Round and Round We Go

What's a trip to the Natural History Museum without hopping into its outdoor ice-rink?

We zipped through the museum pretty fast. This time, we only wanted to go to the blue and orange zones to see the dinosaurs, fossils and the wildlife garden. Some of the other exhibits are getting older and probably should be retired soon. The sections on humans and biology, while providing accurate information, are terribly outdated in terms of display and presentation.

Oh, I digress, but the food at the Natural History Museum's cafe sucks big time, and its cashier didn't know what a flat white is. She kept repeating the listed coffee menu and insisted that flat white wasn't a coffee. She didn't know what a cappucino dry is. Of course I got into a fight with her because she gave me the 'what-nonsense-are-you-spouting' look. Thank gawwd the barista is effective and efficient. She knew how to brew a cappucino dry. Her portions were excellent. Too bad the coffee beans aren't up to par. In contrast, Tate Modern serves excellent food and coffee.

Getting onto the ice to skate was such a happy thing, except for the humans who kept bumping into me. GRRRRR. No fancy spins or any jumps. This is a fun rink and not a training rink. The timetable doesn't indicate instructors' presence or any guided skating slots. It's open to all and meant purely for fun. It isn't the place to do anything but to go round and round. Rental plastic skates are always crappy and the blades are definitely blunt. So that part wasn't fun at all.

It was really cold that morning. I didn't even bother to ask how cold. I was in a dress and tights. People usually skate in jeans I suppose. But I didn't care. I've always skated in skirts and tights anyway. If I'm just going round and round, I usually won't fall. And I didn't. Heh.