More Historic Britain

Yesterday I went into London with my CMU friends and we visited Abbey Road and The British Museum. 

When we got to Abbey Road, we weren't sure which zebra crossing was the one actually used in the photograph for the Beatles. So, we decided to take photos of the first crossing we saw. I mean, it looked the same as the one on the famous album cover. It wasn't. A kind local came up and told us we were in the wrong spot fo the famous photo recapture. It turns out we were just one crosswalk away, but we felt a bit silly. When we got to the famous zebra crossing, there were murals and writing painted and drawn all over the stone rails outside Abbey Roads Studios and along the road. There was even writing on the lampost. The stones were covered in fan art and letters people wrote to their Beatles heroes, and in middle of the street, taking haven on a centerpiece statue, people were lining up to take photographs of their friends mimicking the popular walk as seen on the Abbey Road album cover. There was only one problem with all of this: Abbey Road is a real road, with real cars, and real people trying to get to work, or school, or wherever else they need to be. And despite the crowds of tourists on this single crossing, cars don't want to wait for each person to pose in the middle of the street! 

After we made our own way across Abbey Road, we all headed to the British Museum. It's a free museum which is why we chose to go. It turned out to be a really neat experience. The museum is enormous and we could have never seen everything in the two hours we were there. Some of my favorite things to see were the Rosetta Stone, old Grecian sculptures, and the innovative and unique African crafts; the Native American room was really interesting as well. There were so many articles on display, it would take a person many trips to see everything. I really enjoyed visiting the museum, and I didn't even mind the crowds.

... Now I must get back to studying for my Spanish exam!