Today’s stop was the Victoria and Albert Museum (The V&A). Like most museums here, it was free to enter, which is really coming in handy with all the museums I’m finding myself at.
The entrance
The museum itself was massive, and a bit maze like at times. There were exhibits on everything from sculpture, to middle eastern rugs and geometric patterns, to samurai armor, to a musical instrument placed inside a model of a tiger eating a man.
The tiger in question
I could have easily spent a day carefully going through the entire museum. Instead, I opted to do a quicker look around just to get a feel for what was there in each section. I was a bit happier going for breadth rather than depth in this case just because of the variety that was here.
The Ardabil Carpet, from around 1540. A sign claimed 304 knots per square inch.
Following that, we went to Waterstones book store in Piccadilly. This was easily the largest bookstore I’ve ever been in, and couldn’t help but pick up a few things to read for the summer. It also turns out that they’ll be my first souvenirs from my trip. For reference, they were: Flash Boys, Poor Economics, and 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism. Nothing very British about any of them, but they looked interesting enough to buy.