Tuesday 8/7/12
Keeping with my "productive" mindset from the day before, I decided to knock out three, yes THREE more sightseeing opportunities on Tuesday after class.
My classes for the day were finished around 10am and from school I jet off to the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
It was really cool, I'm actually really happy that I went. It was really interesting to see some of the portraits of the Tudors and even some more modern portraits of people like Paul McCartney! They also had an exhibit on portraits of the TEAM GB Olympic Athletes which was really interesting as well!
From the NPG, I hopped on a bus toward the British Museum to meet up with my roommate. After getting a little bit turned around walking there, I finally made it and even got some hot chocolate from a street vendor while waiting, yum!
We went inside and didn't spend too much time in there, but we did see The Rosetta Stone, Cleopatra's Mummy and pieces of the original Parthenon in Greece! So Cool!
From the British Museum, we hopped on the tube and went to the British Library which was probably one of my most favorite things I did (my English nerd is coming out...) We bought tickets for this exhibit called "Writing Britain" which featured original handwritten manuscripts of a lot of famous works by British writers. Some included: Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, John Lennon's "In My Life" handwritten lyrics, and many many more! There was even a sketch of the original 100 acre woods from Winnie The Pooh!
After that, we were so exhausted we could barely walk, so we just hung out in the flat for the night and did homework (of course!)
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| outside the NPG |
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| outside the British Museumm |
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| Inside the British Museum Lobby |
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| The Rosetta Stone |
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| Parthenon |
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| Mummy! |
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| More Mummies |
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| Outside the British Library |
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