L U N A T A L K with Eva Moon

Museumed

September 29, 2007 on 10:10 am | In Arts, General Musing, Travel |

Lord, I wish my body could figure out when to sleep!

Spent the whole morning at the British Museum where they have the Rosetta Freaking Stone and the Elgin Freaking Marbles. I was amazed at how little security there was. It’s wide open, no one checking bags. People walking amonst the priceless relics with backpacks and tote bags. Same at the National Gallery, where we whiled away the afternoon in the company of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Monet and too many others to name.

We’re staying at the Rhodes Hotel just north of Hyde Park. The proprietor is a voluble Greek with bushy eyebrows (is there any other kind?) who badgered me into eating more breakfast than I had intended to and regaled us with stories of air conditioning installations while we charmed him with our tiny smattering of Greek. There’s no elevator and we’re on the third floor (which lists significantly to the right as you enter). The walls are decorated with amusingly rendered Greek friezes and there’s an actual model of the Parthenon suspended over the check in desk. Shades of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Couldn’t be more pleased!

Tonight we’ve got tickets to see The Lord of the Rings, the Musical. I can’t imagine how it’s possible to tell the story and sing the songs in under three hours, but soon I’ll know and I’ll pull no punches in my review tomorrow. Off to the theatah!

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