Daily Updates
Week One: March 24
24 March: Katie and Evan Reporting: Daily Update Chapter 1: Our final day in London began for most of us at the obscene hour of 6:30 a.m. We managed to pile all of our luggage into a tiny room filled with freeloading Europeans. As imperialist Americans, we were completely at ease in this room invasion. By 8:15 a.m., the group was sitting through another energetic lecture by Soon-to-be-Dr. Schultz, during which Soon-to-be-Dr. Schultz presented an interesting theory that the Parthenon frieze took many ideas from Persian art at the palace at Persepolis. Genius? Heresy? In the illustrious words of Soon-to-be-Dr. Schultz, ăWho Knows?ä From there we returned to our home away from home, the British Museum, for a lecture from Dr. Saint John Simpson about Assyrian and Persian art. After we looked at some incredible friezes from Assyrian and Persian palaces and at the rich Oxus Treasure, we took a quiz, ate a very brief lunch, and took our first regular museum tour, on Islamic artifacts. We had our final museum lecture with Soon-to-be-Dr. Schultz on Hellenistic sculpture before leaving for Athens. Chapter 2: The real adventure began at 7:00 that evening. We gathered all of our luggage from the hostel, disturbing more Europeans, though these were less free-loading Europeans, and headed to the Russell Square tube stop. For most, this was not difficult. For others, like Evan, whose rolling duffel÷tentatively named ăThe Beastä÷was made by the worst engineers in the history of engineers, this was a little arduous and very sweaty. Nevertheless, we made it to the tube, only to find out the line we needed was not working. Making good use of our expensive, liberal arts education, we improvised and took a few taxis to Kingâs Cross train station, where the trip hit a snag for one unfortunate soul. After boarding the train bound for Luton Airport, one of our ranks, Mr. Lynn, realized he had left his backpack on the train platform. While he headed back at the next stop, the rest forged ahead, arriving at Luton to face the dreaded Easy Jet baggage check. Despite having much luggage over the specified limit, no problems were encountered. Finally, after 11:00, we boarded Easy Jet set for Athens, Greece. Will the intrepid group from Dartmouth make it to their destination? Will Mr. Lynn find his bag with his computer intact? Will the police have confiscated it thinking it was a bomb? How funny does Soon-to-be-Dr. Schultz look in his sleeping mask while on the plane? Tune in for the next installment to find out. Except for that last question, which was rhetorical. He looked hilarious. OK, fine. Mr. Lynn found his bag with only a few things missing. His computer was intact. We are happy for him. He and his miraculously-rescued computer arrived in Athens without incident.
24 March: Evan and Katie in the Reading Room at the British Museum
24 March. The Reading Room at the British Museum
24 March. The Reading Room at the British Museum
24 March. School Group at the British Museum
24 March. Doing Some Drawing at the British Museum
24 March. Dr. St. John Simpson Lecturing on the Assyrian Reliefs
24 March. In the Assyrian Galleries
24 March. In the Assyrian Galleries
24 March. In the Assyrian Galleries
24 March. In the Assyrian Galleries
24 March. Panel from the Assyrian Reliefs
24 March. Panel from the Assyrian Reliefs
24 March. Panel from the Assyrian Reliefs
24 March. Panel from the Assyrian Reliefs
24 March. Glazed Brick Relief of Persian Warrior
24 March. In the Islamic Gallerys
24 March. Group Picture in the Great Court
24 March. Group Picture in the Great Court, with Peter Shchultz
24 March. Peter Schultz Striving to Look Assyrian