First meal: Schwarma and chips at Solly's take-away. They use more cinnamon and cumin in their shwarma here and let you select from over 20 condiments and salads to put IN your sandwich, i.e. taboulleh, picked carrots, cabbage, chili sauce, hummus, baba ganoush...need we say more. (Note: Joe is no longer a vegetarian, Lesley is on her cultural "travel diet")
Our first best practice in transportation: Well lit crosswalks
Day 2: Picked up a salt beef (corned beef) sandwich and two kinds of pickles at Bloom's to take into London.
Picnicked at the Tate Modern.
On "The London Eye"
Look who joined us in London?
Tubey's here too?
Our first favorite pub, oxtail stew with mashers and very rare roast beef. Had a delicious Czech beer, began with an L, knocked our socks off.
Day 3: Happy New Year! Joe's first Rosh Hashanah at the West London Synagogue, the Rabbi was from Texas and rocked the mini shofar. It was a contemporary service, with references to Paul Newman's legacy and the market crash. It is a strange time to be traveling given the current economic situation, and it lends a whole new layer to our research into our families emigration stories.
Moroccan stews at Camden Market to warm us up on a rainy day and fuel us for buying coats!
Note: Upholstered ceiling
Took the afternoon train to Harwich for the boat to Holland....
