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We just finished two consecutive day trips to London (Friday and yesterday) and I’m thoroughly tired, and full of undigested photos. This fellow, one of the few I have<\/em> processed, is from the Egyptian mummification exhibit at the British Museum<\/a> (Rooms 62 and 63).<\/p>\n

On Friday we started down in Greenwich. It was our first time through the Docklands on the DLR — it would be nice to walk those canals and take photos — and our first time to the Royal Observatory<\/a> and the Prime Meridian. I wish we’d had more time there – it was a beautiful day and there was a ton of cool stuff one could see. Time was tight, though, so we zoomed off to the British Museum before rush hour hit, and spent the rest of the evening there. <\/p>\n

While WeatherGirl<\/a> wandered the museum, however, Sub-Evil<\/a> and I snuck off and bought tickets for Avenue Q<\/a> at the No\u00ebl Coward Theatre for the following night. He’s been keen to see that ever sense we got here, and it was nice to finally make that happen, but it did mean two consecutive days into London, which is frankly pretty tiring.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Sub-Evil and I started at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology<\/a> on the UCL campus. Sub-Evil is very<\/em> into Egyptian history, writing, artifacts, etc., so he really wanted to see this. It’s a very cool collection, but pretty desperately in need of a new home, with the collection crammed into old victorian cabinets and spilling down an emergency exit staircase! Next was the British Library<\/a>, which was just tremendous! The King’s Library alone was worth the (free) price of admission, and the display of the treasures (Magna Carta, illuminated manuscripts, handwritten scores, drafts, diaries, and letters by amazing folks) was really wonderful.<\/p>\n

After all that we grabbed some dinner and then headed off to Avenue Q! We both had listened to the soundtrack about a zillion times, so there weren’t a lot of surprises. The production was tons of fun, however, and watching the puppet masters sing, dance, act, and<\/em> run the puppets at the same time reminded me of the line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels :-).<\/p>\n

Now we pack and organize, for tomorrow we’re off to Methwold Old Vicarage<\/a> for our first stay in a Landmark Trust<\/a> property!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We just finished two consecutive day trips to London (Friday and yesterday) and I’m thoroughly tired, and full of undigested photos. This fellow, one of the few I have processed, is from the Egyptian mummification exhibit at the British Museum (Rooms 62 and 63). On Friday we started down in Greenwich. 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