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| Magna Carta |
Today was a fun day! The class tour took us to the British
Library where I got to see one of four copies remaining of the Magna Carta. It
is also believed that the original copy of the document could be one of the
four copies remaining, so for all I know, I was a class away from the Magna
Carta. It turns out that after we left the room, there should had not been any
photography inside the area, but I accidentally snapped a picture to show you
all! I think that was probably the most exciting part of my day… to see
something so important and popular. For those who may have forgot the “Magna
Carta was the first document imposed upon a King of
England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons,
in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights” according to
historytoday.com. There was also another neat area of the museum where they
show you how they restore old books. There are videos literally showing you
step-by-step how they restore books and their covers. I know it sounds kind of
boring now that I explain it, but when I was in there, the gallery had my full
attention. I like knowing how things are made, and well that kind of
reconstructed a book.
After the museum I headed off to Piccadilly Circus, which is
an area sort of resembling that of New York’s Time Square. There were a ton of
stores, people and even Chinatown! It was interesting to see the different
people there and the different types of food. I ended up spending so much money
at the stores buying souvenirs. I think the retail therapy made me feel a whole
lot better… geez we’re really such Americans :/ 
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