London Day 6

Norman:


Sigh, the days in London are dwindling down. Very bittersweet that we'll be leaving London but going to go see new countries! First stop yesterday was the massive British Museum. There were a lot of cool exhibits. Another very important aspect about the museums in London is that admission is very reasonably priced: free! We stayed there for about an hour wandering the various rooms.

Very life like statue head that was staring into Mandy's soul

Me looking at stuff in the China section

Next stop after the British museum was Camden Market, which is a collection of street vendors, restaurants and food stalls. This was actually my first time in Camden market and I wish I visited Camden Market more often - it's a pretty vibrant area with a lot to see and do. This was also Mandy's first London attraction outside of Zone 1! Only bad thing is that the London weather was starting to be uncooperative and carrying and umbrella around is a little troublesome. We did end up buying a few trinkets 

Camden Market on a rainy day

Afterwards, we headed back into Central London for afternoon tea at St. Paul's Cathedral. Afternoon tea was decent - I can start to see why the English value afternoon tea so highly. Savory sandwiches, scones with clotted cream + jam, macaroons and tarts. While we were there, we thought we'd also check out St. Paul's Cathedral and the neighboring Paternoster Square. I was hoping to see some Occupy Wall Street protesters, but they were not to be found.

Me in front of the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral

Artistic picture of afternoon tea?

From then, we went back home to hang out before heading to my friend's place for dinner. Doug cooked up a beef brisket feast and it was immensely satisfying. Coupled with some drinking and the night ended up being very enjoyable.

Amazing meal!

That's it for now!




Mandy:


I am still astounded by the fact that three people finished a forty of vodka over dinner. I guess that's normal for Norman now =P
Because of all that alcohol we missed the last train to our station and had to take one of the red double decker buses. The ride reminded me of HK.