London Excursions Part I

I've been slack in updating the blog! Between planning for holidays, running around London, and reading some super engrossing books (more on all this later), there hasn't been much time for blogging!

There've been several visiters to London! Ganga came up to visit Sathia, and together we've been wandering some bits of London that we've both not seen (she's visited before) :) We explored places like Petticoat Lane, Spitalfields Market, Leadenhall Market, British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum Christmas Market, and a spot of shopping (well maybe several spots, heh) at Oxford Street :)


The visit to Petticoat Lane was unplanned, but a good find! I managed to find some good buys there :) I had thought it'd be mostly household items and bric-a-brac, but the part that we came across was like high street but half the price :) Didn't go crazy shopping (I seldom do), but did get two really good fitting pants there! I was so pleased! :)

Sculptures outside Liverpool Street Station


Some British Museum exhibits:


An interesting piece. Turning weapons into works of art, this chair is made from machine guns!


Like the Taoists, the ancient Egyptians also believed in providing for their dead by making replicas of houses, food, providing servants, etc. But instead of burning these, the ancient Egyptians left these replicas in the tombs of the dead.


The Rosetta Stone! This is a really important piece of history! This stone bore the inscriptions of the same message in three languages - Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. Because of this stone that the ancient hieroglyphic script was deciphered.















850BC relief of Osorkon II



















This is one grumpy bird. C'mon, give a smile!! :)


Ancient sculptures belonging to the Babylonian Empire. These used to stand at the entrance of city gates, their respective pairs being located at the New York Metropolian Museum.




























[ps: will add more comments and photos when we come back from our trip! we're going away for Christmas!!]