Day 4-5

Inside the British Museum

On Thursday morning we had class again, then we headed out to see the British Museum.  The British Museum is a museum of human history.  It houses millions of artifacts including the Rosetta Stone, sculptures from the Parthenon, ancient Egyptian mummies, and some of the earliest human tools that were found in Tanzania and are believed to be roughly 1.8 million years old.  After the museum, we took the tube back to our apartments and made some dinner then settled in to work on some homework.  

On Friday we had a free day so we actually got the opportunity to catch up on sleep.  The weather for our free day was incredibly.  It was about 70 degrees and sunny, a nice change of pace from the cold, cloudy days we've had recently.  The weather was so nice that we decided to get some lunch and have a picnic in Kensington Gardens.  We stopped at the local Whole Foods and picked up some food then headed out to the gardens.  We were not the only ones who had the idea for a picnic in the park however, but we really felt like true Londoners as we ate and enjoyed the sunshine.  

After lunch we went back to our apartments to finish up an assignment for class then we returned to our new favorite Thai restaurant around the block from the apartments.  The food was incredible once again, which isn't really surprising given that we haven't had a bad meal yet.  

Now I'm off to Manchester and Liverpool for the weekend, so I won't make another post until Monday.