More plundered treasure from Greece in the British Museum. There is a huge controversy between the British (who took a lot of relics from Greece - including the infamous Elgin Marbles (see London Day 2, 4th photo).
The interior of the British Museum. That is the exit to the main lobby from the inside of the museum.
The reading room at the British Museum. Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital here. It has also been used by many other famous British literary figures like Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, and H.G. Wells. This picture captures approximately 1/4 of the room. It is a huge circular room.
Murals from Egypt in the British Museum...
This artifact was featured prominently on our map of the British Museum and it is called "Ram in the Thicket." Jeff and I thought the name was rather pervy.
Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower...
Jeff in front of the George Washington statue outside of the National Gallery. An exact copy of this statue is on the quad at GWU.
View of Princes Square from our hotel room window. I lived down the street to the right towards the end of the square in a flat on the 4th floor (5th floor to Americans - in England the "1st floor" is the ground floor and the "2nd floor" is the 1st floor.)
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