London: Day 7

On our way to the British Museum today, we came across a bookshop with £1 books out the front. Christian understood the bookshop faster than I. It's a play on words. When I walked inside I wondered why there were so many busts of Lenin and Marx. Didn't stop and stay.

I was just a bit excited to see the actual Rosetta Stone! This one is for you Joybug!

Today we took in the British Museum. The Museum is FAR too big. There is not enough time to see even the bits you want to see. In the end, we had to decide what bits would give us the most joy. My choice after seeing the Minoans, and Mycenae and the Greeks and the Persians and Asian history was British history...this of course means I missed Rosebud's favourites: The Romans (because they wear red). But then early Britain had the Romans here too.

This mosaic has a bunch of blokes up the top in the pose that pastors still use for blessing, from an early British mosaic - around AD400

Christ in a mosaic from a British floor.

What a cash horde!

We were both quite interested by the section they had on Christian history in Britain and Europe. Quite interested of course, in the interpretation of this by the Museum. Mostly they were pretty good...but then they portrayed some heresies as things that Christian's believe: purgatory, superstitions, works-righteousness. It occurs to me that heresies hang around much longer than we think, get renamed, redressed and rehashed.

Skipper we found some roosters for you...I think these were in with the Persian artefacts.

Look carefully...at the top here here are blokes swimming...with air bags!

Books...The Reading Room at the British Museum (it will be gone soon)

Chinese assistant to the judge of hell...carrying a very THICK scroll with all the names of those who have done evil.

Chinese assistant to the judge of hell with the slim scroll of all those who have done good in their lives.

A shop for umbrellas and canes...only in the UK.

London city is incredibly busy! Every time we have been in the city the crowds have been intense. The noise - overwhelming. At times the Tube trains have been packed! Tomorrow it's time for a change of pace...we're off to York.