Here we are! News adventures
* Friday
evening:
Pub and we came back to our Indian restaurant "Meghna"; and the
waiters recognized us! "Oh are you French? You already came here,
uh?" haha it was very funny!
* OLD STREET TO BRICK LANE
When
you are in London, there are some rules to respect:
1. Open your eyes and Close your ears,
2. Have your camera and Take pictures,
3.Don't be afraid and walk in straight streets.
So Saturday, we walked from Old Street to Brick Lane. At the beginning I
indicated the wrong direction to Rémy, so we went off in
exactly the opposite direction, I didn't turn on my GPS. ^^
We saw some tags and in particular, squirrels... English
looove squirrels! And my Sushi had an appointment with a female, but I think
that she didn't come... You know why!
For Mum's great pleasure, we met a monstrous
cockroach who dominated a part of the district.
Then we found Brick Lane!
Brick
Lane is a street in London's Bengali district. The architecture is from the
18th century, the first Bengalis to live in this area were sailors. We can find
different shops such as food, spices, and sarees, but also shop specialized in
vintage clothes and objects.
* The Food!
Around 1pm, we were hungry... a lot of good smells of food circulated in the
sreet and entered in our nostrils: spices, corriander, curry, chinese food,
african food, mexican food, spanish food... all countries were represented.
After a walk, we discovered a large shed, with different stands where people
encouraged you to try their meal and wanted to convince you to buy a container
(only £4!!!)
"Try, Try, it is verrrrry goood"
they said, offering a fork with a piece of
meat.
Rémy was hesitant because in France,
it is not common to call out someone to taste a meal... or maybe, the sunday on
the market....
The
we took the direction of Camden Town, which is a huge market from Chalk Farm to
Camden High Street (I already talked about this market in "London [Exchange Student's
Adventure]")
with the impressive creation on the front of each building.
We came in CyberDog (Cliquez sur le nom!) a futurist fashion shop.
To describe this place in some words, it is:
- Impressive,
- Dark
- Loud music (very louuuud)
- The salesperson were dressed with wild type clothes, very flashy, with odd
accessorizes (just have a look on their web site...)
-You
can't take picture..... Grr
But.....
I STOLE A PICTURE!!!
It was a kind of mirror with
lights... something useless... but funny!
Finally,
we walked from Camden to Hampstead, exhausted... so we had a rest at home
before going to the Pub: The Holly Bush.
A
very nice pub, where we had pints... and where we ate... ("La
malbouffe Anglaise déconstruite....NOW! )
Nothing
special in Rémy's meal, except that it is Kentish meat, and very good potatoes.
I took a beef pie which the "tourte" in French. I think that we can
named this meal the shepherd's pie (Martin? do you agree?) with mashed
potatoes, and green beans. (uh... I like crunchy beans... but mine... were very
crunchy and so, raw.... that was only the negative point ^^ )
[Next time I'll try a baked potatoe, another english speciality]
So we finished our night in the pub.
Sunday morning airport for him, Coach Station for me, after a big breakfast at
Gail's!
Yummy!
See you later,
Love
