London: Day 2+3

Day 2 of London was spent visiting the London Museum of Natural History.  I got a chance to look at their collections and take note of some important specimens I will need for my phD!  It was a great opportunity for me, and I look forward to visiting them again!  I was able to have a quick peek at the very large giant squid they have their!  This was particularily exciting as the AUT squid lab will be doing giant squid dissections next week, and I will still be away. 

 

Day 3 was spent travelling to Stonehenge!  It was such an amazing experience and I felt very humbled to be in such a spectacular location.  The stones are so large, and it's intriguing to imagine how the henge was constructed. 

 

 

Day 1: London

Hello all!  After about 24 hours of flying, we landed in London! 

 

London had a lot of expected things!  Amazing landmarks:



 

Amazing people:

 

And we also saw some unexpected things... like this gigantic fish!

 

 

Turns out the London has a fantastic little aquarium!  They put a big emphasis on shark conservation and breeding!

On our first morning, we dropped in to visit the Queen....

... but she apparently had a prior engagement. 

Oh well, I'm sure she'll be free for tea tomorrow.

 

We got a birds eye view of the city from the London Eye!

 

Day two looks promising as I will be visiting the cephalopod collections at the National Museum of London.  They have a lot of important specimens to view for my phD!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Hello from jolly ol' England!

Flying in to London

We boarded the plane.

And had a brief layover in Shanghai!

Now we are resting up in London, and off to Dublin in a few days!! 

Ready for an adventure!

Bags are packed! Where do you think this adventure will take us?