Welcome Danny and Leora!

Danny and Leora flew in today, arriving about noon. They made it smoothly through customs and arrived at our apartment about 2PM so we ate a quick lunch and headed out to see some sights (and keep them awake).

About to enter the British Museum:

Roman manufactured perfume/scent bottle in the shape of a foot (I guess feet have always been stinky):

 The Lewis chessmen. Made in about the 11th century, probably in Norway, out of ivory:

The Rosetta Stone (plus my reflection):

Danny and Leora with Easter Island dude:

An enormous scarab beetle; one of many cool Egyptian artifacts. There was a sign saying not to touch...unless you are blind:

Street art near Tottingham Court Road:

 We are lucky to live in a neighborhood with many public green spaces. This is the one closest to our apartment; it contains a small zoo of exotic animals, mostly birds. The laughing kookaburras started up a racket that sounded like this.

Pretty bird:

 

Another pretty bird taking a nap on one leg:

R.O.U.S.'s

Look, they're still awake!

Pretty flowers in the "water garden" part of the park:

More pretty flowers:

Another shot of the "water garden":

Yup, still awake. Must be because they know they get some good ol' veggie chili if they stay up:

Make way for ducklings! I almost missed my chance at this shot...