Free Day In London

So today was our free day in London where we were allowed to roam around and do whatever we wanted. Of course Gabbi and I decided to hit up some art museums. We started off in Covent Gardens to shop around the open air market. After that we went to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. They had a Da Vinci exhibit going on, but I guess they ony sell 500 tickets a day and yu have to line up like it's black friday to get one. I'm a little bitter about this because I would do just about anything to see that exhibit. Even so, we roamed the Gallery for about 3 or 4 hours, and we still didn't get through it all. I must say that the museum was not quite what I was expecting. It only housed paintings from the 15th century through the very early years of the 20th century. No sculpture, No ancient stuff. I guess I'm just used to musuems that have a bit of everything. I didnt expect the National Gallery to have modern work as the Tate modern keeps all that. That is another museum that I hope to get to while in London, along with the British Museum.
The highlight of the day was seeing Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower painting. Van Gogh has always had a soft spot in my heart, and sunflowers have always been my favorite, so this was a particularly exciting moment for me.It was a this point that I wished I could take pictures in the gallery, but unfortunately I couldn't.
So now I am back at the hotel tired and sore. All these days of walking all day and getting up fairly early with a not so restful sleep are finally catching up with me. I'm still loving my time here, but the English really need to put some variety in their breakfast menu, at least the hotels do. I could really go for some waffles right about now. :-)