Class Tour:
Today for my "London: The Growth of the Modern World City" class we met at Faringdon Station and began a walk through the area known as "Clerkenwell" pronounced by the English as "Clarkenwell" which was an exploration through several different monastery grounds and churches. One of which, St. Bartholomew's Parish Church which has been used in several different films like the 1st Sherlock Holmes movie (filmed in 2008), you know the sacrifice scene in the beginning...in that church. Also scenes from Shakespeare in love were also filmed in there. So that was cool and overall the tour saw a very "non-touristy" side of London. I liked it.
"Hari Krishna Hari Krishna!!:"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_IlTI-dODU
Unlike the scene from Seinfeld this was actually very interesting. On the University of London's campus which is where I take classes is a branch of the Hari Krishna movement that serves a curry and rice dish for free every single day. I was a little skeptical about it, thinking this may not settle well with my stomach. However my Professor persuaded me otherwise claiming that the food is high in "good karma." And was all vegetables (HI B!). So after that bit of persuasion, I gave it a go. I have to say, not too bad probably the best free and only free meal I have had thus far in London. It almost tasted like rice and beans that Carola has made me. However Carola's is definitely WAY better. And as I write right now I feel no side effects from it, so hey it can't be that bad.
ULU Market:
After eating my hearty Hari Krishna meal my friend Noam and I walked on to the farmers market where all these different vendors mainly from East Sussex had different cheeses, meats including venison (ew), along with paella and other different random foods. Anyway it was delicious I got this curry thing wrapped in an egg roll kind of shell. It was perfect.
Princess Louise: So I think we have found our hang out spot. Princess Louise on High Holborn, its a great pub and if you go right at 5pm during the week there is barely anyone is there so its a great place to hang out and for everyone to meet up after work or class until the regular British crowds pile in from 7pm onward.
But otherwise today was a pretty great day, got another day of work tomorrow before the weekend which is going to be awesome. Saturday we'll be hitting up some museums (its suppose to rain so that will be perfect) then Sunday we're going to Cambridge with our group to do some exploring and touring there. So pumped!
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