Walking

Day 4-Today was our last day in London, so we had fun doing everything we missed. First we went to the London Eye. Sadly, it was raining, so the gorgeous view was stunted by rain, but I still got some good shots. Ellery’s thoughts on the London Eye: Sadly, it wasn’t a ride, but it was still fun. Okay, back to me. We saw (from the London Eye) a rehearsal of the Queen’s birthday parade minus the queen, which was kind of a bummer. We had to get on the capsule or whatever with a ton of other people, which annoyed me, but what are you gonna do? After the London Eye, we went to the Portobello Road market, which was like several miles of outdoor vendors hoping to sell stuff that they can’t unload in a store. It was pretty fun, I guess. There was a lot of gaudy jewelry and used clothes. There was also a lot of food. Fruit, fish, pan-seared, chicken,greasy, fried, grilled, you name it, they had it. I bought a large hot dog that wasn’t your average processed hot dog. Oh no! This was like a breakfast link sausage in terms of taste, but fresher and bigger. Mom bought a scarf, which she says is very warm and useful. Ellery’s thoughts on the Portobello market: it was really fun! They had pretty jewelry! Anyways, later, Dad and I went to Saville Row. Turns out it’s all men’s stores! Who knew?! We also tried to go in an art gallery, but it had a warning about, er, inappropriate things, so we left. We did buy some excellent cheese at a fine cheesemongers. I mean, I hate cheese, but this was delicious! It was cave-aged cheddar that was their special, and we bought some crackers as well. After Saville Row, we went to Orsos, a posh pasta restaurant. They had some good food, good service, and lots of ice cream! Ellery’s thoughts on Orsos: It was very good! Okaaay, back to me. London was lots of fun and I’m really going to miss it. I had zillions of photo ops of corny, boring, cool, fun, and exciting. We also had fun taking the subway, which I hadn’t done for a while. Be sure to look at our blog for the next leg of our trip, Scotland, for all the kooky, haggisy fun!