Saturday, 18 February:
I know that I haven't really posted much recently, and definitely not too much about London, but I have been busy. That has changed a bit over the last few days, as I have had some time off, so Suzanne and I have been able to do more than maintenance living. On Friday, we went to the British Museum, which was, as all museums here are, huge. There is going to be an exhibit coming there in March of Michelangelo's drawings and the the Celtic and medieval rooms were closed, so we will defintiely be back. Some of the interesting things to see in the museum include a LOT of Greek pottery and sculpture, and of course, their copy cats the Romans. There was also the Egyptian rooms. While we were touring the mummies, etc. we noticed that one of the mummies on exhibit was actually that of Cleopatra. Cleopatra for free is quite an impressive thing to behold.
After such an awesome viewing, we were exhausted (not to mention the walk to the museum and the knowledge that we would be walking home). So we decided to head home, despite not having seen the Rosetta stone and other famous works. Other interesting observations were some of the people who belonged to the library (reading room) at the British Museum. Some of the lesser names included Alduous Huxley and George Orwell to name a few.
Today found us headed towards Regent Park. The walk was similar to yesterday's in terms of difference, but the park is really quite worth it. We found the London Zoo, but at over 12GBP a ticket, we weren't particularly feeling the desire to visit the aminals. Especially since the London Zoo isn't known for having anything that would make it better than the Wild Animal Park and San Diego Zoo. We also found where Sherlock Holmes "consulted". There is a placard on Baker Street that states that this building is where Sherlock worked out of. Of course, being a fictional character, he didn't work out of anywhere, but it is still cool to get an idea of his literary surroundings.
I promise to be better about posting in the future!
After such an awesome viewing, we were exhausted (not to mention the walk to the museum and the knowledge that we would be walking home). So we decided to head home, despite not having seen the Rosetta stone and other famous works. Other interesting observations were some of the people who belonged to the library (reading room) at the British Museum. Some of the lesser names included Alduous Huxley and George Orwell to name a few.
Today found us headed towards Regent Park. The walk was similar to yesterday's in terms of difference, but the park is really quite worth it. We found the London Zoo, but at over 12GBP a ticket, we weren't particularly feeling the desire to visit the aminals. Especially since the London Zoo isn't known for having anything that would make it better than the Wild Animal Park and San Diego Zoo. We also found where Sherlock Holmes "consulted". There is a placard on Baker Street that states that this building is where Sherlock worked out of. Of course, being a fictional character, he didn't work out of anywhere, but it is still cool to get an idea of his literary surroundings.
I promise to be better about posting in the future!
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