After waking up a bit late we went out on search for Abbey Road Studios. Found it relatively easily and then looked for the Zebra crossing to recreate the picture as best as we could. Erin's app failed us again and we walked a mile away without finding it, but we had actually already crossed over it without realizing that it was the Zebra crossing. We took the obligatory picture and then got on a tube to the British Library.
The British Library was pretty amazing. We went to the treasures section and that was about it. Unfortunately, as was the case with the churches no photography was allowed, but we did get a book chronicling some of the most interesting things. Also, the Magna Carta was on exhibit so we didn't get to see that. Some of my favorite items though were to see the Codex Sinaiticus, the Celestial globe, a notebook of Da Vinci and a early copy of Beowulf. After a quick lunch we went to the British Museum, another incredible highlight of the trip. After six hours of exploring in the museum though I was pretty overloaded. That being said, there were an incredible amounts of highlights in this overall highlight. The Egyptian section was amazing. The Assyrian section was my favorite. There were some pretty cool stuff in the Mesoamerican section, especially the Aztec stuff. The Southeast Asia and China sections were pretty cool too and while the Elgin Marbles are often touted as one of the most popular things to see, they paled in comparison to the Egyptian/Assyrian wings in my humble opinion. Of course there is the Rosetta Stone too, but it was always so crowded it was hard to get a good look at it. This is just a taste of the journaling about the trip and the more full description is going to be in the photobook when I get around to it. But here is a taste of my favorites:
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