Picture was taken in the British Museum in one of the Egyptian rooms. Eleanor took the picture with me looking through the exhibit...kind of a neat effect.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
We have had a good day today. We got a little later start than I wanted but Eleanor needed a bit of a lie-in. The concierge never contacted us with the info on the Presbyterian Churches in the area either, so we decided not to go anywhere else. We rode the tube to Victoria station and had breakfast. Eleanor had Krispy Kreme...a taste from home.
We then changed to a bus line and went to the British Museum. That place is enormous. Highlights...Rosetta Stone, Elgin marbles, mummies, 19th century porcelain and jewelry. We didn't do the place justice. It just can't be done in 2-3 hours. Eleanor took tons of pictures. I've posted quite a few on our photo website.
We stopped for lunch at a pub across the street from the museum where once again my non-adventurous child (at least gastronomically) had a burger and fries. I had fish and chips. I'm sure I could get better fish and chips somewhere, but it worked for satisfying my desire to have some while in England.
We then went to the British Library to see the Gutenberg Bible and the Magna Carta. The original musical scores from as early as 970AD and from the Beatles were a hit (no pun intended), especially since you could listen to the music too (and not just the Beatles music). There is also a special exhibit called Sacred which highlights artifacts and texts from Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The atmosphere was hushed and reverential. I am so glad we didn't miss it, especially since we did miss Evensong at Westminster Abbey.
Rode a combination of a bus and tube lines back to the hotel to freshen up and put up our feet a bit before starting out again.
We had tickets to a dance performance at Sadlers Wells tonight. We found it this afternoon, quite by accident...which is a good thing. Thank goodness for the impulse purchase of a maps of London book before I came. It saved us more than once today!
...We are going to be late to the show! We got on a subway train that is having difficulties--as in, I'm not sure we'll make it to the next station other than crawling out of the train and walking up the tracks kind of difficulty. If we can get to the next station soon (or at all) we can switch lines though and still get to our performance.
....We managed to change lines. Eleanor is an on-time freak though and she is really stressing about this. Funny names for stations/towns too...we are now on the Piccadilly line and the last stop North is called Cockfosters...I just know there is an interesting story there somewhere! I didn't get an opportunity to ask anyone about the town. The internet might be a good source for info. I'll have to research it.
...The show was "interesting." For a dance performance, it was a little mature for both of us! It was at least loosely based on Carmen. The other influence according to the director/choreographer was "A Postman Always Rings Twice." It was much more sexual than either of us desired for a dance performance!
There was an express bus back to Victoria station outside at the end. We couldn't use our day passes on that bus, but it was a double decker bus and we sat up top and saw a part of the city we might not have seen otherwise. It also took us right back to Victoria station which is just one stop from our hotel. Eleanor took some interesting pictures too with the lights and blur of movement.
We grabbed a very late dinner at Victoria station. I had a Cornish meat pasty (thank you Walter for the suggestion); Eleanor had Burger King. ;-) A Whopper value meal is 4.99....pounds that is. Double that amount and you have the total. She ate a kids meal and it was $7.
We caught the tube back to the hotel and we are going to turn in. We have a tour of Buckingham Palace at 9:45 in the morning and we are going to walk and get some pictures and see more of London on the way. I want to leave the hotel by 8:00 so we can enjoy a leisurely walk. I think the afternoon will be shopping on Oxford and Bond streets. Eleanor wants a chic outfit from London for school. Since she really hasn't bought much of anything on this trip, other than ice cream, she has plenty to work with.
Good night!
Kellye and Eleanor
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