Day at the Museum(s)

I actually wanted my blanket last night and didn't wake up dripping! It was exciting.
I didn't realise how light my hair had gotten (from being bleached when I dyed it red) - I was confused for a moment this morning, it looked like I was going blonde :] I liked the red streaks, maybe I'll do it again sometime.
Harry Potter comes out tomorrow night! And I'm going to see the midnight release, in London! Goodness, I'm so bloody excited! And I'm definitely wearing my Hufflepuff shirt tomorrow :D
The quiz in Living and Dying today wasn't too bad. I know I got one wrong - the Great Fire didn't start on 3 September, it started on 2 September at 3 in the morning (I knew there was a 3 in there somewhere...).
Then we went to the Foundling Museum. It was pretty cool to see. When mothers brought their babies in, they left tokens so they could reclaim their child if they could take care of it. Some of the tokens were on display, and some of them were rather interesting. I saw a fish, a ring and a miniature arm. We could also do the lottery thing that the mothers had to do to see if their baby would be admitted - I got the white ball, my baby was in! :D
Then I saw that Handel had been a Governor for the hospital - I went upstairs and saw the floor dedicated to him. It was really cool to see the original score for Messiah - I've played it often enough to be able to start singing the second violin part on cue and I was able to figure out where in the song the score was opened to :] Then I had the song stuck in my head until after lunch when I put my headphones in.
After I ate my lunch, I went to the British Museum. When looking online to make sure it would be open, I saw suggested plans for if you had one or three hours. I debated printing one off at the Centre, but decided to just wing it. I saw this cool room about the Enlightenment with things like astrolabes and a model of the Solar System, as well as an early mortgage written on a large brick. Next I came across a room of Native American things, based on the region of the tribe. That was really cool to see - I like learning about them. And then there was an Easter Island statue.
I wanted to see the Rosetta Stone, so I decided to get a map after all. I didn't really want to wander around all afternoon and not see it after all. When I looked, I saw that I was on the wrong side of the museum after all. Heh.
Then I made it to the room where the stone was, I didn't have to look long - there was a large group of people gathered around it. It was neat to see the Stone, but the people were kinda annoying so I moved on rather quickly.
When I did look around the room the stone was in, I got excited - it was full of ancient Egyptian sculptures and architecture and things. Ancient Egypt was always interesting to learn about for me, so I was probably smiling like a fool as I walked around. And I really don't care all that much :D
I was proud of myself - I remembered something before I read about it! I saw a large statue of a Pharoh and I remembered that his crown meant that he was leader of either Upper or Lower Egypt, I just couldn't rememebr which was which until I read the plaquard - the double crown was for Lower Egypt (which is actually to the North - it has to do with the fact that the Nile runs northwards) and the smooth singular crown was for Upper Egypt.
I looked at my map to see where I wanted to go next and saw Greece and Rome and said 'Ooh, I want to go there!'
I also really like learning about ancient Greece and Rome. Let's just say that I love history and leave it at that. So, basically, this is my perfect museum :D
The downstairs Greece rooms had sections of the Parthenon - those were really neat to look at. Then I went upstairs and found more Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome rooms! I really liked how many figurines there were of the Greek and Roman gods - I find ancient mythology absolutely fascinating. There were also a ton of heads of Roman emperors - Julius Caesar was missing half of his face and the bust of Agustus looked really creepy.
Next on my list was to go through all of the Europe rooms. First up was Medeival Europe, where my camera died. I decided to charge it up and return, rather than look at everything and not remember what I wanted pictures of later. So, I made my way back to my room and to upload my 120 pictures from the day :D Like I said, it's my perfect museum ;] I'm on part four of my Summer 2011 picture albums on facebook, I wonder how many I'll have total. I've still got 2 weeks of IES, a trip to Cornwall and my family joining me before I even get out of England. And then we're going to Scotland and Ireland. Good thing my memory card can hold 2500 pictures at a time :D
My next post will be after I've seen Harry Potter! Eep, I'm psyched!
Till then,
-Carly the Hufflepuff
(who is a particularly good FINDer)
(That's from A Very Potter Musical, don't worry if you don't get it.)
(Though, remember, killing people doesn't make them like you - it just makes them dead :D )