A Second Glimpse of London

Tower Bridge

My second trip to London was to visit Josie. And it turned out to be the absolute perfect way to end my time in Europe. I had such a great time, reminiscing with Josie, waking around sunny London and seeing Shakespeare in the Globe.

Near Brick Lane

I took the train from Grenoble that morning. My host parents brought me all the way to my train platform. Weighed down by absurdly heavy luggage I got kisses goodbye and was told I needed to come back soon. I was only teary eyed on the train for a little as I went over the last ten months in my head. 

Brick Lane

 So I arrived at London St. Pancras station around 2pm and after dropping my luggage off at her apartment, we headed over to Brick Lane. I had never been and wanted to check out the vintage shops and we were thinking Indian for dinner.

Pork belly at Potato Merchants

 Somehow we wound up getting pork belly, 3 kinds of potatoes and cider over at Eyemouth Market instead. It was a little hairy, but delicious nevertheless. After dinner we bussed around town looking at sights and stopped at Picadilly Circus. From there we walked to Trafalgar Square and then down to Parliament and the river Thames. We walked along the river and eventually all the way back up to her apartment in Islington.

The Thames at sunset

 The next morning we came up with a plan, and that plan called for scones. So we went to Maison d'Être, an adorable little cafe where we had a long and tasty breakfast.

Tea and scones at Maison d'Être

Indoor market

 From there, we took a bus down to Burroughs Market and walked around before heading over to the Globe, where we saw A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was so fantastically played and we were laughing hysterically the entire time.

Inside the globe

We stayed in that night. Cooked dinner and watched a movie in anticipation of my very early morning flight the next day.