Wednesday:
The Royal London Hospital Museum. Satisfied my forensic anthropological curiosity by seeing an exact replica Joseph Merrick's (aka the Elephant Man's) skeleton! His real skeleton is only to be viewed by medical students upon Merrick's request because he wished to answer his medical condition (which is still undiagnosed, but determined as a congenital condition) but to not be viewed as a freak after death. It amazes me how human bone can alter and adapt to its external environment and changes in our bodies. I cannot imagine the excruciating pain Merrick must have suffered from the weight of his skin growths/tumors and how his bone altered to support it. The deformation of his skeleton is a wonder. The museum also had an excellent collection of medical tools and texts for procedures from the 17th century to modern day.
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| Joseph Merrick's Skeleton |
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| Merrick in life |
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Joseph Merrick's cap and hood that he would wear to hide his face in public
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| Fantastic advertisement I walked by :) |
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| Scrumptious Duck Red Curry :) |
The Natural History Museum! Wish I had more time to look around, but I will have to go back to explore the rest. Managed to at least see the Dinosaur exhibit and some animals.
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| The Museum |
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| First Neanderthal skull ever discovered!! |
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| Dodo Bird |
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| Love Tapirs! |
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| Platypus |
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| Common Vampire Bat |
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| Fennec Fox |
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| Red Panda |
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Coelophysis: one of the earliest known dinosaurs.
The remains of this guy's last meal are still preserved inside its rib cage. |
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| Iguanodon |
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| Tuojiangosaurus: the first stegosaur found in China |
The animatronic T-rex o_O
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| Dino eggs |
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Can't believe the museum had Zoids on display! Still remember saving up
a lot of money to buy a Wooly Mammoth Zoid when I was a youngling |
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| AWESOME Cinderella display at Harrod's |
Friday:
Camden Market. Enjoyed a beautiful, warm English day perusing the plethora of knick-knack shops, art, and food stands. Even ran into a Mad Tea Party :)
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| Don't know what I exactly ate, but this Ethiopian food was delicious! |
Sunday:
Windsor. Wish I had more time to view all of Windsor Castle, but at least I was able to see some of it.
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| Replica of the engine used to pull the Queen's train |
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Windsor Castle
An official residence of the Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world.
A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years.
The Queen uses the Castle both as a private home, and as a Royal residence in
which she undertakes certain formal duties. |
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Amazing homemade fudge shop. I'm not really a huge fan of fudge, but this stuff was phenomenal.
Got some Chocolate Coconut :) |
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