Exploring London - Week One

The Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of my first week we spent going to markets and exploring London. 

Thursday we went to the Borough Market, which is all food and drink. You can get anything from a brownie to fresh fruit and veggies to chicken curry. Everything smells and tastes delicious. Before I get anything I like to go around and try all of the samples. :) 

                               

This past week I was back over in this area trying to secure tickets for the Richard III at the Globe, so naturally I had to go back to the Borough market. I had a duck confit sandwich for lunch followed by a large cooke (which lasted me all day) and some mulled cider. It was a perfect meal for that blustery day.

Back to week 1, the next day we went to Portobello Rd. Market to look around. It's a really neat area in Notting Hill full of antiques, books, jewelry, clothes... all sorts of things.  

That evening we ate at a really neat pub that Caitrin found called the Churchill arms. The front has a true English pub atmosphere, but the back is a Thai restaurant. It was a great night! 

The last London adventure of Week 1 was with our neighbor Roger. He's quite fascinated with the new cable car/gondola system that goes over the Thames in the East End (Olympic area). So, Saturday he took us all down there for a ride. It was a beautiful day. He walked us around the south bank a bit afterwards and we saw a few Olympic venues. We were actually there when a Paralympic basketball game was going on.

Roger 

Olympic Park

And finally, we finished off our Roger field trip at a delicious Turkish restaurant.