Bank Holiday Week-end
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bazanges) spent the long week-end with us.
Yesterday Adrian (london1952) and I had tickets for the 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum' exhibition at the British Museum and Ricardo came with us, although it wasn't possible to get another ticket (apparently it is one of the must-see this year).
The weather was lovely all week-end (something very unusual!) and yesterday morning the sky was very blue
Don't be fooled by this empty road! In and around the museum was rather busy...
The exhibition is in the former reading room, in the middle of the courtyard
We have been to Pompeii (I've been 3 times) and Herculaneum, and we only visited the Archaeological Museum of Naples (which loaned at least half of the objects on display) at the end of January so nothing was really that new to us but we both enjoyed the exhibition a lot.
While in the museum in Naples everything is displayed according to a traditional layout, here there's a plan: the floor plan of the exhibition is modelled on the layout of a Roman villa and the archaeological finds are placed in the appropriate rooms. This makes it much more interesting to see.
While in Naples we almost had the museum to ourselves (we visited out of season and in the late afternoon), at the British Museum it was quite a different story: I had to be quite patient (I don't like crowds) and put up with running children and the occasional B.O.!
Unlike Naples, no pictures were allowed - one really wanted to challenge that but what's the point when it's that busy?
I would have never expected to read words such as 'cocksucker' and 'shitter' at the BM! But well blame those Romans! LOL!
After the museum, we went to Soho and indulged ourselves!
We visited two ice-cream parlours: Amorino on Old Compton Street and Gelupo on Archer Street.
Greedy? Us? Never!! LOL!
It was just so lovely to see and feel the sun at the week-end! And we weren't the only ones thinking that...
This is Green Park seen for the upper deck of a 38 bus!
bazanges) spent the long week-end with us.Yesterday Adrian (
london1952) and I had tickets for the 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum' exhibition at the British Museum and Ricardo came with us, although it wasn't possible to get another ticket (apparently it is one of the must-see this year).The weather was lovely all week-end (something very unusual!) and yesterday morning the sky was very blue
Don't be fooled by this empty road! In and around the museum was rather busy...
The exhibition is in the former reading room, in the middle of the courtyard
We have been to Pompeii (I've been 3 times) and Herculaneum, and we only visited the Archaeological Museum of Naples (which loaned at least half of the objects on display) at the end of January so nothing was really that new to us but we both enjoyed the exhibition a lot.
While in the museum in Naples everything is displayed according to a traditional layout, here there's a plan: the floor plan of the exhibition is modelled on the layout of a Roman villa and the archaeological finds are placed in the appropriate rooms. This makes it much more interesting to see.
While in Naples we almost had the museum to ourselves (we visited out of season and in the late afternoon), at the British Museum it was quite a different story: I had to be quite patient (I don't like crowds) and put up with running children and the occasional B.O.!
Unlike Naples, no pictures were allowed - one really wanted to challenge that but what's the point when it's that busy?
I would have never expected to read words such as 'cocksucker' and 'shitter' at the BM! But well blame those Romans! LOL!
After the museum, we went to Soho and indulged ourselves!
We visited two ice-cream parlours: Amorino on Old Compton Street and Gelupo on Archer Street.
Greedy? Us? Never!! LOL!
It was just so lovely to see and feel the sun at the week-end! And we weren't the only ones thinking that...
This is Green Park seen for the upper deck of a 38 bus!
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Date: 2013-05-07 03:58 pm (UTC)Looks like lovely weather... in the Southeastern US, we've had London & Seattle's weather. Quite damp and chilly so far for spring.
You know those casts of the victims of Vesuvius creep me out. There's one of a dog that really gets to me....
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Date: 2013-05-08 12:04 pm (UTC)I hope that the weather will improve there!
Oh yes, the dog cast was there...
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Date: 2013-05-07 08:37 pm (UTC)That big-wheeled bike is beautiful. There's someone in Provincetown who has one and he rides it around with a top hat (of course - why not?!) during the event weeks. Very fun!
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Date: 2013-05-08 12:05 pm (UTC)One of our neighbours has a penny-farthing!
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Date: 2013-05-08 02:22 am (UTC)Would have loved to have seen the Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibits, myself!
I have a book on that subject, and have looked
it up online.
The ice cream looks divine!
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Date: 2013-05-08 12:06 pm (UTC)The exhibition is great but cannot quite beat the experience of visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum.
And the ice-cream was delicious!
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Date: 2013-05-08 07:33 am (UTC)Rxx
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Date: 2013-05-08 12:06 pm (UTC)xx
One of our neighbours has a penny-farthing
Date: 2013-05-09 06:30 am (UTC)Chuck
Re: One of our neighbours has a penny-farthing
Date: 2013-05-09 09:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-09 07:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-09 09:55 pm (UTC)Why is that all the delicious stuff is bad for us?