British Museum than Wandering

I began my first full day with a tour of the British Museum. It’s unbelievable to see how many ancient antiques they have from nearly every culture on the planet. If you want to see the expanse of the British Empire just walk into this museum.

Entrance to The British Museum.
Amenhotep III, 1390’s BC. There are rooms of these sculptures, it’s incredible. Including a room full of sarcophagi, really many, many tombs.
Nereid Monument 390 BC, a literal temple found in the building.
Greek bust and Assyrian relief behind.
Lewis Chess Set 1200 AD, very famous.

After considerable time spent at the museum seeing all there displays I went to find Watkins Books, an interesting book store I had researched earlier. Having missed my stop I got out accidentally in Chinatown, London.

Wandered into China Town on my way to visit Watkins Book Store (not pictured).

Leaving Chinatown and still on my way to the book store I found my self in Trafalgar Square, a central hub of London.

Trafalgar Square. To the right is the National Gallery and to the left is Trafalgar square.

I found the book store and decided to go on another long walk south from the square. This brought me to Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace

Nearby is the famous Westminster Abby, so I walked there too. From here I could see the London Eye and decided to walk to the Thames to finish out my night.

Westminster Abbey
Parliament under construction.

I’ll write tomorrow on my day at the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the National Gallery.

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