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Tom and I started our day with brunch at Coppa Club at Oxford Circus.

Tom had his usual and I had smashed avocado on toast with poached eggs which we washed down with white peach sangrias.

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We then visited the Grant Museum of Zoology which was a gorgeous museum and my new favourite in London.

The museum is filled with cabinets and bell jars filled with animal skeletons, organs and skulls.

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This python skeleton was gigantic. I'd hate to meet a real one in the wild.

These creatures were preserved in a chemical which turned their skin translucent so you could see all of their veins.

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I think the crocodile heart may have been my favourite exhibit.

There was a wall covered in slides of tiny specimins and organisms.

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I could have spent hours exploring the museum and still have not seen everything, so I'll have to come back. It also renewed me love of bell jars.

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We then went for a quick look around the Wellcome Collection.

We made up way up the cool spiral staircase to the top floor where there was a gallery filled with dozens of important objects.

As well as mummies and preserved tattoed skin, they had Napoleon's toothbrush and a lock of King George III's hair.

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There was so much more to see but we were feeling a bit museumed out after the Grant Museum so we'll pop back at some point to see the rest.

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We did take a peek at the shop though and there were so many great gift ideas including tea sets with tooth prints and blood bag shower gel.

We then headed back to Kennington and went for coffee and brownies at Vanilla Black.

The London Tequila & Tacos Experience was taking place at Vauxhall Street Food Garden, so we decided to swing by and check it out.

We watched the mariache band for a little while but it was a bit too rainy to sit outside and eat, so we hunted for somewhere indoors.

We ended up at Pop Art Sushi, a sushi restaurant and pop-art gallery.

The menu and cocktails were inspired by artists and bands with dishes like The Warhols salmon tartare, The Beatles sashimi and The Lichtensteins salmon.

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We ordered the Salmon Overdose platter which came served on a cake stand.

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It included salmon maki, sashimi, gunkan, uramaki, nigiri and The Warhols that I meantioned earlier.

We stopped off at the Cable Bar for a night cap on the way home.

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It's such a cosy spot to have a cocktail in the evening and they roast their own coffee, so I knew their espresso martinis would be good.