Platform 9-3/4 and The British Museum

(Written by Jenny, though posted by Professor Cassity due to technical glitches) 

One of the places Davinia and I were dying to go to was King’s Cross Station.  Why?  We wanted to visit platform 9 ¾ and take a picture “disappearing” through the wall.  All the girls traveled together to King’s Cross.  When we arrived, we headed straight to platform 9.  After walking the length of the platform and not seeing the sign for 9 ¾, we started looking for a friendly face to ask.  Luckily someone knew why we were wondering around and pointed us in the right direction.  As it turns out, Platform 9 ¾ is not in King’s Cross Station.  It is a photo opportunity outside of the station.  Though slightly bummed at how little effort the English put into this photo op, we nonetheless stood in line and waited for our chance to take pictures with the disappearing cart. 

Afterwards, we headed to the British Museum for the second time on our trip.  During our first visit we only had a short time to look around before the museum closed.  This time, we had hours to wander around and look at the exhibits.  Our first stop was the Egyptian artifacts room to view the Rosetta Stone.  We were able to view many statues, as well as, part of the Sphinx’s broken beard.  We moved on to the rooms with Ancient Greek statues, dishes, and tools.  This was my favorite area.  We were told the Greece wants many, if not all, of their artifacts back, but the British Museum is refusing.  One of our final stops in the museum, before the gift shop, was the library donated by King George III.  This was a huge room of books, statues, and artifacts.  It was breathtaking and overwhelming.  I was able to find the complete works of William Shakespeare (not abridged) in this library.  Though we spent several hours here, it is not a museum that can be conquered in one day.  However, it is worth a try.