London (with captions): From Jewelry to Burgers to the London Eye (Discovering different things)

Seriously, the V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum) still surprises me. There are entire wings that I still haven't seen! Countless treasures and so much to see! My most recent excursion to the V&A was in the 20th Century, Gold and Silver, Jewelry, and Theatre wings. Also, off topic, I've started cooking my food again! Y'all probably don't know this, but a majority of my dinners have been pre-prepared meals from the grocery store that I can just chuck in the microwave for 6 min. I recently discovered the Juicy Lucy, a cheeseburger with the cheese INSIDE the burger. So I bought a ton of meat that was on sale and set out cooking a meal for myself. 2/3 Juicy Lucy attempts went down in flames. First try, I underestimated just how much meat is in one package of meat, so I had to split it into two halfway through. Second try, I used less meat but the integrity of the burger was weak and had to spit that one too. My third try was perfect (with the exception of digging out the leftover ketchup from the bottle with a knife)!

A My First Radio Cassette Recorder Model CFM-2500 at the V&A

Jewelry sculpted by a Sir Alfred Gilbert at the V&A

Drum Watches at the V&A

"Show Business" a board game where the player navigates the ups and downs of show business.

Closer look at the game.

Costumes from The Lion King in the Theatre and Performance wing at the V&A.

Mask from Oresteia. (and the last thing I want to see when I wake up in the morning.)

Mini model of the set for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Attempt #3 at the Juicy Lucy burger.

So today I had a Health and Safety Induction for my internship today. So far, I really like working at my site. It's a great opportunity to work in a whole new atmosphere, plus, a great resume builder. After the meeting, I began the long and £3.00 journey back to the flat. It was a the London Bridge stop that I realized that I didn't really want to go back to the flat. Instead, I headed out the nearest exit. It'd been a long time since I simply just walked around London. No aim or real place I wanted to go. It was great fun just being on my own again and exploring the city. I saw a couple corner buildings that were just standing all by themselves. You could imagine what it would've looked like with other buildings lining the street. I went into a couple shops and got ideas for souvenirs to bring back. In the distance I was able to see the London Eye (the giant ferris wheel). I decided to head in that direction where I knew a tube station would be close by. I cut through Leake Street, a tunnel that brought me right to the London Eye. It was sketchy looking like heck. Every square inch of the walls were covered in graffiti, and this isn't the bad sort of graffiti, but the artistic graffiti. Like sell this for £1,000 artistic.The London Eye is massive! It was awesome to stand beneath it. I was getting hungry, and I had told myself that I would buy food at one of the food places on my route back. I felt as if I hadn't been adventurous enough and went to an all you can eat buffet close to the Eye. I stuffed my face like a stereotypical American and filled my stomach. It felt nice to eat until I was full and not eat just to get by.
After filling up the tank, I headed to the tube station and made my way back to the flat. Overall, I'm really happy that I took the long road back. I can easily imagine myself sitting in my flat room on Youtube or procrastinating about my homework. London showed that it still had many surprises and unexplored paths for me. I'll be sure to keep the adventures coming. Till then, later!