Friday 2/12- A full day ahead of us in gorgeous London, with slight rain in the forecast, lead us to the British museum, founded in 1753. The building itself is magnificent; I could sit in the lobby and people watch for hours. We left after lunch and headed our way to the museum. It carries world art and artifacts; It’s organized by continents and has everything from Roman statues, 17th century jewelry, pottery and ceramics, mummies, medieval stuff, and tons tons more. The museum is gigantic, it would be impossible to go through every wing in a day and take it all in. We did, however, manage to trot thru most of it in a full afternoon.
My favorite was looking at the jewelry from the 17th century; it looks similar to jewelry now, and its neat thinking the designs of jewelry I wear now are reminiscence of jewelry from thousands of years ago. One of the pieces most memorable to me was an artwork that consisted of a lifetimes worth of prescription pills from an average British persons life. The table with the pills was huge; there were tons! It made me think about what we put in our bodies and the medical field.
After the museum, we ate a great meal at Regents (PS, I am loving the food at campus more every day…its delicious) and then me and Bri accompanied Andrew to the an Orchestra performance at the Royal Academy of Music, which is a two minute walk from our campus. The Orchestra consisted of the students from the academy and a professional lady, which was delightful. They were really good, and it was refreshing to listen to an orchestra. It was a nice evening of listening to a great orchestra and hanging with friends.
*the outside of the British Museum
*the inside of the British museum
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