The British Museum

Unfortunately, the weather here has been pretty horrible lately. Cold, snowy, and rainy pretty much sums it up. Luckily, there is a lot to do in London that is indoors, so not all is lost. Today Eric and I walked to the British Museum, which is a mere 3 blocks from the SOAS Main Campus at Russell Square. It is completely free, which is awesome, and there is so much to see there that I'm sure I'll go back a couple more times. My favorite exhibits were definitely the Egyptian and Assyrian sections, because I have studied those histories in particular in some of my classes at BC. It is so cool to read about something in a textbook, and then see it in person a few months later and know a little something extra about it. Here are some pictures from my visit!:

Outside the British Musuem

Inside the "Great Room" 

Egyptian sculptures - notice my handy-dandy Rick Steves guide

I really wanted to buy this from the gift shop, but Eric wouldn't let me.

The Rosetta Stone!

Hieroglyphics 

Mummy!

Beautiful

Headdress from ancient Iran

Part of an exhibit about British currency - if only I had that in my wallet...

The Royal Gold Cup

African pottery

African dress

Snowy Russell Square!

As you can probably tell, the museum is absolutely huge with tons of different exhibits, so I was pretty worn out when we got back to Dinwiddy. I played it simple with a frozen pizza for dinner, and later I went to The Queen's Head and Big Chill House with Eric, Allegra, and Jungwon. We didn't stay out long, since we were all pretty tired from walking around in the cold all day. 

Before I go, I want to share some exciting news from today - I am officially headed to Florence and Venice for reading week, in less than 3 weeks! I can't wait!