Kow Tails: cheers to coins, goblets, and antique busts

Today would be another day of fine museums and churches; seems to be the norm around here. We started it out with a small trip to the British Museum which has a fabulous glass ceiling designed by Norman Foster. To be honest it was just full of coins and goblets. The only three things that were worth seeing are here in mentioned below:
The Rosetta stone, which may or may not have been a fake. To be determined. Although the reality of its integrity is in question it still was cool to see some semblance of how things were written down and translated.
Statuary from the frieze of the Parthenon, this was the highlight for me. I love the human form and to see these pieces represented so anatomically perfectly for their historical time was so impressive and moving. I loved the drapery that forms to the female bodies displaying the beauty of our bodies.
The lions from the Ishtar Gate, these are Assyrian man beasts that are shown standing from the front and running from the side, therefore they have 5 legs. Also way ahead of the times.
The rest of the museum was basically things used for coins, jewelry, platters, and Egyptian papers. Pretty ok, but nothing I was super interested in.
Next we went to the Sir John Soane Museum which was a collection of artifacts that he had collected in his travels. It reminded me of a grandma’s home because there were things in every nook and cranny; vases, plastered designs, coins, books, mirrors, pictures. The architecture of the home was fabulous because it had all these great skylights with stained yellow glass which made the home just glow. It also had inventive cabinets tucked into walls, mirrors on the ceiling to make it look bigger and open gardens and courtyards mixed in. Pretty modern for his time.
Next we had lunch in the museums café. It was nice to just sit and eat a cute little sandwich and cake.
The entire group headed to St. Paul’s Cathedral which is the biggest church for the Church of England. It has a single dome and two towers in the front. It’s very similar to the catholic cathedrals we’ve seen previously, the only difference is that the Church of England’s décor was more simplified and not so gotty. We walked up baby stairs that had a rise of like 2 inches so it took like 3 years to get to the top. The dome is famous for being able to whisper into the wall and someone being able to hear it on the other side. We could not get it to work so it was disappointing; the only voice we heard was this little Oriental man who kept saying sexy beast, real appropriate for a church. Some of us continued to the next level which was an outside balcony on the dome. The sites were pretty but obstructed. We continued the spiral stairs upward to the inner dome, also on the outside. These views were much better than the level below. I love climbing these domes even though it almost kills me. I thought I was in shape with running everyday to prepare, yeah that was all in vain.
After this we walked through the crypt and saw all the dead bodies underneath the floor. Interesting technique there, but the best one was Sir Christopher Wren’s tomb who actually rebuilt the church after the London fires. It was a simple black stone slab that took us forever to find because it was in the corner and so plain. I thought it was a bench. I used the bathrooms which were total Harry Potter style with the sinks in the center.
I went to H&M found some finds, did some deeds, and came home for some dinner of homemade spaghetti and sat down to blog. We have to get up at 4:30 so off to bed!