Sabbatical, Day 33

We killed our feet today...

especially since two of the major Underground lines weren't operating and we had to patch together others to get whre we wanted.

We made it to Westminster Abbey & St Margaret's. Wow, hope they don't have to stack to many more sarcophagi in there... It's getting crowded with kings and queens remains...and floorspace is prime real estate! Saw plenty of beautiful art, including images of nature.

We had lunch in the British Museum where we looked through the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Greek sculpture displays. Notably, we saw the Rosetta Stone (click) and pieces from the Parthenon. Afterwards, we had just enough time to get back to the hotel to change for high tea at the Georgian Restaurant in Harrod's (click). We then looked through quite a few of the shops, but spent most of our time in the Food Halls where we purchased items to take home for a late evening meal.

I took a jog around Kensington Park as the sun was setting...very beautiful.

Dinner in the hotel room included 2 cheeses: Red Chesire English and a Berkswell, and 3 different kinds of Prosciuto: Tivoli-Fiourrcci, Parma Ham, & Extra Seasoned Parma Ham. This was washed down by a Claret bottled for Harrod's by Maison Sichel, Bordeaux, France. All-in-all a rather European-eccletic (EU) meal.

I put aside the Borchgrave book; the illustrations are beautiful, but the writing was a bit flowery and low on history. Now I'm reading Liturgy and the Arts, translated from Albert Rouet's original French.