The British Museum

Travis with his favorite philosopher, Socrates. Travis LOVES the fact that we took this picture of them "together"
"DumDum bring me some GumGum" That's how Quinn knows of this statue, from the movie "Night at the Museum". Not the fact that it is one of hundreds of similar statues on Easter Island, mysteriously placed there by unknown persons (or aliens, depending on who you ask!) Rolf finds it mortifying that this wonderful piece of stone will be remembered as a silly talking head! Ah well, modern movie making at its best!

The kids with the Rosetta Stone. Well, not really. A copy of the stone, one that you can touch. We did see the real thing but it is encased in glass and has about 100 people around it trying to get a photo!

The British Museum

We had a wonderful afternoon at the museum. It really is amazing to see the antiquities and treasures that England has amassed over the years. Rolf had to point out to the kids that most of the items in the museum were stolen when countries were plundered by the English over hundreds of years. Quinn thought that was terrible! She chose to believe these items were gifts from all the countries!