Brad's England Journal- March 30th Entry 

Sunday, March 30, 1997

Today is Easter Sunday, and Carrie and I are just relaxing around my Flat here in Birmingham, as Alex and Jeff have both headed back to the US now.
The Rosetta Stone
Alex and Jeff by a Babylonian Statue
One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from True Lies?

The British Museum
Yesterday was our final day in London, and we had reserved it for seeing the British Museum. Fortunately it was about three blocks from HPH where we were staying, so we were able to just walk over to it. The museum is huge and filled with artifacts from just about every culture in the world, a testament to the extent of the British Empire in its hey-day. We started in the Far Eastern Section, then went and saw some of the Egyptian stuff. They have the Rosetta Stone there, but it is sitting right out in the open, so we were speculating that it might be a duplicate they keep to show the public.
Out Front of the British Museum
Alex, Carrie, and I Outside the British Museum
Parting Ways at Euston

Leaving London
We took a break for lunch after a few hours there, and walked over to a nearby district. Afterwards Jeff, Alex, and I went back to the museum for some more exploring, while Carrie went off to do some shopping on her own. We met back at the museum around 4pm, and then headed back to HPH to get our bags. Alex was spending the night in London as his plane leaves from Heathrow today, while Jeff's plane left from Birmingham early today, and he had to come back here. So, at Euston Station, Jeff, Carrie and I said farewell to Alex, and got onto the train for Birmingham.

My Birthday is tomorrow, so Carrie and Jeff treated me to ordered in Pizza last night, an extravagance I can't usually justify on my scholarship. The Pizza wasn't great, but nonetheless it hit the spot and I enjoyed it.

This morning Jeff had to get off quite early, and I barely made it up to see him off to the Airport. Carrie and I got dressed and went into town for the Easter Sunday Service at St. Phillips Cathedral in the City Centre. It was a very nice service, and when the Dean of the Cathedral found out we were from California he made a special point of announcing it to the congregation before the service. It was a beautiful sunny day, so after the service we walked around the City Centre a bit before coming back here to the Flat.

We plan to spend the rest of the day relaxing here around the Flat-- a bit of a break from our hectic schedule of the past week. Tomorrow and Tuesday we are thinking of seeing Cadbury World and perhaps going to Stratford, since Carrie only saw it briefly at night when we went to the play there last Monday.