{"id":4478,"date":"2004-05-10T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2004-05-11T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:07:12","slug":"arriving-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2004\/05\/10\/arriving-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Arriving in London"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

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Examples of the train tickets<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The facade of the British Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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A shot of the new center area of the British Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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The famous bust of Pericles, probably the greatest Athenian<\/p><\/div>\n

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A detail from the Elgian Marbles, the remains of the Parthenon's south pediment <\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/span> by David Boyle – its “a provocative view of the way money works.” We walked through the money exhibit also.<\/p>\n

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Cover of the money exhibition pamphlet<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We checked in – we’re in the Comfort Inn Kings Cross<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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