Museums Galore

(Quick explanation for the previous post: As well as updating my friends and family and whomever else is reading this blog, I'm using it for my London journal class, and our first assignment was to write about food.)

London is filled with so many museums. The best part is that, with few exceptions, the museums are free. On any given day you can just decide on a whim to go visit a museum for a few hours, and not feel like you have to see everything in one day. 

I've been to the British Museum several times now, for both art history and creative writing. The British Museum has mostly ancient art, including the Rosetta Stone, which is humbling. My creative writing class has been focusing on ekphrastic poetry and I wrote my first piece on the Parthenon Marbles. It's incredible to think how old these amazing sculptures are.

The other museum I've been spending most of my time at is the National Gallery. It's in Trafalgar Square which in itself is beautiful. The gallery is enormous and it's absolutely impossible to see everything in one day. 

Lately I've been focusing on the Impressionist. It's incredible to get so up close to all these paintings I've heard so much about and seen in pictures. Manet is one of my favorites. I wrote another ekphrastic piece on Monet's Irises.

Today Ashley and I wandered down Oxford street to find the Border's book store (not a museum, I know. Whatever.) It's huge! Three

floors! We could have spent all day there, but I would have ended up spending too much money. I bought a new book, not too expensive, but I can foresee myself spending more money on books and whatnot than anything else. I'll probably end up with nothing representing London. ha! No, I'm sure I'll come back with a shirt or something...

My next post will be more exciting than this one, (it was a bit of a lazy weekend for me) we're taking a group excursion to Stonehenge!

Oh, by the way, my commute to my Shakespeare class is across the Millennium Bridge and looks like this: