Last Thursday I finally got to go to Thorpe Park! It was a spur of the moment idea and I'm very happy I got to go. I think the last time I went to a real amusement park was senior year on the physics field trip! Thorpe Park is a lot like Six Flags - a bunch of great roller coasters and other crazy rides. Got to go on the Saw coaster twice which was my favorite. Then I got surprisingly soaked on a water ride, which was not really my favorite. It was so much fun and a day well spent. Glad to have been able to go with friends too :-)
Saturday, Jessica and Candace and I went into London to hit up some markets. We started with Broadway Market which I suppose is still pretty well hidden. It was small, but crowded and full of small business food stalls and hand made crafts - that sort of thing. I got lunch from a little family diner and had a strange but delicious meat pie covered in a green sauce. All I can say is, Dr. Seuss was right about Green Eggs and Ham: Don't knock it til you've tried it. At the market we got to sample everything: peanut sauce Caribbean chicken, fresh cheddar and stilton cheese, beetroot apple juice, olive oil, ravioli, vegan pastries. We then ventured to Borough Market - this is the real food place. More taste testing, more happy Eliza. I took home bucket of dolmades (my favorite), some Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale, and some amazing Turkish delight. I even had an Ostrich burger as my dinner - I highly recommend it. Though I wasn't quite ready to try Kangaroo.
We capped off our day to a visit to the BFI where Jessica and I watched Alan Bennett's "A Bed Among the Lentils" with Maggie Smith. I have a new found appreciation for both of them.
More London adventures coming soon!
Broadway Market:
Borough Market:
Shakespeare's Globe pit stop
Tate Modern
Outside the National Theatre
Twinsies!
