Welcome to the Astor Museum hostel, located in... um... London near Russel Square. It's very early here, but I can't sleep for the jetlag, so you get an update. Let me just say that the British Museum is absolutely everything it's cracked up to be. You know how long it's been since Christ was around? Well, the museum has more than a few artifacts from twice as long ago. I've been looking at the Egyptian exhibit mostly. I'm looking forward to locking my bag up at the hostel and just going nuts over there. I mean, you have school children having dust blowing fights across egyptian sarcophogi. Any room in that building would be the most amazing museum back home. (Well, we might take the totem poles for granted.)
After the British Museum, the National Gallery is just a few blocks further on. The history is just as unbelievable as I expected. Yay London!
This hostel is full on Saturday, so I'll need to find another before I leave. Heheh. Yay Internet.
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My shoes are fine Marjan. It's drizzly, but not raining too much. I also have an umbrella, so while I remain in the paved sections of Europe, I should be okay.
Hi dad. :) You response came through fine. The British Museum is impossible to fully capture. I'll be sending home some books from the museum for you to peruse. Of course, they don't have pictures of cute little schoolchildren flanking giant bearded babylonian lions. I haven't looked at the Babylonian stuff yet, having been too busy with Egypt and Greece, but I will take at least one more day at the museum to get some picture of them and some mummies (and maybe some samurai swords). Any one room in the British Museum would be one of the best museums in Sacramento. And they've got a hundred rooms. :O
Hi Chris. It is pretty easy to fit in here. I'm only the slightest bit on the pasty side compared to the average. :) I'm not sure if the coconuts have returned for the spring yet, but I'll keep an eye out. Also, you may want to let Holly know that I won't be making it out to McCaig's Folly. Britain doesn't take Eurail passes and my bus / underground pass doesn't even get me out of town. I did think about it, though. :)
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