After class, Teresa and I headed to the British Museum. The place is huge, so we used a guide book and picked out a few of the most important artifacts to see (like the Rosetta stone). When Teresa asked one of the guides where the Elgin Marbles were, we were embarrassed to be informed that the marbles were actually large pieces of the Parthenon (not the kind of marbles we were thinking) and that we were standing right in front of the three large exhibits containing them. Feeling rather dumb, we looked around and then left to go eat.
We stepped outside of our mealtime comfort zone and decided to try authentic Indian food. It turned out to be really good. I bet the Indian people think our American food is bland in comparison to theirs.
After dinner, we thought we would make a quick stop at Harrods and check it out. It turns out that Harrods is actually city calling itself a department store. It has one of everything (including food). And by one of everything I mean one of everything you can?t afford. We looked around for awhile and then headed back.
British word of the day:
Surgeries/theatre ? surgeries meaning a doctors office and theatre meaning operating room. Example: ?Visit the doctor during her surgery hours because she is currently in the operating theatre?. I learned this word when I was at the hospital in Derbyshire. Imagine the confusion this might cause when someone thinks they are going to surgery but they end up in an office or when they think they are going to a theatre and they end up getting sliced open. I know I was confused at first.
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