Today we went to the British Museum. The British Museum is huge - lots to see. Since the museum is free, and we know that Ethan will not spend all day looking at things at a museum, we decided to see only a small part today and make muliple visits throughout our stay. After viewing the Rosetta Stone, we focused on the Eqyptian rooms. Of particular interest were the mummies.

Below is a real mummified body . . .

After a morning at the museum, we went to find a nearby playground billed as one of "London's Best" at Coram fields. Strangely enough, the playground is located on the grounds of a former orphanage (which includes a musem about the orphanage which we skipped). They also have a small petting zoo, a football pitch (soccer field), and several playscapes. The playground had a really great playscape, but the best feature for Ethan seemed to be the Zip Line. Here are a few shots of Ethan in action on the zip line!

Ethan found a boy his age to play football (soccer) with on the pitch. English kids (even young ones are really good a soccer). It is definitely the national sport. However, Ethan did very well and was excited to make a friend and get to play. The funny thing was - the boys wanted to play soccer using the entire width of the field. The second picture can give you an idea of how far the goals were apart (about 100 yards!). They were both tired out after about 20 mins. of playing.

Ethan on one of the playscapes.