Don't Lose Your Head Over It!
We hit the Boroughs market on Saturday - we managed to push through the madding crowd in order to do a bit of sight seeing and window shopping. Think lots of vendors, lots of people, and lots of ways for me to spend money. I limited myself to only spending 6 pounds, having purchased some garlic, ginger and a new salt - ginger, corriander, pimento and other mixed spices. It promises to be a treat! Oh, and they had creme caramel in a pot.
One of the reasons I spent so little is because we shopped after lunch; a nice pub lunch at Bunch of Grapes, just off the London Bridge (not to be confused with the Tower Bridge). Along side my Steak and Ale pie was a nice glass of Pimm's and Lemonade (P&L). Refreshed, we hit the market on our way through the Thames Festival. Ahh, Boris, you really know how to through a party.
Dinner consisted of barbequed ribs, boiled potatoes and a nice tossed salad - was an all hands effort. More P&L was served, along with the desserts Noise had picked up in the market; eclairs and possibly the best apple strudel I've ever had. Still more P&L was served, followed by a decent amount of wine. It may even have been an amount of decent wine, but by the time P&L was done, so was my ability to judge wine. The result of this being a late night chippy run. Mmm.
Sunday saw us visiting the Tower of London, where we spent the better part of three hours crawling over the walls and visting the Crown Jewels. We even had time for coffee break where the Singer induldged me by letting me get both a scone with clotted cream and preserves AND! Victorian Style Gingerbread. I'll defintely have to get that recipe. It was accompanied by possibly the best cup of coffee I've ever had... or ever had since I got to London. As this is a tea drinking country, I've wanted for my morning ritual of pouring the coffee from my drip brewed coffee maker. My workaround here in an Americano - espresso + hot water.
About the Tower, I'll offer these tips for when you go:
1) Go early aka, first thing. Find out when the Tower opens on that day, and get there to be ahead of the crowd.
2) If you come out of the Tube at Tower Hill, buy your ticket from the newstand outside the tube station - slightly cheaper and no lines.
3) Once you get in, go right to the Crown Jewels. Early visitors get a treat in that the moving sidewalks aren't on quite yet, and the guards will let you go around a couple times.
4) TAKE THE BEEFEATER TOUR! Write that down. Seriously, you're being given a highly entertaining lesson in English and Tower history by a veteran member of the British Army.
Due to time constraints we skipped popping up to Brick Lane for a curry, and instead found a little cafe to get lunch. Not much to say. I'll leave the telling of our dinner to The Singer when she gets around to it, because there, it's less about the food and more about the company and the activites.
PS - I will never understand this countrie's fascination with mayonaise.
One of the reasons I spent so little is because we shopped after lunch; a nice pub lunch at Bunch of Grapes, just off the London Bridge (not to be confused with the Tower Bridge). Along side my Steak and Ale pie was a nice glass of Pimm's and Lemonade (P&L). Refreshed, we hit the market on our way through the Thames Festival. Ahh, Boris, you really know how to through a party.
Dinner consisted of barbequed ribs, boiled potatoes and a nice tossed salad - was an all hands effort. More P&L was served, along with the desserts Noise had picked up in the market; eclairs and possibly the best apple strudel I've ever had. Still more P&L was served, followed by a decent amount of wine. It may even have been an amount of decent wine, but by the time P&L was done, so was my ability to judge wine. The result of this being a late night chippy run. Mmm.
Sunday saw us visiting the Tower of London, where we spent the better part of three hours crawling over the walls and visting the Crown Jewels. We even had time for coffee break where the Singer induldged me by letting me get both a scone with clotted cream and preserves AND! Victorian Style Gingerbread. I'll defintely have to get that recipe. It was accompanied by possibly the best cup of coffee I've ever had... or ever had since I got to London. As this is a tea drinking country, I've wanted for my morning ritual of pouring the coffee from my drip brewed coffee maker. My workaround here in an Americano - espresso + hot water.
About the Tower, I'll offer these tips for when you go:
1) Go early aka, first thing. Find out when the Tower opens on that day, and get there to be ahead of the crowd.
2) If you come out of the Tube at Tower Hill, buy your ticket from the newstand outside the tube station - slightly cheaper and no lines.
3) Once you get in, go right to the Crown Jewels. Early visitors get a treat in that the moving sidewalks aren't on quite yet, and the guards will let you go around a couple times.
4) TAKE THE BEEFEATER TOUR! Write that down. Seriously, you're being given a highly entertaining lesson in English and Tower history by a veteran member of the British Army.
Due to time constraints we skipped popping up to Brick Lane for a curry, and instead found a little cafe to get lunch. Not much to say. I'll leave the telling of our dinner to The Singer when she gets around to it, because there, it's less about the food and more about the company and the activites.
PS - I will never understand this countrie's fascination with mayonaise.
posted by Serdic at 18:01
1 Comments:
Wow, I leave you alone for a little while and look what happens. ;) Glad to hear that you guys are having fun. :)
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