It's a puny photo, but here is Phyllis deciphering the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum. This is the real thing! The great link that allowed us to read ancient Egyptian writings. Pretty Cool. Other items in the British Museum include the some Greek marbles that the Greeks want back pretty bad, many huge stones from Egypt, Easter Island, and many other remote areas of the world. It is amazing, all the things the Brits swiped from around the world. They justify it by saying that if they hadn't "collected" the stuff, we wouldn't be able to see it anywhere in the world. Either way, it is amazing!We finally got to visit the famous HARRODS department store. It was like Christmas in there - people wall-to-wall. Six floors of everything from A to Z. Phyllis found a scarf for 250 pounds ($500). Yikes! (she didn't buy it of course) I found polo equipment - now all I need is a horse to put it on. In the main stair well there was an opera singer cutting loose on some Italian Aria. Impressive. All in all, the place was quite out of our league but it was fun to visit.
Thanks for your comments. They make this fun.
Graveyard resident of the week: Evans, Mary Ann (1818-1890) Author writing under the pseudonym GEORGE ELIOT. Novels include Middlemarch and Mill on the Floss.
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Does the British Museum have any items on display from America? Or aren't we old enought to be interesting? If we wait to visit you until we can afford to shop at Herrods we probably won't make it. Is there a Walmart nearby?
I am really enjoying your writing. Actually laughed out loud a couple times. We're hunkered down here, waiting for the tornadoes to hit.
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