Sunday, January 11, 2009


Nothing like a bit of culture on a Sunday afternoon - we visited Ancient Egpyt, Assyria and Greece at the British Museum today. Sophs was rapt, particularly with the Egyptian section, but wasn't as interested in the Assyrian or Greek artefacts, for reasons completely unknown. She studied the Rosetta stone, exclaimed 'cat' and 'miaow' when she saw the Gayer-Anderson cat, signed 'bird' when she saw a carved stone bird (Horus?), and steamed around fearlessly through the sea of fast moving legs, completely oblivious to the fact that she was far below the eyeline of most people in the room who were looking up at the exhibits, not below their knees for a little doll-carrying explorer. Gone are the days when I study intently the detail of a carving, or have time to read the explanatory notes next to each exhibit - Stu and I did tag-team child chasing. Good thing she's cute, it buys you kindness from the stranger you've just rugby-tackled who has unknowingly been on a collision course with your child.

The Egyptians were an incredible people, and I hope one day to visit the pyramids and see the tomb loot in Cairo and Luxor (and everywhere in between) and cruise the Nile. I bought myself a book on teaching yourself hieroglyphics - something to do in my spare time ;) I'm back at uni 2 nights a week, have my weekend of Hypnotherapist training this weekend, and am still working a 4 day week until the end of February. Sleep is optional.






























Above: Sophia intently studying the Rosetta stone, her Hieroglyphics and Ancient Greek 101 exam is next week!

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