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We ate, got cleaned up and rode out the airport. We had an inconsequential flight to London - the good news is that the plane was actually spacious. We took the high speed train from Heathrow to Paddington Station (15 minutes) and got a cab to our hotel.
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Examples
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The weather is just wonderful - we're not wearing our jackets and the sun is out! We dropped off our things and took the same cab right down to the British Museum.
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The
facade of the British Museum |
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A
shot of the new center area of the British Museum |
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The
famous bust of Pericles, probably the greatest Athenian |
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A
detail from the Elgian Marbles, the remains of the Parthenon's south
pediment |
We spent a few hours browsing the classical collection, taking lots more pictures than are here. This is a definite required stop in London - they have the Rosetta Stone, which allowed for the translation of hierogliphics, and the Elgian Marbles, the Parthenon metopies and pediment. I bought a little book called The Little Money Book by David Boyle - its "a provocative view of the way money works." We walked through the money exhibit also.
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Cover
of the money exhibition pamphlet |
We had dinner at Thai Garden just across the street from the museum. We walked down Oxford Street, which is a big shopping area, and then cabbed back to our hotel.
We checked in - we're in the Comfort Inn Kings Cross. The room is tiny, kind of dark and a little dirty feeling; Aviva said she felt a little ominous in the room! We're still figuring out how to set everything up so we can get around. But, its a place to crash, and crash we did.
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Send
email to Bob at electricbob@alephnaught.com
Send
email to Aviva at avivakramer@earthlink.net
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