Well I figured out that I could "jettison" nearly 5kg of luggage that I either don't need or can easily replace back home. That gave me the justification I needed to get the Mars book. So first off today I made my way back to the Science Museum. I went via Regent Street so I could take some pictures.

Also, after many failed attempts over the last few days I finally got a decent picture of the Christmas decorations in Oxford street.

I got to the museum at opening time when there was no-one else in the shop and made my purchase (plus some unplanned extras). The book is heavy so I went back to the hotel to drop it off. On the way back I walked down The Strand and saw the topiary on this building. It looked real, but I don't know if it was.

Next on my hit list was a visit to the Museum of London. I took the tube to St Paul's. It was another fascinating and beautifully presented museum. It started pre-history. As an Australian the history of London seems so long that I forgot that there would be artifacts and relics from even before London was founded.

Em and Ash, I saw the following in a display for the Radio Times.

The museum is at a part of London called London Wall. I had no idea there had been a wall. It was original built by the Romans.

By this time was ready for lunch. There was a Pret-a-Manger nearby (as there nearly always is) so I went there. Never disappointed.

After a grey and drizzly start to the day the skies were clearing. What a nice way to end the holiday. I decided it was a perfect opportunity to catch one of the sight seeing boats. I made my way to the Tower of London. On the way I saw this reflection in the glass and stopped to take a pic.

I bought a ticket for one of the sight seeing boats to take me to Westminster. One must have only just left which meant I could wait near the start of the queue for the next one which was less than 30 min away. I sat up top and had a perfect view. Though, it was pretty fresh up there. One of the crew gave us a running commentary in a very broad English accent, but it was really quite fun.

From there I walked back to the hotel for dinner and a rest. The walk only took about 30 minutes. On the way I passed Green Park. I had to take the obligatory cute squirrel pic.

I also took this pic of more Christmas street decorations. Christmas feels so much more authentic here.

As its still fine, tonight I'm going to head back to the Thames one last time and see if I can get some shots of the city lights.

Oh, and as for the title of this post ... I haven't eaten much in the way of cakes and sweets while away but today I did and it just seemed like carrot cake would hit the spot nicely ... twice!

Day 33 (part 2): A carrot cake kind of day