Leaving London

I am sitting at the Los Angeles airport after experiencing a very rigorous security screening at Heathrow, enduring a ten hour flight, going through customs and then having to endure another security screening for my San Francisco flight. I was very sad to leave London. It is a wonderfully international city drawing people from around the world. It is a cultural mecca with an exciting theater scene and world class museums. I will be going back again.

Museums

I have spent my last few days in London exploring museums. The Tate Britain and the Tate Modern have impressive art collections. I still like the British Museum for learning about history through objects such as the above statue of Aphrodite. I took a tour which reviewed the history of the Roman Empire though statues of the emperors. I was able to touch a carved stone ax head that was several thousand years old.