Enjoy the IWM of course, but honestly apart from the BL15's out the front I found it a bit light on detail - I reckon it focused on the general public compared to something as in depth as the British Museum

That is most probably the case. The narrators I have spoken to focus on personal stories and broader narratives for wider general appeal. You can't beat the IWM for oral history and as an excellent research platform.