WEEKEND EARTHQUAKES, DINOSAURS AND HUMMINGBIRD CUPCAKES IN SOUTH KENSINGTON

During my trip to London last weekend Imi and I headed over to South Kensington. Here you can find the perfect mix of museums and cafés for a lazy Saturday afternoon.

We decided on the Natural History as the beautiful architecture was drawing us in. However, perhaps meseums on a Saturday weren't the best choice, the hall was absolutely packed!

I'm excited to go back and visit when the new blue whale skeleton replaces Mr. Diplodocus very soon!

First we visited the Giant Sequoia tree! Over 80m high, it is 20m taller than the museum and more than 40m taller than the average English Oak tree.

We skipped the dinosaur exhibition and headed to the Red Zone with Earthquakes and Volcanoes.

We walked past the Pilosaur, said hello Megatherium americanum (Giant Sloth), and wondered at the Dodo bird and his friend.

Pilosaur 

Megatherium americanum

Mr Dodo bird!

Having both done geography A-level this was a bit of a memory test for us both! Seriously, if you're doing GCSE of A-Level Destructive Earth as a topic go here for revision. You won't have to bother writing any revision notes!

The Coriolus effect finally explained simplistically!

Our exhausted brains needed a break so went headed over to Hummingbird Bakery. Despite being very excited to finally visit the bakery I was rather disappointed by the experience. 

I own the cook book so was expecting high things. However, the cafe was crazily busy with hardly any space to sit inside. Nevertheless, all the cake did look delicious!

We were wrapped up warm so sat outside, with cups of peppermint tea to warm our hands!

I had a slice of carrot cake, which is my favourite recipe in their book. However, it wasn't even half as good as the Flour Pot Bakery's in Brighton. It was far sweeter and sickly and left me not wanting more.

Imi had a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake brownie… which soon evaporated! 

Despite the let down, it was an afternoon well spent in Kensington.