Friday Adventures

Not having class on Fridays is something I could definitely get used to.  This weekend friends from the Rome and Toledo programs were visiting, so I went with them to the British Museum in the morning, followed by introducing them to the best Fish & Chips at Fryer's Delight, and then a trip to the treasures of the British Library.  The British Museum is pretty amazing, a large collection of things raided from Egypt, the Far East, and Greece by the Brits.  The treasures of the British Library were amazing though.  Highlights included a section on the Beatles with envelopes, pieces of paper, and napkins with the lyrics to Ticket to Ride, Michele, Yesterday, Help!, and Hard Day's Night written all over them by John and Paul.  That was pretty cool to see, with all the scratchouts and changes.  Then an original copy of the Magna Carta, the Oldest New Testament in the world, Illuminated Bibles, DaVinci Notebooks, Beethoven's notebook, Handel's original Messiah, Lewis Carroll's journal, Mozart's Marriage contract, and Captain Cook's journal.. A pretty decent collection for just two rooms.

Then we went out to Camden Town Market to walk around one pretty interesting marketplace.  A nice productive day in Londontown.. 

I also had the joy of providing American like cheeseburgers to the visitors because they cannot get them in Italy or Spain.  We had quite the feast of burgers and Garlic cheese potatoes for 10 people, the Foreman was working away