Exploring London

So, I know it's been two weeks, unfortunately. It has been a busy two weeks with a lot of work and touring :)

Last weekend I spent Saturday and Sunday in London checking it out. There's so much to do, I won't even get to everything in the next year I'm sure.

I walked around the Brick Lane Market awhile, and picked up lunch at a street vendor around there. It's a really cool area, with vendors and boutiques selling everything from delicious food to antiques to clothing to vinyl albums. Basically anything you could imagine with lots of hidden gems. In and around an old brewery called the Truman Brewery, there's a loads of little markets.

Apparently, according to my good friend Wikipedia, the Truman Markets (in the Brick Lane area) started as a single farmer's market, set up once a week, way back in the 1600s. Through the 19th century, a huge movement of Bangladeshi immigrants to this area changed the market. It's famous for its curry houses, which I actually didn't know before. I didn't get any curry last time, so I guess I'll have to go back!

Instead of going to a curry house, I got food from a street vendor. It was hard to choose which one and the one I went to ended up not having the meal I actually wanted. I ended up with fried chicken somehow, which unfortunately is not one of my favourite meals. However, it was quite good for fried chicken, and very flavorful. Another time, though, I would probably go for one of the vendors with a more Asian influence (of which there were many).

I did a lot of walking around after the Brick Lane Market and eventually ended up at the Tate Modern. However, I should warn you not to walk around too much BEFORE going to an art gallery or museum. I ended up walking around one floor then leaving to go see a movie. Luckily, the Tate Modern is free (as are many of the museums and galleries around London), so I will go back. I'll write a little blurb about it when I have seen more.

Just as a side note, I went to see Sin City 2. The movie was fantastic, but my advice to you is not to bother going to see a move in one of the cinemas at Leicester Square. Not sure if it was just that cinema or all of them, but it was £15... and I thought $12 was expensive in Toronto.

Anyway, that's it for now! But hopefully I'll have time to write another post this weekend about my daily experiences and things I notice or encounter.

Bye for now!

P.S. photos to come.