Day 9 of London

(Originally written April 11, 2015)

Sadly, this was our last day in London. We debated what to do and having spent 8 hours in a museum the previous day decided against any more museums. It was hard not to go to the Tate or the Tate Modern, but I think we made the right decision. We went over to Borough Market for an absolute feast. Between the two of us we downed a sausage roll, an éclair, a salt beef and pickle sandwich and some Indian cuisine. For the journey home I purchased three sausages from a vendor from the Rhone region of France. To share with friends I bought one of wild boar, one of duck and one of donkey. The boar was gamey and quite good. The duck was very fatty but excellent. The donkey had a bit of spice in it and was also gamey. Overall, I enjoyed the duck the best, but many others found the donkey to be their favorites.

From the Borough Market we decided to make it a Market day. We went to the Brick Lane Market and found where all the hipsters hung out. Erin got a pretty sweet deal on a nice leather overnight bag. I picked up a couple of records. Although neither of us were hungry we did discover a vibrant street food area that had food from all over the world and I got some strange Brazilian Hot Dog sandwich that was lights out.

From there we headed over to a pop up mall where once again I ate. This time it was a cronut filled with coconut and they called it the Croconut. Outstanding. Sweet. My stomach though was beginning to be annoyed with me. Then it was on to the third market, Riverside Market. This market was a bit of a dud though as it was only 3 tables of books.

After that we went over to Oxford Circus and went shopping at Marks & Spencer to buy some things to bring home. Sadly, this was the last of our trip as we flew home the next day.