FINALLY MUMZY AND I got to see Tutankhamun at the O2 Centre (formerly known as the dreaded Millennium Dome) in North Greenwich. The exhibition was fantastic. It does not include the famous golden Death Mask, but does have lots of other stuff including Neffertiti, Queen Tea (Neff's mother or mother-in-law, I believe) and the white Tut bust illustrated...... I was in a really Egyptian mood when I left.
This however got totally wiped out by the trauma of having to ride the Jubilee Extension through Canary Wharf (mini New York) and London Bridge Station in hi-tech cattle trucks full of gormless office-zombies (ie folks like me in the future, I expect!!) Dismounted at London Bridge to Change Northern Line only to find out the connexion I wanted was unavailable due to a broken escalator, so cussing, I resumed an extraordinarily crowded train, had to change in the middle of town and finally am home what feels like an hour later (but it was only half an hour tops!)... those trains are so exceedingly sweaty I felt like I was going to melt. How on earth people endure them daily in full business dress unable to change and take a shower on arrival I shall never comprehend... When I'm an international typhoon I shall have bed, kitchen and bathroom in my office (in other words so I never have to go home!!) ... but that's another story or kind of daydream of mine.
Actually the exhibition was so vast my mind started wandering... and rather than admiring the last of the 3200 year-old statues inside them I started wondering whether the plexiglass cases would make nice homes for the Roborovski family...
My Mum was fine by the way... And how was YOUR day..??
PS Next time we're doing Buckingham Palace..(!!)
Talk Like an Egyptian!
ReplyDeleteI have a guest Golden Hamster here courtesy of my daughter going to Spain with her mother to join the nasty Chinese growler and the shy russian one... ha! I am a three hamster home.
Gledwood - International Typhoon. Awesome. Glad to hear that you had a nice visit with your Mom and the Egyptians!
ReplyDeleteI remember seeng the Tut exhibition as a Child at the British museum and it was all decked out like a tomb. We had to walk through all these heiroglyphed hallways and then into the display it made such an impression on me it was FANTASTIC especially the little things like jewellery and furniture. Loved it. I'm still amazed there's no aircon on Trains. (I've never been inside Buck House!) Kinda cute going to see Mummies with Mummy!
ReplyDeleteHello Gleds. I saw Tut a few weeks ago on a jaunt to London and really enjoyed it. Mrs Git doesn't like the tube, but we used it to get there anyway. If you think ours are crowded, try the one in St Petersburg - talk about sardines!
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Sorry for the terrible travel, but OH HOW WONDERFUL you got to see the Tut Exhibit. Hubby got me tix as a Valentine's gift last year when it was in Philadelphia, I guess that was right before it went to London. How magnificent. We loved it! I posted a blog about things we saw, hmm, back in late August, called Egyptian Splendor.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I got to go!
Why is the song Walk Like An Egyptian now stuck in my head?
ReplyDeleteHheee, you don't have to be a "gormless office-zombie" in your future to be successful Gledwood! I'm pleased your mummy was good and Egyptian mummies are always my favourite at the museum! How lucky to see Neffertiti!!! Okay, it was hard work but worth it ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha, I feel the same way about commuters here. I do it to get to class, but I don't understand how these men in full business suits do it daily. I have a serious anger problem with people who commute, I don't really know why, but whenever I am on the train I have a large desire to punch them all in the face... I wonder why.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your mother is well.
My day was lovely. I ate some Chinese food and wandered around NYC. = )
Sounds like a nice time gleds.
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh with the mind wandering part though...I do stuff like that. So, would they make good robo homes?
We had a HORRIBLE transit event here in Canada this week...just like it was straight out of a horror movie. A man stabbed then DECAPITATED another young man right on the bus! He then walked around the bus carrying the head. I almost can't believe it's true. What on earth is this world coming to?!?!
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ReplyDeleteCool! I want to see it too..
ReplyDeleteBut then again I also want to go to Egypt sometime...
Gledwood the businessman..hmm I see you in an office with a big cage full of Roborovski's on your desk ;)
@ Deb..ugh I read about it..really sick.
Awesome dude, that sounds like a very interesting exhibition. I had to laugh when I read about the plexi glass hehe.
ReplyDeleteI think it's wonderful that you do these fun things with your mum. The exhibition sounds like good fun. The public transport sounds as horrid as I remember it being. Like I said, it's no wonder people prefer their own cars.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great time, I have always wanted to see a Tut exhibit!
ReplyDeleteMutley: hi to the hammy from me...
ReplyDeleteEileen: typhoon! ~~ hey I was wondering if NE1 would spot that one...
Baino: the wooden chests etc were amazingly well-preserved
Grumpy: wasn't it fantastic... (and expensive at close on £20 each admission +£4 for the personal telephone holder audio tour thing...)
Crystal: I knew someone I knew had been to see it on the East Coast of America and was wracking my brains as to who... how you've reminded me!!
ReplyDeletePreposterous: I've got Sinead O'Connor's Crocodile in Dublin Zoo spinnin' around mine...
hey how are you? I hope things have got better now
Anonymous: no i don't really want to be a gormless office zombie but also didn't want to insult my future employees...(!!)
Lucinda:
Lucinda: dur! My mistake above... I did mean to REPLY there... right:
ReplyDeleteI have to say I was thinking of NYC as we trundled under Canary Wharf... it's like a mini Manhattan, all glass and steel built up into the sky
+ I get massive cravings for Chinese food too...
Debs: what is the world coming too: you're asking ME... o man! sometimes I think no wonder i'm on drugs... you'd be crazy not to
then I think all sensible and respectable thoughts that cancel that one out. her-hmmmMMM
Arjan: yeah man I will definitely have a live hamster ornament on the desk somewhere between the kitchenette, bathroom and personal office swimming pool...
it might come your way after us... it's stay has been extended, so maybe they were negotiating where it goes to next in Europe...
Vincent: it's fantastic you should definitely go if it comes Down Under (I think it's on a world tour so it might well come your way...)
Nicole: We always kill 2 birds with 1 stone and "do" something as well as just meet... also my home isn't that hospitable so she would probably go crazy if cooped up in there (haha!!)
ReplyDeleteDriving a car in London is even MORE of a nightmare and definitely FAR slower than even the tube... though that kept "needlessly" slowing down, probably to keep in line with some silly timetable no commuter EVER goes by as you just go to platform and wait max 5 mins for the next blinkin' train, don't you~!!
Monogram: Shame you couldn't have seen the exhibition when it was your side of the pond... it didn't come any nearer than NYC and Philadelphia, far as I know...
I will try and post up some Tut links if I can...
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PS Debs: yes those artefact-storing containers would make excellent robo-homes, specially if installed with diggery one end, lots of wheels and a red robo-night-light...
ReplyDeleteHey Gleds, how are you?
ReplyDeleteI went to the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia last year and it was absolutely stunning. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. The presentation was extraordinary.
I hope all is well with you.
Today I went to the Terracotta warrior exhibition, those were great too! The Egyptians were almost outshined when it came to his tomb-building...really sick stuff (the sheer amount of terracotta warriors and the size of his tomb).
ReplyDeleteI think I may have gone to this exhibit when it was in Philadelphia last summer, or at least a similar one. It was pretty cool.
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