Wednesday - May 24 -

🙋

Day 4: East London and St. Paul's – MAY 24, Wednesday

Today we'll venture out to the culturally diverse East End of London, where we‘ll find our lunch on a food tour. The tour will guide us through the history of the East End, tasting the influence of cultures along the way — from a traditional English bacon butty, to Indian curries and Jewish beef brisket. Once we have had our fill, we'll continue on to England's national church — Christopher Wren's majestically domed St. Paul's Cathedral — and hear how local "fire watcher" volunteers saved this symbol of British resolve during the bombing raids of World War II. Your evening is free for the theater, or consider staying near St. Paul's to hear the evensong. Walking: strenuous.

You did see the words - food tour? I mean... how lovely is this! Another word for this is eating your way through London! East end actually. Steve's has only been doing this - 2nd year. No... not full meals, taste folks, taste but it does fill you up. First was a bacon sandwich. Bacon in England is more like our ham or Canadian bacon - not our version of bacon. Next was bread pudding... sheer decadence. It originated as the poor ppl's pudding.

Fish and chips. Quite good. Have to use malt vinegar on the chips. If I understand this correctly, it would be mayo in Scotland.

The best cheddar and stilton I've ever tasted. But no overseas yet. Did you know that only in a certain part of England, Cheddar to be precise, can label their cheese as 'cheddar'? True.

St. Paul's. What an amazing Wren creation. Seeing this building still standing after all the bombing is what gave heart to the British people in WWII. There were over a 100 people who stood guard on the top of the dome to knock off the bombs, etc. And keep the building safe from fire, mostly at night.

Well there's more but today has been another amazing day.


   

 ,