After lovely sleep( I over slept), we made our way to the British museum. I’m glad I had left overs from the Indian restaurant or I wouldn’t have had breakfast. The museum was amazing in its enormity and vastness. Nearly every inhabitable continent was covered, and I learned a lot. My mom and brother were there in December, so it was a bit surreal to stand in the same places they stood and see the same things they did.
In the Bible, I’ve read stories about temples and gates, but it wasn’t until that day that I realized how extraordinary they were. Gates the height of 5 men towered above me, pillars that just inspired awe stood before me. It made me wish that I could go back to a time when this type of architecture was actively used and constructed. (If only I had a TARDIS)
After the museum, I went back to the hotel to charge my phone and check on the directions to Chinatown. After getting everything situated, I went to Chinatown and walked into nearly every Chinese medicine shop I saw. I was able to practice my mandarin and see a potential place where I could work in the future. After walking around, I went to a nice Malaysian restaurant and had food so delicious that I cried tears of joy.
I got to try herbal tea from herbs I had coincidentally bought in china. It was nice to see the proper way to combine the flavors.
I also witnessed a presentation of a cult that is banned in china. It was interesting to see two sides of the same story.
