In Cold London

We arrived safely to London at 10:30 pm. We were delayed for both planes due to the snow storm in Toronto (our only stopover). When we arrived, Michelle and Kendal surprised us with a "Hello" and "Ms. Lisa Tsen and Ms. Eva Bong" signs. We almost passed them by as we were so focused on getting on the train to get back to their place. Sherene who landed earlier that day, ended up taking 3 hours to get to her place due to maintenance for a couple of train stations so Mich and Kendall thought they would pick us up or else it will take us forever to get there.

During the early morning, you can hear the pitter patter of rain on the patio. We were hoping that the rain will let out by the time we headed out but alas it is London and it did not. I believe it was about 4 degrees today. I was told by many in Europe that the cold here is a different cold compared to Canada - more of a damp cold where you can feel it in your bones - and today I have experienced what they mean.

It rained on and off all day and was a bit windy and the Spitalfields Market is outside under a sheltered dome. There were times we would go into shops to warm up and I admit, it was because I am such a weakling! There were many things at the market but nothing that really caught my eye. There were many people from all over the world there even to the point of rolling their luggage around and shopping.

From all the walking and cold, we got hungry and met up with Michelle and Kendal and headed off for some dim sum at chinatown. Michelle said that there is one restaurant that still uses the trolley to serve food so we headed off to New World. It was amazingly full and I believe they have 3 levels? The food was pretty good. On the food stamp sheet, there is no price so you will only know how much things are after eating and calculating the sheet.

After eating, we thought we needed more exercise and decided to go to Oxford Street to check out the shopping. There are so many people out today even though the weather is not the greatest but Londoners are used to it and they keep doing what they do. Good for them! We even took the bus home ... crazy full ...just like the tube. Definately an eye opening experience and it's only day 1! ;)

Time to eat ... me hungry :)