London Day One (with lots of pictures)

Hopped onto the train at Oxford and spenta pleasant hour wrapped up in the world of Chromatica as I got deeper into Jasper Fforde's newest book Shades of Grey. We arrived at London's Paddington Station and headed down to Borough Market, just south of the river, next to Southwark Cathedral. Borough Market is just chock full of everything you could want- fruit, veg, cheese, breads, pastries, poultry, fish, nuts, mulled wine, coffees, smoothies, pasties, sandwiches and of course, ostrich and kangaroo burgers. Not kidding on the last one either. Borough was stuffed full of people and stalls but the free samples were delicious and the smells heavenly.





Next stop of Camden Market, one of my favorite places in London. My goal was to buy my coveted red wellies with white polka dots but I was not successful. I may have to become less picky. Camden, as usual, was packed with its weird folk and weird stores. I made the obligatory stop at my favorite bookstore and the rest of the afternoon was spent meandering through the stalls, spending a particular amount of time at the old shops in the Horse Tunnels Market.






The rest of the afternoon was spent at the British Museum- we didn't have too much time so most of it was spent in the ancient section- Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman. We did have a chance to see a fascinating Mexican Revolution Print section, which was incredible. I love the British Museum- but you need about a week to see it properly!












After we inhaled our pizza at the ICCo (Italian Coffee Company) we went to the incredible We Will Rock You! It was the third time that I've seen it and it still rocked. I stood for the first half and then turns out the girls had an empty seat next to them so I joined them in the balcony for the second half. And again.... it rocked :)


all lovely photos courtesy of the even lovelier Andrea Mehefko :)