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The Los Angeles Natural History Museum

It was very different from the one in London! Firstly, it wasn’t free like we expected – it was $6 each plus $6 to park the car. This is what we thought of the place…

Universal Studios, California (4 years later)

I’ve already done a fairly comprehensive review from last time we went: part one and part two. So if you’re going, read those posts first, however there have been a lot of changes since then, so here’s a bit more to know…

The Saharan Motor Hotel, Hollywood, California

Just a quick review of the place we stayed at in Hollywood…

Visiting Hollywood, California

I’ve recently returned from an amazing holiday travelling around California, so I’ll be writing several reviews of places I’ve visited. Our first stop off was Hollywood…

Kilver Court Wedding Fair, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

On Sunday my daughter and I went along to the wedding fair at Kilver Court to see what it was like. I’ve been long married, and my daughter hopefully has a few years yet, but we love all things to do with weddings! I also wanted to check out people’s stands as I’m thinking about taking Oshun wedding dresses, along with wedding related Wicked Faerie Gifts to wedding fairs next year. So I pretended I was organising my sister’s wedding for her, but if you’re planning visits to wedding fairs, this is what I thought of this one…

The Bodleian Library tour, Oxford.

August 11, 2012

Unfortunately, there were no more 60 minute tours when we arrived in Oxford last week, but we took the 30 minute tour and we’ll have to come back another time to do the longer one. The town was extremely busy, so we booked our tour well in advance and went to the Natural History museum first. It costs £4.50 each, and children have to be over 11 years old, and they don’t do discount prices…

The London Dungeons

I have no photos as cameras were not allowed and I refuse to be ripped off by buying the photos they take! Here’s a tip to save on the ticket price (which, for 4 people is £97 on the door and £77 online); you can get buy one get one free by travelling by train and filling in the form you can get from the info booth or ticket booth; or by cutting out any of the Merlin attraction tokens that Tescos are doing on things like orange juice and cereal. However we paid for ours in full using Tesco vouchers, so we didn’t have to pay a thing. Brilliant!

The open-top bus tour in Bath

We had a day out in Bath for my birthday recently, and it was honestly one of the favourite days of my life! We decided to take a touristy tour bus ride round the city and this is what I thought of it…

Visiting Bath Assembly Rooms

Bath Assembly Rooms and Fashion Museum

For some reason it had escaped my notice that these were National Trust owned and therefore free to us! So, after nearly 4 years of living nearby, we finally went to visit on a day in Bath for my birthday. Lovely!

The Romance of the Middle Ages, exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

I don’t know how often these exhibitions change, but at the moment there is a selection of really, really, really old romantic books.

Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

This is the oldest surviving purpose-built museum in the whole world don’t you know… (And they have an alethiometer!)

Jubilee Fashion

Are you having a street party or a get-together with neighbours to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee? Or are you off to London to support Team GB in the olympics and would like something patriotic to wear? I’m afraid this is a shameless advert for the Union Jack dress I’ve made and is for sale on my etsy shop, OshunCreations. If you’re after some ideas for the Jubilee, this is what our village is getting up to…