In heaven :-)

Yes, for those of you who know what I am interested in, you will understand what I mean by heaven, when I say I went to the British Museum today. I love that place. Nic, there is an exhibition (very small though) on badges and identity. It was quite interesing. I took photos of three of the badges. One of them I feel was quite appropriate to a certain friend of mine. It said "Genuine Nerd". One person reading this will know I am talking about them. Yes, you, Nicole!! My other fav badge said "Nuke a gay whale for Christ". I have no idea what it means, but it sounds very amusing. I saw the Rosetta Stone too, and Lindow Man. He is smaller than I thought he would be. Although, after all those years of being squished in a peat bog, you'd expect that, right? And the Rosetta Stone was bigger than I thought it would be. For some reason I had it in my mind that it was small. Not sure why.

Yesterday we went to Portobello Road markets. They are huge. Bought a few things, like vegies and stuff. We caught the bus there. We are exploring the buses. Our area is quite well served by buses which is great. There is a bus from the bottom of the hill to the British Museum. Hello!

I made soup last night. Leek and potato. It was quite nice really. We had sour cream with it. But here, its not called sour cream, it's called Creme Fraiche. The English are a weird bunch!! ;-)

We also exlored the smaller grocery shops in our area tonight too. There are four or five. In England they have shops that are like convenience stores, and they advertise themselves as selling "Food and Wine". They are not more expensive on the whole. The ones in our area have some really cool stuff in them. We bought rose hip juice, couscous, semolina (for porridge!!) and salami. They have yummy cheeses and olives, and so many different kinds of yoguhurt! It depends on the nationality of the owner, as to what they sell. There is a polish one, a russian one, a middle eastern one and a medditeranean one. YUM!!

I am going to Germany for Christmas this year. I will have a kind of reunion with my host family from all those years ago. I am leaving Scott behind as he has to work. I feel bad about it, but he told me to go, and I guess I would have to wait 12 months for the next Christmas!! We will be together for New Years though. I am really looking forward to seeing Vera and her family. It's been 8 years since I was there in Germany with them, and 7 and a half since I have seen Vera. I can't wait!

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