Saturday, May 21, 2011

England: London (Day 2)

Friday was our last day to head into London before we left on Saturday. We started the day off at the British Museum, where our favorite thing to see was the Rosetta Stone and the Egyptian artifacts. Spencer also really liked seeing the Lykian (sp?) exhibit. Then we happened to walk by a Masonic Lodge that was having a free exhibit on Solomon's temple that was open to the public. It was very interesting to go inside of a Masonic lodge and they had lots of interesting Masonic memorabilia and information, I had no idea they ever let anyone in who wasn't a member! After that we walked by St. Paul's cathedral, we were too late in the day so we weren't able to go in, but it was very breath-taking from the outside. After that we walked across the Millennium footbridge and back over the London bridge. We ended with dinner on Brick Lane also known as "Curry Lane" at a Bangladesh restaurant called "Aladin", the food was very good and it was a fun experience to end the night with.

It has been a great trip, the best part was definitely getting a chance to spend some time with my sister, brother-in-law and cute little niece, Hadley. We're sad it's over, but it has been a wonderful vacation that we will always remember. Cheers!

British Museum

Rosetta Stone
Lykians


Masonic Lodge
Hot chocolate while we figure out where to go next.
St. Paul's Cathedral
Millennium Footbridge


3 comments:

Barb said...

We loved the British museum and St Pauls. Did you hear the Mary Poppins song in your head (feed the birds)
so glad you had such a good time and so got see some great sites.

Sarah said...

I would love to visit these places someday. So glad you got to see all of these sites AND visit with Heather and her family. Glad you guys had a great time! You deserve it!

Brie and Jeff said...

Aah. St. Paul's was one of my favorites. The Masonic lodge sounds really cool. I'll have to tell Jeff - he sometimes daydreams of joining the Masons.