JE 36

London

Saturday, January 11 – London

Today was rather low key. I ran a couple errands in the neighborhood, did some trip planning, and worked on this journal.

This is probably a good time to point out that I expect (plan?) that my traveling this winter will be at a much less manic pace than last year. I was on the move a LOT in South America. Hopefully not so much this year. As a result, this journal may not be as interesting to read. Apologies for that. Hopefully I won’t lose too many of you along the way!

I began charting my steps for this trip and noticed something interesting. Over the course of my 11 week stay in South America last year, the maximum number of steps I achieved in one day was 28,062 (Iguazu Falls hike). I’ve already topped that! On Thursday, during my walk through the parks I logged 29,103! Maybe I’ll have a 30k day this year?

Sunday, January 12 – London

I did a little exploring in the east end of London today. First item on the agenda: Going to church (what?)…

I attended a service at The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, which is located on the grounds of The Tower of London. There is no charge to enter the Tower if you are there solely for the service. They have a wonderful choir and it is a beautiful setting. Of special note, 2020 is the 500th anniversary of the chapel! (thanks to my friend Mary for the tip about the service!)

The rest of the afternoon was spent roaming around a few of the weekend/Sunday markets in the area.

I came across this bakery while walking through the Brick Lane Sunday Market. With the queue wrapped around inside and out the door, I figured it must be a pretty good place to stop for lunch! I went with their speciality – a “bagel” filled with salt beef, topped with spicy mustard and a gherkin. Excellent!
After exiting the Brick Lane Market I noticed a crowd gathered on a nearby corner. It turns out there was a chicken nugget giveaway going on. I wasn’t very hungry after downing my salt beef bagel, but then I felt like I recognized one of the servers…
…Ed Sheeran! I never did find out why he was doing this. I guess I could have waited in line and asked him!

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