London Still Rocks!

These three days have been  Meetups  again - last Monday, I was with  London Museums A-Z  for a trip to the  British Museum  to see the exhibition on  Sufi Life and Art . Admission tickets to the museum for that day all booked out, apparently - although, as the group said, anyone without a ticket might be better off at the rear entrance.  Got a bus quickly enough - as I was saying to someone later, they're infrequent enough that you can't time it exactly, so I often end up early. Now, we had dire expectations of a very busy museum - but no. As we remarked, probably because of the lovely, sunny day. Hardly any queuing time, and I was inside, grabbed a seat by the wall, as usual, and ran into one of the organisers. As I made my way towards their delicious ham & cheese baguettes.. Had it almost eaten by the time others started to arrive. I think it was a little harder for newcomers to spot us this time, as most people got seats - I remember when...

Yesterday, fifth Meetup in a row, and second in a row with London Museums A-Z , wa s an  Unlimited event , where they don't cap numbers - we were off to the  British Museum  to see fragments of the  Mausoleum of Halikarnassos , one of the  Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , as I previewed on  the 1st  of course. It was only as I was getting ready to leave that I remembered to book a General Admission ticket for the museum - they're free, and not necessary, but handy to have. We were to meet at 3pm - which was all booked up when I looked. Funny that! Well, I got a ticket for 2:50pm - they don't check the time anyway, as long as you have a ticket. Got a nice, early bus - it arrived as I was racing for the stop , and the obliging, lone person at the stop kindly delayed getting on, giving me a little smile as I ran up. Just to make sure the bus didn't leave. Thank you, kind stranger.. So I arrived about 2:30pm, made for the security check - they glance...

Yesterday, back with  LoMAZ  for a  LoMAZ unlimited  - they generally limit their numbers, but have the odd event with unlimited numbers.  British Museum  - on this day, focused on a  Nordic Noir  exhibition  And how prescient of the organiser to remind us to book an admission ticket - they're free, but you need one to get in the main entrance. Plus, as he pointed out, it could be busier than usual, after being closed temporarily during the week because of a local  fire ! Blast it, my bus was just going to Aldwych again - I do wonder when that's going to stop! Anyway, it was damned crowded - including no fewer than three buggies! (The kid in one stole the biscuit from the kid in the next one.. well, that's one way to get acquainted.) So I said I'd get another bus from there - and lo, there appeared one behind me. I was only going two stops.. how unlucky was I that, in that short space of time, there was a diversion?! They've completel...