Sunday, March 20, 2022

Notting Hill and the British Museum

We arrived in London this morning at 8:30 a.m.  We spent some time at the Heathrow Airport, clearing customs, claiming luggage, exchanging currency, replacing a SIM card in my phone, finding the Covid-19 testing center, and then walking to the Underground.  We could have used a bus or train to get to London, but we used the Underground Piccadilly Line and then transferred to the Hammersmith Line to get to Notting Hill.  We walked from the Underground station to our apartment (flat) on Arundel Gardens street.  We arrived just after 11:00 a.m. and only spent about 1.5 pounds each to get there.  We met Lilly who checked us in and gave us the keys.  We are on the third floor, and our living area window looks over the private gardens in the back.  We unpacked and Jeffrey and I walked to Portobello Road to buy some groceries.  It was busy with people walking and shopping along the street.  After a short rest we left to visit the British Museum.  We took the Underground again.  We used the Rick Steve's Walking Tour at the museum.  We saw the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Greek exhibits.  I didn't know that the stone artwork from the Parthenon was in the British Museum.  We also visited the Medieval exhibit where I was excited to see the Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered at Sutton Hoo.  I did a paper on that once for a college class.  We stopped to eat at Five Guys on our way back home.  We rested the rest of the evening.  Jeffrey was out of it and deep asleep by 8:00 p.m.

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