A Few Days in London

We're in Prague now, but for a few days before we got here, we were in London. Because London is an expensive city, we stayed in a budget hotel, got Oyster cards so we could get discounts on public transit, and bought much of our food at Sainsbury's. For budget travelers like us, one great thing about London is that admission to all the major museums costs nothing more than a small donation (several pounds is suggested). We were in London for four days, so we visited the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, National Gallery, and British Museum. Otherwise we spent our time walking and riding around the city. If you've visited this blog before, you'll know that I'm especially interested in sculpture (particularly statues -- by which I mean work that is representational, rather than abstract). Here's a photo of one of the four gigantic lions in Trafalgar Square:

This statue of Thomas More is in Chelsea. More coined the word "utopia" and published a book by that name in 1516.

Here are some statues from the British Museum. The museum's collection of works of art from other cultures is now the subject of much debate, especially the so-called Elgin marbles. This image, a horse of Selene, shows one of the best known of those works.

Here are a few other works from the museum, which are Roman, Egyptian, and Assyrian, respectively.