Markets

In London there are a LOT of people going to all kinds of places. For the most part I found London to be very friendly, it’s lovely. 

I also find signs of encouragement sprinkled throughout, here is one I found on the bus. What a good word. 

We walked across the Blackfriars Bridge today. It was cold and windy but the excitement of walking around so much history almost makes you forget about the cold. Here is an old silent film about it .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fABILtla_lE&safe=active

Hello theater friends, I thought of you as I got closer to the Globe Theatre 

Here in London when you want something you fancy a bit of it. 

I was within 5 minutes of the Globe Theatre but sad upon sad, we didn’t make it. Maybe next year. 

This razor sharp glass building is called the Shard, presented in 2012 it’s the tallest building in London

.http://www.the-shard.com/shard/the-vision/

Another word of encouragement but this time painted up high on a brick wall. 

Here we are entering an older part of London. 

This market has been here for hundreds of years. They sell the most fantastic foods. 

The Borough Market celebrates 1000 years of existence. 1000 YEARS?! What even is that? What has even been around that long? I can barely conceive this. 

Got a pic with my little cutie. 

I wish I could do justice to the food system here. Everywhere you turn the food is authentic and whole. They had pictures of the farm on the walls, I asked about the butchering and they adhere to the standards of  humane treatment of animals. 

This is a great pic showing that they are selling the chicken carcasess for soup stock. 

Same meat vendor. Wow. He is dead. Kinda gruesome but it’s what we eat.

The big stack of eggs. Pretty

Beautiful meat pies. 

I bought one today. I am looking forward to eating it. 

The fish vendor. The fish was fresh and I thought it would be so fun to have access to such fresh fish all the time. 

Here is our beautiful Kimberly

This vendor sold olive oil from southern Italy. 

This is for you, Elisa  <3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7PONiKGUs

Aww, she is just a bundle of sweetness! 

Breads

Bountiful 

Olives from Italy, sold by an italian. 

Lots of love for her. 

For lunch we had falafel wraps and ate in the churchyard  of Southwark Cathedral. As we ate I heard the church bells ringing. I can imagine year after year the bell calling worshipers. 

Here is a restaurant sign displaying their specials. I don’t even know what they are! It would be fun to go in and try it though. 

This is a restoration site. What stood out to me was the variety of stones and bricks. How many years, how many different uses? 

We walked along cobblestone streets 

We took a bus to Covent Gardens. It’s a festive market and entertainment area off of DRURY LANE! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Garden

Christmas time. Live music, good food, fun shops.

A magical toy shop

Hand crafted 

Christmas! 

A tiny building among the big buildings 

The kids used my phone for the ride home .. 

What a busy day we had. I got to babysit tonight. We had dinner, read a story and then watched my fall favorite Charlie Brown’s story of the Mayflower and Thanksgiving. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Garden

Thanking God for a wonderful day. 

God is Jehovah-shalom. This name means “the God of peace.” We are meant to know the fullness of God’s perfect peace, or His “shalom.” God’s peace surpasses understanding and sustains us even through difficult times. It is the product of fully being what we were created to be.