Day 3 - Mar 7, 2013 Last updated: 3/31/13 8:00pm PT
In the morning, all three of us went to Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes museum. After lunch, Carrie had to leave us for a bit, but we got back together for dinner. In the afternoon, Denise and I went to the Victoria & Albert museum, the Royal College of Music museum, saw Royal Albert Hall and the Albert Memorial.
This is THE crosswalk on the cover of The Beatles Abbey Road album. The Abbey Road Studio is the shorter white building behind us.
All over London, there are these signs indicating significant places throughout history. This one we saw on our way to the Sherlock Holmes museum.
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, but the address of his fictional residence, 221B Baker Street, is very real. And someone decided to put a Sherlock Holmes museum (and gift shop) at that address. They’ve decorated the inside as if there really was a Sherlock Holmes and this is how he lived.
The Baker Street Tube stop has subway tiles with images of Sherlock Holmes.
The Royal College of Music museum is located in the basement of the college. It’s probably not a highly visited place. It is very small but has a collection of old musical instruments. It’s worth a stop if you’ve got an appreciation of instruments.
This bass viol is from 1692.
This upright harpsichord is considered to be the oldest surviving stringed keyboard instrument in the world, estimated to have been made in 1470-1480.
The Royal Albert Hall is across the street from the Albert Memorial (which was under renovation).
Dinner was at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, which proudly states that it was rebuilt in 1667.
