Here are some pictures from the London trip (there are more on Facebook)!
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| Big Ben - seriously, it's huge |
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| From the London Eye |
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| Her Majesty's Theatre for Phantom of the Opera |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Golden St. Paul on a pole |
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| Borough Market |
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| Between St. Paul's and the Tate Modern |
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| King's Cross Station |
It was a wonderful and
very full trip - Westminster, St. Paul's, Tate Modern, National Gallery, the Theatre, a trip to Harrods, an afternoon shopping on Oxford Street...
The highlight of the trip was Borough Market - it was so wonderful on Wednesday that we went back on Friday for the full market. After choosing between flavorless Scottish food or curries for two and a half months, a whole market dedicated to organic, fresh food was incredible.
On Friday, I had a sandwich on fresh ciabatta bread, made with sliced tomatoes, greens and goat cheese. Earlier in the week, we'd bought empanadas straight out of the oven from an Argentinian food cart, ate fruit and pomegranate juice from other stands, and found a baker who was making meringues as big as your face with leftover brownie or cookie crumbs sprinkled on the top.
And, having established some trust with the food vendors in the city, I ate my first British fish and chips!
London, well done. You could make food that's just "okay," and still have better food than the rest of the UK. But you make food that puts everyone else to shame. I am seriously considering going back just to go to Borough Market again.
I'm back in Aberdeen, writing papers, doing laundry, making curry (I'm getting better!), and looking at ticket prices for short trips to...somewhere it's not snowing. Because, no joke, it's still snowing here.
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