so i call my bank and they're like, "um yeah, we've got the notation that you were going to be out of the country - your card wasn't blocked because of that. we just thought one of your withdrawal attempts looked funny, so it blocked that transaction." turns out it was "funny" because it was from london. PEOPLE: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRAVEL - YOU WITHDRAW MONEY FROM "FUNNY" LOCATIONS. whatever. all is well in the world now.
after a nap yesterday and a pretty excellent night's sleep last night, i'm feeling good and on british time. i went to the british museum this afternoon while other claire had lunch with a friend who is also in london. the british museum rocked; their 100 objects from the podcast "a history of the world in 100 objects" (which i've been listening to well in advance of this trip) were clearly marked on a free map of the museum, so i visited some of them. the mummies and rosetta stone were particularly crowded, but SO interesting, and the sutton hoo burial stuff was really interesting and less crowded. the mummies made me a little uneasy, though - that someone's actual remains are the center of attention in a museum hundreds of miles away from where they died...and that these remains have been taken out of egypt and are kept as property of england. i don't know - felt a little weird. but i was certainly grateful to be able to see them...so...
the weather is beautiful - 60s and sunny, though i did get sprinkled on for a couple minutes around lunchtime - and we're finding our way around the neighborhood we're staying in. we're resting right now (hooray for afternoon lie downs!), and then off to dinner and a pub tonight!
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