Sticky Toffee with Custard
After we checked into our room at the "London School of Economics, Grosvnor", we asked the nice student at the front desk where we could get the best fish and chips, she sent us to a place a few blocks away. We had nice outdoor seating, the fish and chips were good, but the best part was dessert. Pam had remembered that Mike told her to try "sticky toffee" which we saw on the dessert menu. The waiter recommended we have it with custard. It came out warm with the custard melted on top, and it was absolutely, amazingly delicious!!
Arrived in Covent Garden
We flew from Florence to Heathrow airport, and took the tube to Covent Garden where we were staying. We went there with Paolo because he wound up being on the same flight with us, as he was going to London for 2 weeks to help establish their new London store for Il Papiro. This is the subway station at Covent Garden, and right outside the station was this rather cool guy playing guitar and singing, fairly well. That's the feel of Covent Garden, it was a nice area to be in and just hang out.
Don't talk to strangers walking a ferret
We saw this man walking a ferret on a leash in Covent Garden. Pam went to catch up to him to talk to him about his ferret, but I stopped her. I'm thinking this guy looked unsaven and a bit looney and that it probably was not a good idea to make conversation with him. People were staring at this guy with his ferret, note the couple on the right.
Japorama
We saw this restaurant in the Latin Quarter. Thought it was kind of funny. We did not eat there.
The Latin Quarter
We walked thru the Latin Quarter on a rainy day, this is a bridge over the river to get there, on each side all that gold color is from all the individual locks that people have locked to the sides. Pam researched (Googled) this and learned this appears to be a trendy thing people do, mostly couples signifying their love, locked forever, throw the key into the river kind of thing. Apparently, this is happening on bridges in other cities. Here's a picture of Notre Dame, we didn't go in. Pictures too of statues near the entry of the Latin Quarter. This area was quite touristy, lots of shops and restaurants with barkers trying to get you to come in. We passed through quickly and left.
Gallerie Lafayette
The tour books talk about how great the Gallerie Lafayette is, huge, you can buy anything you want. We went, it was a crowded tourist area, and frankly not all that special. It was like a huge, fancy department store. Very ornate inside, we didn't buy anything there.
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