London Lately

London has been amazing lately. As of yesterday we have three months left here. It is flying by.

Last week, I went to a meeting of the London Feminist Network. I was a little nervous to go by myself since Ellie was at work late and Lauren couldn’t get over to Euston in time but I am really happy I sucked it up and went. I learned about their projects coming up and it was in a really cute bar inside of a monument that I know will become one of my regular hang outs. The next night, Ellie and I met outside of Big Ben on the Southbank and walked over to the city hall in front of Westminster Abbey where we joined the Pro-Choice rally going on to combat a very close-minded woman who is trying to pass an atrocious bill. There were over 400 people at the rally, both men and women, of all ages, all chanting and holding up signs. It is so nice to be able to be involved with things that I am passionate about outside of college.




This weekend, we decided to stay in London since we have been traveling somewhere different every weekend for over a month. On Friday night, we made a Greek feast for dinner and then lazed about the house, eventually going out around 11:30 which is very late here to start going out. We ended up walking around Angel and heading to two different bars. We took the bus home around 2 in the morning, excited for sleep the following morning.

After we woke up on Saturday and had bagels and cream cheese, which are nothing like Goldman’s or New York, we went to the laundry in Kentish Town with a ton of things to wash. It is the first time that George’s mom hasn’t done our laundry. Laundry was expensive, about 12 pounds = 24 dollars. While it was going we walked to the library and took out some new books, including some recipe books which I am excited about. We headed off to the Borough market which I have been dying to go to since Ellie and Lauren always talk about it.






Borough market has been around for 250 years and is the biggest open air food market in Europe, I think. It is unbelieveable. Anything you want, someone is making it fresh for you. Gourmet cheeses, chutneys, specialty beers, fresh vegetables and ciders, etc. It is so incredible.




You have people from Italy making pasta in front of you for you to purchase and French people cutting up fresh Roquefort. I can’t wait to take our families here. We purchased a medium dry apple cider that still tasted like the wood barrel it came in and I got a wheat ale from this brewery on site.



We had tons of samples and ended up buying blood oranges since they remind us of home. They were so juicy.




There is also a huge meat and fish market under the same roof. Any guesses as to what type of animals these are?


After the market we walked around those neighborhoods until we got to London south Bank University where I work. I showed Ellie around the campus and what buildings I was in.





These are photos of me in front of my work place. Work is going really amazing for both of us. Ellie likes the people she works with and so do I. I am learning a lot about other cultures and faiths, including Muslim faith, as a lot of people who work with me are Muslim. I have also learned a lot about racism and how it affects England and how it differs from racism in the states. Ellie works with a ton of people from other countries as well so she is constantly learning about other cultures and getting advice for when we travel.

(This is Ellie's desk at her office. She is planning on writing an entry with more pictures about her work soon.)


We walked over to the Southbank and went to the Hayward museum and saw an exhibit called “Laughing in a Foreign Language.” The exhibit would have been better if we didn’t anticipate humor and just went in to see an art exhibit that happened to be somewhat funny. The Hayward was a nice museum though and in a wonderful location on the water.

We decided to eat at Las Iguanas which is this South American/Mexican restaurant. I had an amazing butternut squash chimichanga and a Caipirinha and Ellie had fajitas. The restaurant was packed for a Saturday and was really lively.


London is so packed with things to do that I think we could live here for 5 years and still never do everything. There are so many neighborhoods and secret streets and boroughs, all small towns of their own. It’s expansive and overwhelming, crazy and unexpected yet utterly amazing.