This morning we had some delicious porridge (oatmeal) for breakfast along with toast and the perfect cup of tea with milk and sugar. Feeling quite British all of a sudden!
We return to Westminster Abbey to wander leisurely and soak in the vibe. I love the Poet's Corner and enjoy seeing the statue of Shakespeare and the memorials for so many of my favorite poets of the past (Byron, Shelley, the Bronte sisters, Tennyson, Wordsworth).
We have lunch at a pub
And then on to the British Museum. Beautiful architecture!
We've come to check out the vast collection of Egyptian artifacts including (at last count) over 65 mummies. It's quite crowded and the mummy room is uncomfortably warm, so we don't linger too long.
We find the Rosetta Stone, but there is a huge crowd gathered around it as though it's about to begin some sort of broadcast, so I sneak a peek and we move on to the Japan display room which has a small but beautiful collection of items. Our favorite is this statue which is a stunning introduction to the rest of the room:
A Samurai suit of armor
and one of the largest (30 feet tall maybe) Buddha statues I've ever seen.
We have tickets to attend the ceremony of the keys which is the nightly locking of the Tower of London, but due to some stalls and delays on the underground tracks, we miss it by about 10 minutes. Guess we weren't meant to relive any bad past life memories there!
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