So we didn't see pancake races, but we did see Auguste Rodin's famous Burghers of Calais bronze in Victoria Tower Gardens (with its poignant story of hostages taken by Edward III 1347 who intended to kill them but was convinced to free them by his preganant wife). The girls took a seat in the Royal Institution's famous lecture hall where many famous principles of science have been demonstrated; We admired the facade of the Institution itself, situated near Old Bond Street, which is lined with shops bearing names like Cartier and DeBeers. (No, those nice guys in suits standing just inside the doors with the bulge under their coats aren't just there to help you pick jewelry!) We saw the amazing collection at the library of the Institution, and we enjoyed Rudy Weller's Four Bronze Horses of Helios sculpture at Picadilly Circus. (Do you know the names of the horses that pull the sun across the sky? We do now: Pyrois, Eos, Aethon and Phlegon. That's them above. Really.)
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