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This is my finish snowman, or to be more PC, Snowperson

Well after the lovely Christmas vacation it was back to the studies….or so I thought! Britain has had the coldest winter in over twenty years; it’s been quite some time since I have seen so much snow. The whole country pretty much came to a standstill, with many people/children unable to get to work/school as most local councils were not able to get enough grit and salt down on the roads to make it safe for commuters. Thus the first few lectures got cancelled at Brunel. I have to say I wasn’t too disappointed and made the most of it by taking lots of pretty photographs of the snow and building a snowman, which was actually really quite hard work…but I think it looked quite cute when it was finished.

I also took the time to visit the British museum, which I have to confess I have never been to before. I love museums and have visited the Natural History, Science and V&A museum but for some reason have never got round to going to the British museum, which is just amazing it’s so vast you could easily spend a week there to see everything. The main reason I decided to go to the British museum was to see the Aztec exhibition which was really interesting. The Aztecs founded what was to become Mexico (after the Spanish invaded) in 1325 and the exhibition focuses on the last Aztec ruler Moctezuma who died in very suspicious circumstances in 1520 after the Spanish conquest; I really enjoyed learning some history.

Most of the classes started again last week and it was really nice to meet up again with all my classmates and find out what they did for the Christmas holidays. Many of the international students stayed in the UK for the holidays, and they enjoyed cooking a Christmas dinner together at Brunel and then spent the New Year travelling around the UK to places such as Bath and Manchester. Others went home and enjoyed seeing their family and friends, although I think many of them got quite a shock when they returned to the UK and the cold! One of my Turkish friends also very kindly bought me some Turkish Delight which I love.

The British Museum has the largest collection of Mummies in the world.

A Sarcofagus, and some others. I’m not sure what the plural is, it’s either sarchophagi or sarcofagofagofagus

I love the glass ceiling in the museum (but that’s the only glass ceiling i like)

Next time…back to the studies…

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