Kincuri.com » ABC http://blog.kincuri.com Student, Public Servant, Casual Archer, Coffee Snob and Nerdy Nerd Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:07:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 British Museum, London Eye and Time Team! http://blog.kincuri.com/2009/09/16/british-museum-london-eye-and-time-team/ http://blog.kincuri.com/2009/09/16/british-museum-london-eye-and-time-team/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:19:00 +0000 kincuri http://kincuri.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/british-museum-london-eye-and-time-team/ Related posts:
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  2. Westminster and TARDIS – Part 1
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]]> Yesterday was a busy day! Having started the day with plans to see the British Museum in the morning and to do the London Eye in the Afternoon, we also managed to day along to see the show Oliver with the Redline team. (we have also seen Billy Elliot and the Lion King, which I will post an update about later).

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The British Museum has an amazing collection of important historical artefacts, serving not as a museum for British history, but more as an example of world history, with exhibitions dedicated to ancient Egypt, Africa, Asia and the Americas (disappointingly, Australia seems to be missing, but I suppose modern Australian history is relatively young, plus its not why I went to the museum in the first place, but it would have been nice to see us included).

A trip on the London eye was a fantastic experience, just like St. Pauls Cathedral, it provides a fantastic perspective of the city. The ever changing view allows you to take in different parts of the city and towards the end, provides probably the greatest views of the Westminster area, with the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and the Abbey, from anywhere in the city.

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With what must be an amazing coincidence of timing, for the last few days, there has been excavation working occurring on the grounds of Westminster Abbey. It was a little hidden at first, as the whole strip from Victoria station, to Westminster and up to Trafalgar Square is undergoing maintenance works (in anticipation for the 2012 Olympics, I think). Walking past we discovered that it is a excavation for the show Time Team! They are digging up the early foundations of the Abbey for an episode of the show to air early next year. All of the shows ‘stars’ were also on site!

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I simply cannot believe the amount of luck that I have had during this trip. Things that would be notable sights on any given day, I’ve discovered out of chance by just walking around where ever I am. Be it Time Team at the Abbey or the Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, the number of things I have discovered without prior planning has been amazing.

Related posts:

  1. A flurry of updates
  2. Westminster and TARDIS – Part 1
  3. Westminster and TARDIS – Part 2

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