London: The Last Day

Sorry for the delay, but we've been busy having fun with our visitors, my dad and Glynda! Now, on with London...

Our last day in London was another full one. We started off by visiting the impressive British Museum:

The British Museum is fairly large so after orienting ourselves, we headed towards the Rosetta Stone. Take a peek:



Awesome, right? The engravings are so teeny tiny. After staring at the Rosetta Stone for about 10 minutes, we made our way through the interesting Egyptian displays. Here's Ramesses II:

We loved the amazing hieroglyphs on this sarcophagus:

For an idea on the scale, the bird is shorter than my pinky (and I have short fingers!). We wandered through the Mummy Room and then made our way over to the Parthenon Room. Wow! The sculpture from the Parthenon is remarkable. Odd that it's in a British Museum, but that's a whole other can o' worms. My favorite piece was this one from the East Pediment, thought to be Aphrodite reclining on her mother, Dione:

I love the drapery of her gowns and the reclined pose. Once we felt sufficiently smarter than when we first walked in, we left the British Museum and headed over to the Imperial War Museum. There we learned more about WWI and WWII. Unfortunately, photo fatigue had set in and I didn't get any images. It seemed like a great museum, but our time was cut a little short because we had to head over to Westminster Abbey to attend Evensong. I wish I had photos from Westminster Abbey, but they're strictly forbidden when you're attending a service. Believe you me, Westminster Abbey is one stunning church. We enjoyed Evensong and then found a pub on our way home for some sustenance after a long day out and about.

All tuckered out from four fun days in London we headed to bed early. After such a fantastic trip, I've decided London is my new favorite city. Thanks for all the good times, Fun-don!

If you'd like to view all of our photos from our visit from London, please click on this link:
London Photos