First weekend in the city

Well it's Monday! I am enjoying an apricot yogurt from Tesco's (6 for 92 pence - who says food in London is so expensive?) and combing through this weekend's pictures. We spent a busy weekend going downtown on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday unfortunately I had a minor bout of food poisoning (the most likely culprit is a bad burger from an international food chain which shall remain nameless) so the day was unfortunately a write-off.

On Saturday we left fairly early and took the tube downtown. We had been warned that service on the tube is notoriously prone to changes, shut-downs and other interruptions due to construction or line problems. So unfortunately for us the faster line downtown (the Metropolitan) was shut down and we were left taking the Picadilly downtown (probably an extra 15-20 minutes). An hour and a few station changes later, we were at Tottenham Court Road looking for a sign for the British Museum. We must not look as touristy as we think, because we were immediately asked for directions to the same Museum by another pair of tourists! Luckily we were able to figure out the route together.

Like a number of other major London museums, the British Museum is free. The sheer number of objects make it a bit overwhelming and it's impossible to see everything in one day. We stuck to the exhibits on early Europe, ancient Egypt (including the Rosetta Stone!), and also saw some ancient Assyrian palace decorations.











Before we left for London, Keith bought a set of 50 cards describing different walking tours throughout downtown London. We used one of these cards to navigate through Soho.