When I was at the Museum of London on Saturday, one of the museum employees saw me reading about the renovations they are doing to their galleries covering 1666-present. She asked it I wanted to have a look at a few of the exhibits from that period. She first took me to a case of flintlock pistols from the 1800s, one of which had been used in a duel by the Duke of Wellington. Of course, there was a catch. When she started asking my opinions about the exhibit & its layout, I realized I had gotten caught in a survey. I went along with it, because I was happy to see a few of the more modern exhibits. The next exhibit had various dresses and shoes, and some other fashion items from the 1960s, including a few pieces of Beatles memorabilia. Needless to say, I don't remember a lot about that exhibit, since it was geared toward 60's fashion. The final exhibit showed about a dozen photographs of London after the Blitz, with houses and tube stations nearly obliterated, and also displayed a few shell casings. I was more than happy to see some things not then on normal display, and it only took about 15 minutes with the questions.

Yesterday, I went through the Assyrian galleries at the British Museum. It was neat getting to see statues and wall reliefs from the palaces of Babylon and Nineveh and Nimrud. I think all of the objects I saw were from the palaces of Assyrian kings who are mentioned in the Bible. This really brought the Old Testament to life, and made me go back and look for these kings. There are so many kings of Assyria mentioned in the Old Testament. The Israelites never learned to trust God, so He kept sending in invaders.

I know you all want to see pictures of something besides museums. I will be outside of London the next two weekends, but unless I've told you already, you'll just have to wait and see where I go next.