I took 10 pages of notes on oversized paper yesterday during the plenary session, and my handwriting is not large.
There are hardwood doors on the bathroom doors in the British Museum.
Space is a thing of beauty - architecture is not afraid to leave things strategically open.
The word 'lyric' comes from the fact that poems were sung to the music of the lyre.
If I had a million dollars - I could spend it all at one of the shoppes in the British Museum and not have wasted a penny of it, but bought lovely and useful things for my family and friends.
It truly is nothing to walk 4 or 5 miles to get somewhere - although as I understand the public transport system better (ie: get a map)it may become less frequent.
On second thought to the above, walking around London is wonderful and if I have the time I will probably continue to do so.
Dollars and pounds can be equivilized to each other culturally. A nice book might be 16 pounds, and a cheeseburger at McDonald's was advertised for 99p. Recall that with the exchange rate, that means a $30.00 book and $1.70 cheeseburger (roughly).
It is weird to Not have an umbrella when it's raining. People don't seem to wear hoods much.
We arrived in the worst weather (according to the mobile phone salesman) since 1995 - there were patches of snow on the ground.
The cashiers at Tesco's do the self-checkout for me - although it's just like home, and their questions are harder to understand than it would be for me to do it alone! It is very nice of them, though.
There is no garbage in London. Clean city? Well, they call it rubbish or litter.
I will never have to buy phone minutes. Unlimited calling? Well, I might have to top-up my account.
This afternoon I was looking at Roman art and realized I needed to go. So, I walked briskly through pre-Greek Italian art, down several flights of stairs, took a wrong turn into the Parthenon gallery, ended up near a sphinx, and blundered into ancient Japanese (I think) before finding the open area (I would term it a courtyard . . .) and finding the others. What a way to get lost!!! Great scenery and all :) GStQ
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