Sunday, 9 April 2017

Travelling around the monopoly board

Today had to be replanned, after the discovery that our Premier league Soccer game had been rescheduled from this afternoon to Monday night. Undaunted, we googled frantically and came up with a revised itinerary that had us mastering the public transport system with multiple trips on buses, trains and the underground. Our Oystercards max out at £6.60 per day and anything after that is free. Camden Markets was our first destination, with an impromptu stop at Morrison's supermarket to kill time. The supermarket was the hit of the day and we left loaded up with all manner of foreign food items to try. Camden markets was full of the usual market junk although the the food offerings were impressive. Unfortunately no one was hungry since the boys had demolished the buffet breakfast at the hotel an hour earlier. We then headed in to Soho and spent the rest of the morning at Ripley's Believe it or Not. We have been to these in New York and on the Gold Coast, but it is always a hit with the boys. Lacking a planned lunch destination we did some aimless wandering and settled on a dodgy pasta place that was cheap but pretty average. All a bit tired, we headed back to the hotel for a spot of down time. Our evening destination was Whitechapel for a night time Jack the Ripper tour. We discovered a GREAT chicken restaurant, Absurd Bird, for dinner. JalapeƱo cheese cornbread, BBQ pulled chicken sliders, chicken strips with dips, blackbean katsu chicken sliders, a milkshake and $5 cocktails kept everyone happy. The Whitechapel we were hoping to see has been largely demolished and rebuilt in the 60's and although there are a few remnants of narrow cobblestone streets, the atmosphere we were hoping to see is gone.We saw two potential fights, one with a shirtless guy on ice, attempting to attack a motorcyclist with a piece of air conditioner, and the second where an Aussie guy and our tour guide had words and the Aussie guy was ready to square up. The tour did not live up to the standard of the dinner, but it was interesting enough and a weary but content team starret called it a night at 9pm and headed back to the hotel to sleep. We did not take many photos, but I have attached the view of the square from out hotel window, and the doughnuts at Camden Markets.

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  1. Sounds like Whitechapel is still a pretty dodgy area because we actually saw a drug deal go down while we were on the Ripper tour... are you guys spending all week in London before the TB tour? I'm also taking notes on all of the good places to eat for future reference.

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