whole[some] lotta fun!

With no forward planning today turned out to be a pretty damn wholesome affair. Starting with a nutritious breakfast of porridge and orange juice (hello iron!) Matt and I power-walked into London to see the recent family animated Pixar film Up with Stu at our favourite cheapo establishment the Prince Charles, during which we munched bananas and apples and sipped water. The film (5 stars) was a vision of rainbow balloons, floating houses, cute old people, talking dogs, a forgotten villainous adventurer, a pudgy wilderness scout and animated South American waterfalls. Laughs were loud and tears were shed.

Following that we ventured to the British Museum and wandered through rooms of 3000 year old Egyptian artifacts and dusty old books. My highlight was the insides of the first mummy dissected by a scientist in the 1800's and some of the specimens brought to Britain from Captain Cook's voyage to Australia. Incidentally while watching QI last night we learned that the moss that grows on decaying old books is hallucinogenic.

Finally we headed to Stu's for a healthy dinner of soy sausages, vegie gravy, mashed potatoes, yorkshire puddings, steamed vegies and ridiculously delicious chocolate pud, accompanied by the mind-bending Planet Earth series narrated by David Attenborough.

I think my IQ possibly increased by one point today.