British Museum

7/10

We had neglected to see the British Museum for want of time on Tuesday. So S and I took the tube back to London. W chose to stay home and visit the outlet mall again. Women take to malls like fish take to water.

We reached London around 10 and the museum around 11. We wandered through the various exhibits. The most prominent are the Elgin Marbles that were stolen from Greece. The Greek government has been demanding its return but to no avail. Actually half the stuff that appears in the Museum got there because it was stolen from former British colonies. But to see them all in one place is still amazing.

My cousin came and met us for lunch. We ate pizza. His friend works in the fashion industry and he had lunch with us as well.

After lunch we went back to the Museum and spent another hour there. We then took the tube and went back to South Kensington. We walked to the Royal Albert Hall and took a picture of the hall as well as Albert's statue that is bang opposite the hall on the other side of Hyde Park.

We rested in Hyde Park for a while and then walked back to the Science Museum and the adjacent Natural History Museum. My interest was lagging. All the information overload had led to a waning of my interest. We walked out and took a picture of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

We took the tube and headed back to Marble Arch. We shopped for a T-shirt for W in French Connection. Their T-shirts with FCUK written across the front fascinated her and she wanted one in her wardrobe. Unfortunately (or fortunately) we could not find her size.

We caught the tube back to Oxford and we were in time for dinner and some serious drinking. After all it was our last night in London and I let go. I tottered up to my room and collapsed into a deep sleep.