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An educational day in London
After a very tasty lunch of fish & chips (just fish today though – cod) and Italian ice cream, I walked up to the British Library, but on the way I also went through the British Museum (as a shortcut, since it was in my way) and through the grounds of the University of London (Birkbeck), which was a nice little area to walk through in the middle of the city.
While walking through the British Museum, I saw a citole, which was a predecessor to the violin. That’s what’s pictured here.
If you go to the British Library, make sure to visit the Sir John Riblat Gallery, which is where you can see these and much more. Here is what I enjoyed:
- Sheet music written by Beethoven, Handel, and others
- Hand-written lyrics to the Beetle’s Help, Yesterday, Ticket To Ride, and others
- The Magna Carta, with an explanation of it, which was useful for me (history-challenged)
- The first copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which was called Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and explains how the book came to be (read about it here)
- A few pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebook (I’ve seen most of it in Seattle though, but still cool)
- The Gutenberg Bible
- I also listened to a short speech by Amelia Earhart on aircraft safety and technology and to Neil Armstrong’s comments before and as he made the first step on the moon. (yes, I had heard the famous line before, but not the entire thing)
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