WONDERS OF THE V & A
"It's not what you see, it's what you see in it"
Mikael - Salt Lake City, UT
July 2009
We had Mary, I believe, as our guide instead of the normal guides. I absolutely loved listening to her! She had one of those very proper English accents so it made what she said sound like she was THE authority on this walk. She was very expressive and just darling in her deliverance. Of course, we didn’t get to see the entire V&A but she did manage to show us some interesting highlights of the museum. Personally, I really liked this walk because even though we only stopped at the highlights, you still pass some amazing historical artifacts so you can see them and come back afterwards to those that piqued your interest. Really enjoyable walk, though not as fast paced as some others. I think my favorite random trivia that she mentioned was that half of the phone booths in England are frauds and that only the ones with square frames were the real original phone booths that have been around for about a century… made me a little paranoid when I noticed how many of them weren’t “real.” Pointer: If you want to learn more or just talk to the guides, DO! Totally keep up with them if you can. It's totally worth it :)